Oh, don’t get me wrong, I agree with you…she obviously made a horribly rash decision, and was not thinking quite right. My point, I guess, was that you don’t run in there thinking you’re not going to come out, which is what the OP seemed to be implying.
Best reply so far.
Same here. Some of these threads about sacrificing x to save your child, or sacrificing the entire race…okay, those are a little scary. The situation in the OP sounds like an actually normal, instinctive scenario where someone would sacrifice themselves for their child.
I think it would save time if Too Long, Doesn’t Think just made a list of things that don’t send him into apoplectic fits of rage. I guessing that list has two, maybe three items on it, tops.
You are a mental illness.
As it happens, I’ve compiled a rather comprehensive list of such things:
[ul][li] …[/li][li] …[/li][li] …[/li][li] …[/li][li] …[/li][/ul]
Feel free to add your own if you can manage to think of any, of course!
No, no, NO! Bad Sarahfeena! Don’t encourage him.
Ack! What did I say? I assure you that in no way was I trying to encourage TLDR, at least not in this thread!
But was she Black?
If only she spoke English this never would have happened. How tragic that her obsession with smuggling breadboards onto airplanes kept her from her job with the Hispanic bloc at the restaurant!
Is it that time of the month again?
Previous to this thread, there was always part of me that thought it was still within the realm of possibility that TLDR was really posting seriously instead of, well, humorously, but now I’m certain. He must be doing it just to yank our chains as part of some bizarre comic routine.
(I have to admit, the combination of that post, the history of the person who wrote it, and the article he linked to is pretty funny. I’m sorry, I don’t really know how to describe why, maybe juxtapositional humor or dead-baby-joke humor or Monty Python type deliberate obtuseness or something.)
Disclaimer: I am in no way saying that what happened to that poor woman and her daughters (and remaining family) is anything but awful and tragic. Nor am I applauding the op or denying that he is a complete shit for this. Just that he’s a funny shit. Please don’t flame me.
ETA: I just realized what his post reminded me of - comically over-the-top Onion-style pieces.
Posting the equivalent of staring blankly, then slowly lifting a raised middle finger before walking away
Oh come on, TRDLKR is obviously trolling now. Why feed him?
Misrepresenting a news item to this extent in order to post an inflammatory OP is nothing more than trolling. Not even very good trolling at that. This is (yet another) Warning for trolling.
Moreover, given the number of times we’ve warned you for trolling, TLDRwhatever, and the number of times we’ve held off warning you for likely but still borderline trolling, the general consensus among the mods is that you have no interest in stopping this behavior and it’s time for you to go.
It’s about goddamned time.
yee the fuck hah.
Good riddance to stupid rubbish.
Hooray!
Here is the ATMB announcement, which includes some links to the behavior that led in part to the banning.
I’ll close this thread, to avoid feeding this troll any more.