Head butting fun with other fellow authors/publishers - Page 2

GeoffC · 09-23-2010, 12:37 PM

surely the babysitters themselves should have learnt from their own mothers ?

jamesread · 09-23-2010, 12:41 PM

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Originally Posted by MrPLD

Okay, I'm new to this game, only been helping my lovely wife get her book(s) out to the world for a couple of months and I've only been here on the forums for a few days, but tell me I'm wrong in that I can see that I'll be butting-heads with a few other authors/publishers in the near future, even if I'm not looking for a fight.

What is it about some people that they seem so full of insecurity, bile and bitterness that they have to stomp their ground, puff their chest and snarl when they put down their opinon; staking an immediate claim of superiority on all fronts even when no one was making such stakeouts.

Really people... we're all here for a common thing, to share our works with the world and to hopefully make a living off it. People can read more than just one book, so it's not like another publisher/author is going to steal that sale.

LOL

(Btw, you misspelled "opinion.")

neilmarr · 09-23-2010, 12:44 PM

Yup, it takes all kinds to make a membership approaching 60,000. I've seen more common courtesy, mutual interest and generous sharing here, though, than flaming, discouragement and mean-minded selfishness. If it were otherwise, MR wouldn't have become my virtual pub. Cheers and best wishes. Neil

Fat Abe · 09-23-2010, 01:44 PM

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Originally Posted by neilmarr

Yup, it takes all kinds to make a membership approaching 60,000. I've seen more common courtesy, mutual interest and generous sharing here, though, than flaming, discouragement and mean-minded selfishness. Neil

True, but the flame wars here are played at a higher level intellectually. On the usenet, posters do not quote Schopenhauer or Nietzsche on a regular basis. When you mix emotion with intellect, it makes for a volatile combination. Just search for all the threads that have been closed.

We may be the most over-educated collection of individuals on the internet. This makes Mobileread an excellent training ground for any profession that may entail argument. Good practice for lawyers, legislators, debaters, authors, and even scientists. Ever met a writer who was not opinionated? Doubtful.

jamesread · 09-23-2010, 01:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Fat Abe

True, but the flame wars here are played at a higher level intellectually. On the usenet, posters do not quote Schopenhauer or Nietzsche on a regular basis. When you mix emotion with intellect, it makes for a volatile combination. Just search for all the threads that have been closed.

We may be the most over-educated collection of individuals on the internet. This makes Mobileread an excellent training ground for any profession that may entail argument. Good practice for lawyers, legislators, debaters, authors, and even scientists. Ever met a writer who was not opinionated? Doubtful.

I agree with you.

desertgrandma · 09-23-2010, 02:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Fat Abe

We may be the most over-educated collection of individuals on the internet. This makes Mobileread an excellent training ground for any profession that may entail argument. Good practice for lawyers, legislators, debaters, authors, and even scientists. Ever met a writer who was not opinionated? Doubtful.

Boy, am I in the wrong place!

queentess · 09-23-2010, 02:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Sandra Edwards

wow. that is so true. I come from a generation that was taught common courtesy. But that has diminished since most of the women of my generation have either opted to or had to join the workforce. I guess the "babysitters" just weren't as interested in instilling common courtesy in children as their mothers.

Yeah, those stupid women and their stupid desires. They should stay in the home and make babies and iron the sheets.

Was this statement meant to be courteous? Blaming an entire generation of women for working? Your generation isn't more polite, it's just more steathly about being rude/vindictive.

Perhaps if you take a step back you'll see that it's common for cultures to relax their social norms and behaviors. And guess what? I'm a woman wearing a dress with NO STOCKINGS right now. My grandmother would have a fit if she could see me.

jamesread · 09-23-2010, 02:43 PM

The OP is mad his thread got taken off course. Now it's about stockings.

queentess · 09-23-2010, 03:03 PM

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Originally Posted by jamesread

The OP is mad his thread got taken off course. Now it's about stockings.

At least it's not about stalkings.

jamesread · 09-23-2010, 03:29 PM

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Originally Posted by queentess

At least it's not about stalkings.

But Jack and the Giant Bean Stalk is a classic.

GeoffC · 09-23-2010, 03:42 PM

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Originally Posted by desertgrandma

Boy, am I in the wrong place!

You and me, both, Lass !

Tom Wood · 09-23-2010, 06:06 PM

There's been dramaz here?

Say it isn't so!

jaxx6166 · 09-23-2010, 07:21 PM

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Originally Posted by queentess

At least it's not about stalkings.

...**poke poke** .... I see you

PS/Mr. PLD, don't take this place too serious. We're all here to have fun. I think most of the overly obnoxious trolls get squashed in due course and you're left with just a bunch of opinionated old fuddy-duddies that remember the glory days of when you used to read something called paper!

MrPLD · 09-23-2010, 07:46 PM

*yawwwwn* :wakes up:

Oh dear God! What have you kids done to my room!?

(Going off for a coffee.... after I've had my 'getting older' bowl of bran cereal and banana)

desertgrandma · 09-23-2010, 07:55 PM

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Originally Posted by MrPLD

*yawwwwn* :wakes up:

Oh dear God! What have you kids done to my room!?

(Going off for a coffee.... after I've had my 'getting older' bowl of bran cereal and banana)

HA! THAT'LL teach you to start a thread and leave.......

09-23-2010, 02:43 PM	#23
jamesread Banned Posts: 59 Karma: 22 Join Date: Aug 2010 Device: none	The OP is mad his thread got taken off course. Now it's about stockings. Last edited by jamesread; 09-23-2010 at 02:45 PM. Reason: "stockings"

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GeoffC Chocolate Grasshopper ... Posts: 27,599 Karma: 20821184 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Scotland Device: Muse HD , Cybook Gen3 , Pocketbook 302 (Black) , Nexus 10: wife has PW	surely the babysitters themselves should have learnt from their own mothers ?

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neilmarr neilmarr Posts: 7,215 Karma: 6000059 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Monaco-Menton, France Device: sony	Yup, it takes all kinds to make a membership approaching 60,000. I've seen more common courtesy, mutual interest and generous sharing here, though, than flaming, discouragement and mean-minded selfishness. If it were otherwise, MR wouldn't have become my virtual pub. Cheers and best wishes. Neil

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MrPLD Author's pet-geek Posts: 933 Karma: 1040670 Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: North Queensland, Australia Device: Kindle 3 Wifi, Onyx Boox M96	yawwwwn :wakes up: Oh dear God! What have you kids done to my room!? (Going off for a coffee.... after I've had my 'getting older' bowl of bran cereal and banana)