Alright already...we get it. STOP with the overkill for chrissake. How many more OPs will

[Surya Gayatri]

we have to see, recc'ed to the max, blaring the exact same headlines, sitting predictably at the top of the greatest page.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10141258554

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1251799937

http://www.democraticunderground.com/128073129

And, this is only a miniscule sampling.

_____________________

Getting back on DU after two weeks in hospital with a brokern hip, my overwhelming reaction is one of disgust and dismay. The degradation in the tone and tenor of the debate here has only deepened during my forced absence.

We have the nerve to congratulate ourselves on our elevated discourse, and to deride the Repukes for the mindlessness of their discussions...

Oh, the irony...

MERDE ! Cela suffit ! C'est emmerdant et ennuyeux. Un peu d'imagination, pour l'amour de Dieu !

(N.B. If you're inclined to flame me for failing to cite any anti-Bernie, pro-Hillary posts, don't bother. These glaring examples are what I found on the DU frontpage when logging on this morning.)

[ucrdem]

1. KnR

[Surya Gayatri]

2. Hi back, ucrdem!

[ucrdem]

3. #4

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1251801753

Here's to ya!

[Surya Gayatri]

4. Unfortunately, as predictable as diarrhea and cramps after food poisoning...

[ucrdem]

6. What I want to know is

who is Ike supporting?

[Surya Gayatri]

17. Inquiring minds demand to know!

[randys1]

103. Tina

[lovemydog]

5. I hope you get well soon Surya Gayatri.

Bless you while you do the physical therapy necessary for recovery. Or pain management.

I share your views and will keep speaking out about it only because I feel this non-stop negativity and name-calling is dehumanizing and if anything would tend to depress the vote rather than encourage it.

Be well.

[Surya Gayatri]

11. Thanks so much for the positive message, lovemydog.

The pain is pretty intense right now. I am "gliding" in and out of the pain zone on tramadol.

Thank God I live in France, so I don't have to worry about the financial aspect of my accident. Everything... surgery, two-week hospital stay, all taken in charge by France's single payer health system.

And, the national retirement fund has already sent an inspector to my apartment to see what needs to be done in order to keep me in my own home rather than in a rehab center.

They will take in charge the installation of a safety bar and safety plank in my bathtub, they will send home care for as long as I need it, and will arrange for the tranformation of my bathtub into a "safety" shower over the longer term.

I am SO grateful for a system that puts people first.

[Hekate]

53. Whew. I'm glad you are doing as well as can be expected, and that you have all the help you need...

Swift and gentle healing to you, Surya Gayatri.

[Surya Gayatri]

58. Thanks so much for the positive thoughts, Hekate. It's good to log on to

DU, if only for the distraction from the physical pain! LOL!

The intellectual pain is different--not necessarily easier to bear, but certainly more distracting!

[Hekate]

59. It got so bad here I had to return to my "When Pigs Fly" avatar

This Too Shall Pass....

[Surya Gayatri]

61. From your keyboard to the Universe's omnipresent ear! LOL!

[randys1]

104. Tramadol? Why in the HELL are they not giving you OPIATES????

This is so infuriating

Sorry, but this is ridiculous.

Post op requires opiates, unless you are mostly out of pain, which by your own words you are not

This is what happens when we over react to a problem of drug addiction, or we react the wrong way.

[Surya Gayatri]

110. France is extremely sensitive about presciption drug addiction.

They will avoid opiates, if at all possible. The first couple of days after the surgery, I was given intrevenous Paracetamol and now tabs of Doliprane and Tramadol only.

It's a good thing I have a fairly high pain threshold and that the pain is disminishing by a tiny fraction everyday.

The first 48 hours, I had involunary tears in my eyes every time I had to move, but at least I had all of my senses.

Morphine doesn't agree with me very well--it makes me nauseated.

Interesting info about Tramadol:

http://www.drugs.com/answers/tramadol-opiate-works-opiate-brain-receptors-575707.html

Is tramadol an opiate since it works on opiate brain receptors?

[randys1]

112. Didnt realize you were in France, but this news about how they are is very depresssing

Tramadol is better than ibuprofen, but not as good as opiates.

Not familiar with Doliprane.

The nausea of morphine can EASILY be dealt with by meds.

I had no idea France was like this, Jesus christ, people need to grow the fuck up, sorry for the language but this is absurd.

[bobalew]

127. I have a really good Joke about Tramadol...

One Tramadol takes away some pain...
Two Tramadols turns into DAMMITALL..
and 3 becomes FuckitAll...
at least for me, I'm a cheap high... And I take 2 at night to be able to sleep from my really painful arthritis..
& yes,I have a prescription, but don't take all of the prescribed quantity, but "As needed" for pain...

So it works, Mostly...Right?

[randys1]

129. Happy it works for you and not surprised. But post operative pain is usually such that

opiates are indicated.

I just have a grudge about this shit, but to hear this happens in France, wow.

Crazy.

Good joke, by the way

[Surya Gayatri]

134. Like you, I was taking it only "as needed". But, the nurses explained

that to get on top of the pain, you need to anticipate it and take the meds before you feel it.

Once the pain has come roaring back, it's much harder to dampen it down again.

Tramadol works pretty well--if I take it like they recommended.

[questionseverything]

108. glad you live in a country where healthcare is a right

we want the same here

that is why we are trying to get bernie elected

[Surya Gayatri]

113. Single-payer is the only way to go. I believe the US will

get there eventually, now that the "socialized medicine" specter has been laid to rest by Obamacare.

[lovemydog]

7. Has Nina Turner changed her mind about anything recently?

I hope everyone will reply here because I need to know.

Please be as rude and nasty to each other as possible.

[retrowire]

13. yes she did. :) n/t

[DFW]

18. !!!!

[MADem]

65. Well, she's not a super delegate, so her opinion matters about as much as mine does. nt

[riversedge]

8. Take care of yourself so you can recover to full functionality and live a good life.

[Surya Gayatri]

14. Thanks, riversedge. I'm a fighter and have very sound basic health, so should

bounce back fairly fast.

Your good thoughts will help!

[Surya Gayatri]

21. Flame away...this is the meme I found on the front page when logging on this morning.

[Surya Gayatri]

25. Horseshit is as horsehit does...

See here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1251801980#post19

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1251801980#post22

[Surya Gayatri]

27. Former language teacher here: please respect the difference

between advice (n.) and to advise (v.). Very annoying.

[TexasTowelie]

10. Best wishes on the road to a speedy recovery.

However, DU can take a toll on the mental health so try not to let it put you in a state that you want to throw your computer through the window.

[Surya Gayatri]

15. Wow, no kidding, TexasTowelie! I wouldn't dare try to toss it right now, wobbling around on crutches

like I am!

Thanks for the encouragement!

[retrowire]

12. this is the primary process. n/t

[Surya Gayatri]

16. Ad absurdum.

[Capt. Obvious]

19. So people shouldn't point out

Bernie's problems with POC?

[Surya Gayatri]

22. When it's the same damn piece cited over and over and over again?

As I said in French:

MERDE ! Cela suffit ! C'est emmerdant et ennuyeux. Un peu d'imagination, pour l'amour de Dieu !

(Shit! Enough is enough. It makes crappy and boring reading.
A bit of imagination for God's sake!)

[Skidmore]

20. Sending you healing thoughts.

Hoping that you mend quickly and are up and about soon.

[Surya Gayatri]

24. Thank you for the positive vibes, Skidmore. It's a slow process when

you're 70, but as the Beatles said:

[SidDithers]

26. "Good citizens check for dupes"...

Not anymore.

Sid

[Surya Gayatri]

29. You win the understatement of the thread, Sid!

[Cha]

51. Right.. why check? Overkill.. that always works.

[polly7]

93. They're in three different forums, one, a group.

I've seen this happen many times when they all show up on the same home page - cross-posted in Good Reads, Latest Breaking and The Environment, for example.

[freedom fighter jh]

28. What am I missing?

It looks like three different people thought the same piece of news was worth posting and each posted it in a different place on DU -- LBN, GD-P, and the Bernie group. Having one piece of news posted in three places is not particularly useful, but were the second and third posters supposed to scour DU before they did it? And what's the issue with the tone? It's just news. What's "emmerdant" and "ennuyant" about that?

And how, exactly, are DUers supposed to modulate their recs? IOW, if people found this piece of news important, why should they not have recced it?

I'm sorry about your hip. Sounds like not fun, but now that you're home it sounds like you're past the worst of it. Hope you're all better soon.

[Surya Gayatri]

30. Thanks for the encouragement. These early days are NOT easy!

[treestar]

32. lol who is Nina Turner

I never heard of her and don't care what she thinks! About anything whatsoever.

[Surya Gayatri]

38. Any relation to Tina? Is she feeling "Simply the Best" of the Bern?

[pnwmom]

54. Now if it were Tina Turner, that would mean something.

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

33. I don't use the 'greatest' page, so I'd only ever seen one of the three links you'd posted.

The way the site handles crossposting is annoying, though. There should simply be a link to the same post that shows up in all groups/forums that are applicable, with a shared comment thread underneath, not multiple OPs, each with a separate comment thread.

[Surya Gayatri]

35. That would certainly reduce the annoyance factor somewhat. I wonder if

it's feasible with DU's present architechture configuration.

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

37. You'd probably need a bit of coding work and a slight change to the database.

For one, you'd have to add a 'crosspost this post' question, and if folks answered yes, you'd give them the entire list of forums and groups as checkboxes or in a multi-select list for them to choose which ones the crosspost belongs in, and add a database table to store the post unique id and the forum/group id's. Right now it's a one-one relationship, so the forum/group ID is no doubt simply stored in the same table as the rest of the post info. As a one to many relationship, you'd need a separate linking table for that.

It wouldn't be terribly complex from a coding standpoint, but it would take a bit of time on the part of someone who knows the database and programming language underlying the site, and add a bit more overhead to the query times used to build the pages.

[Surya Gayatri]

40. Thanks for the explanation, but it goes above my pay grade, I fear! LOL!

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

44. Heh.

Well, those would just be the changes on the input side. You'd also need to make slight changes on the output side as well, but not too many. I know Daily Kos actually keeps coders/tech types onstaff, I don't know if Democratic Underground does as well.

[Surya Gayatri]

45. Elad is the tech geek, I think. Don't know if they've ever thought

of making these kinds of changes. It would certainly clean up the Greatest Page, though.

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

46. I use the latest list more, and it has the same problems.

You'll see the same post posted multiple times, one after another, in different groups, or posted once, then links to it posted in multiple groups with the same header.

[Surya Gayatri]

48. True that, and sometimes worse, with several dupes right in a row.

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

69. Holy Hells!

I just stopped by Daily Kos, and the site is now totally unusable. They apparently just did a major site revamp, and it's a total flop. I don't know whose bright ideas they decided to implement, but it's about a couple dozen times slower per page load. To load any single page with any real number of comments is taking a minute or more on my machine, and forcing me to wait until everything is loaded, rather than letting me start reading and scrolling. Even replying to a comment from their equivalent of the 'my posts' page ended up making me wait for over a minute before pulling up the reply comment I wanted to read. I guess I won't be using them as an example of a place with good coders on staff again. They're going to lose users like mad unless they revert on a number of the changes they implemented.

[Surya Gayatri]

82. Rarely go over there. Compared to DU, I find it unuser-friendly.

[Flying Squirrel]

119. Should post that suggestion in ATA. nt

[TM99]

34. Vous ne valez pas l'essaim.

Profitez de votre ennui.

[Surya Gayatri]

36. I'm not worth the bee swarm? Comment ?

Que voulez-vous dire exactement ? C'est un non sens.

[BlueMTexpat]

49. I wondered about that one too, LOL.

This is what Larousse says: http://www.larousse.fr/dictionnaires/francais/essaim/31081

Then there's this: http://www.interglot.com/dictionary/fr/en/translate/essaim

I especially liked the "mass of people or animals in turmoil" or the meteorite shower that can affect the weather.

Welcome back and get well fast!

Cet individu ne vaut pas la peine!

[Surya Gayatri]

52. Cet individu ne vaut pas la peine ! Là, t'as tout dit ! LOL!

And, thanks for the "encouragin' word". Your kindness is like balm to my poor right hip! LOL!

"mass of people or animals in turmoil"--sounds like a definitive description of DU during primary season...LOL!

[Nitram]

70. Berrnistas now identify themselves as bees?

Buzzing in to sting those nasty Clinton supporters en masse?

[Surya Gayatri]

81. What exactly he/she means by "swarm" is indeed a mystery.

[Nitram]

94. I imagine it means a swarm of posts by many people who share a particular point of view.

Designed to overwhelm the enemy with the volume of vitriol and suppress all resistance.

[Surya Gayatri]

98. Perhaps, but in French it sounds totally up the creek.

[Nitram]

101. Doesn't everything?

That was a joke, Surya, just a joke.

[Surya Gayatri]

102. Better be! LOL! Even a grocery list sounds elegant in French! LOL!

[Scuba]

39. Unrec. Not all of us are here all day. Re-posting is very helpful and appreciated.

[Surya Gayatri]

41. Enjoy...to each his own ennui.

[Art_from_Ark]

43. Notice that all those threads are about an endorsement of Bernie

Nothing about all the thread after thread after thread of polls posted by Hillary supporters...

[99Forever]

50. What a strange coincicence, eh?

Probably couldn't find a single example of the dozens of trash Bernie lies repeated here ad nausium, daily.

[Surya Gayatri]

55. After two weeks absence, these repeats were what I found on the front page this morning...

As for my tolerance of anti-Bern/pro Hill repeats, please see here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1251801980#post19

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1251801980#post22

[stupidicus]

57. indeed, it's little more than a biased whine

eom

[Surya Gayatri]

63. Biased whine...? Would you believe that the hospital staff

were impressed by my stoicism and bravery pre- and post-op?

My threshold for physical pain is quite high--much higher than my threshold for intellectual ennui.

Go figure...

[stupidicus]

73. all of which is meaningless garbage

and not applicable to the obvious pro-hillarian angle and the pursuit of sympathy slips over a hospital visit.

odd the mention of your threshold for intellectual lethargy is, given the mental sloth you've exhibited in not responding to the bias charge. WHy try to deny the obvious, no?

I've seen the same pro-Hillarty crap posted under different headlines many times before, but I guess I'm just more tolerant and less whiny than you, as are most BS supporters apparently, given that this particular whine seems to be new in my recollection.

ANd what's the magic number of like posts whereby whines like yours here is justified from the BS supporter -- 2, 3, or maybe 4 now that you used only 3?

[Surya Gayatri]

79. Sounds like somebody haz a mad/sad. "Meaningless garbage" it may be, but...

"...pursuit of sympathy slips"...seriesly???

And not "lethargy", but ennui--a French word meaning:

Meaning of “ennui” in the English Dictionary

British

"ennui" in British English
See all translations
ennui noun uk /ˌɒnˈwiː/ us /ˌɑːn-/ literary
› a ​feeling of being ​bored and ​mentally ​tired ​caused by having nothing ​interesting or ​exciting to do: "The ​whole ​country ​seems to be ​affected by the ennui of ​winter."

When three repeats of exactly the same piece make it to the front page within hours of each other--that's my definition of ennui.

[stupidicus]

90. hardly, yours has been a pitiable effort from start to finish

hardly the kinda stuff that results in either sadness or madness from me, or even the ennui you have apparently been self-victimized by.

try a thesaurus

en·nui
änˈwē/
noun
noun: ennui

a feeling of listlessness and dissatisfaction arising from a lack of occupation or excitement.
synonyms: boredom, tedium, listlessness, lethargy, lassitude, languor, weariness, enervation; More

your life circumstances prior to deciding to whine about repetitive posts on DU have no bearing on that repetition. it merely serves as an explanation as to why you're so whiny and chose repetitive posts to express it. 3 identical headline posts has absolutely nothing to do with your hospital time, and to compare the two is just silly.

I also think it's funny that you'd use sympathy as a vehicle to arrive at the whiny destination you did.

need a hanky?

[Surya Gayatri]

96. If you say so, STUPIDicus: "a pitiable effort from start to finish"...

That said, not needing or seeking anybody's pity or sympathy.

I challenge you to find any post where I've "whined" about anything.

Conceptions of "whining" are by definition very subjective.

And, sorry, but there are degrees of both physical and intellectual pain.

[stupidicus]

106. oh my, he plays the "STUPID" card

"Conceptions" of their being something inordinate/wrong about posts with differing origins in terms of posters and board/group are by definition very subjective, and in this case, indicative of flaws in the persons or their reasoning making such a case.

Your medical condition and where it's had you for the last few weeks has no bearing on any of this "overkill" on the posting issue. Only you and the shadow knows why you brought it up, but to contend that it's "STUPID" to think, given it's irrelevance to that issue, that it is just a sympathy gaining device whether intended as such or not -- which has been expressed throughout this post -- is "STUPID".

as any honest and objective analysis would conclude.

You do have a flair for the obvious. That's why don a figurative helmet before engaging people like you and material like this top post -- because of the figurative intellectual pain that cpomes from beating my brain against the proverbial wall.

The bottom line remains the same -- you wanted to berate several BS supporters for making identical posts on different boards, like it's their fault that the DU system herded them together to your great annoyance. And I doubt anyone here is convinced yet that had they been positive HC posts, you'd similarly be whining about it....

Maybe you should consider the degree to which your physical pain is having a negative impact on your intellectual heft and integrity today, no?

toodles

you can have the "last word". I've already wasted more than enough time and text on your silly whine.

[Surya Gayatri]

114. Even pseudo-intellectuals should watch their (not "they're") grammar and spelling...

"Conceptions" of their (sic) being...

And, I'm afraid I am incapable of even deciphering this paragraph sufficiently to make a coherent response:

Only you and the shadow knows why you brought it up, but to contend that it's "STUPID" to think, given it's irrelevance to that issue, that it is just a sympathy gaining device whether intended as such or not -- which has been expressed throughout this post -- is "STUPID".

[stupidicus]

123. my my, the pseudo-intellectual reduced himself to spelling/grammar/etc nazi

the last bastion of the _____. It wouldn't matter if you were capable, it would still result in some dodge that would leave the point intact, as has been the case from you largely from start to finish here.

The only unanswered question is did you get enough "get wells" to float your little boat as compensation for stupidly trying to admonish BS supporters for things overwhich they really have no control other than posting by your Hillary-loving prescription?

[Surya Gayatri]

126. "The only unanswered question"...was posed by you and no one else.

"Get wells" don't float my boat or have an appreciable impact on my healing process. Still, it's nice to know that people care.



You really do make me laugh, dear Stupid...

[stupidicus]

132. thanks for conceding the validity of my observations and accompanying remarks

let's recap the main ones for the readers.

1. spelling/grammar nazis generally speaking use that tactic as a dodge, which is really self-defeating insomuch as the dodge is and can be reasonably contrued as a tacit admission of the subject line kind here.

2. it's also reasonable to assume that one cites irrelevant medical conditions with at least the expectation of sympathy for it, and hardly "stupid" to think it the primary reason as you've seemingly alleged.

3. the idea that BS supporters (or HC supporters for that matter) should coordinate their efforts -- like scanning all of DU to make sure no repetition occurs -- to avoid what, further distressing (is that why you mentioned it?) one with a medical condition, suggests a sense of entitlement I would only expect from a pseudo-intellectual like you.

4. and given that you've made no effort to even defend the hilarity/stupidity of your effort at berating/barking orders at BS supporters to comply with your unreasonable/stupid demand, the reader can conclude that you've tacitly conceded you were in error on your silly/stupid demand.

5. The demand is of course, likely one you'd never make for your fellow HC supporters had that been the case. Choosing to think that, given the source, you, is no more "stupid" than my thoughts about your pursuit of sympathy slips. It may be wrong, but hardly stupid.

6. That I make you laugh has no bearing on any of this, just like your medical problems have nothing to do with BS supporter posting habits, and your raising it is only suggestive of the possibility that you may be a simple and incapable chain yanker, given how thoroughly unable you've been to defend your garbage here.

laugh away, eh?

Maybe you'd find it therapeutic to do another top post about the many ways BS supporters make you laugh. Hopefully they won't be as stupid and indefensible as this garbage.

[Surya Gayatri]

133. Bwahaaaaa! You need to find a new hobby, stupid...

[stupidicus]

135. further/continuing concessions, tacit or otherwise, are neither solicited nor warranted

and only serve to illustrate -- like the always ______ "Bwahaaa" defense does -- that ____ nonsense and laughter are the only bandaid you have for the embarrassing and indefensible whine you produced here.

Did you happen to see any other offenses of the imaginary kind on the part of BS supporters today that made you wanna cry as you did here?

[Surya Gayatri]

117. Ciao, bello/bella!

[Hekate]

86. Get well soon, stupidicus. Hope a cure is found soon for whatever ails you. nt

[stupidicus]

95. what exactly is ailing me?

absolutely nothing.

Is that you Dr. Frist?

[Hekate]

118. Seems to be a contagious case of the genuine nasties. A DUer just got out of the hospital...

....comes back here, and is roundly attacked.

Stop sneezing on people -- some are catching it. Sad.

[stupidicus]

125. I had no idea y'all were such a delicate flowers

wah

[Hekate]

128. Cover that sneeze

[stupidicus]

131. swat yourself

there are few things more amusing that a gravedancer declaring possession of the moral highground, no?

[Sheepshank]

115. I'm wondering WTH is up with those unprovoked attacks too?

My have some serious shit going on.....and I do mean shit.

[Hekate]

130. And now, for our reading pleasure, doubling down on same

[Cha]

42. Bummer, Surya.. two weeks in the hospital!

Oh and DU? Just the way it is in GDP.. I mostly don't pay attention to the merde.. just kick positive Hillary threads.

Please come and visit us in Hillary's Group.. anytime.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=forum&id=1107

Healing Thoughts!

[Surya Gayatri]

47. Hiya, Cha! Thanks for the kind words. I'll be over to see you guys for sure.

I don't pay much attention to the merde either, but it just jumped out at me when I logged on this morning to find the same damn article cited three times on the home page.

There's a limit to my tolerance level (whether endless repeats of pro-Bernie/anti-Hillary or pro-Hillary/anti-Bernie pieces).

[riversedge]

56. and Another one from a few minutes ago....

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1251802201

[Logical]

60. Yes, no bias in this post. Nt

[Surya Gayatri]

66. Apart from the fact that all three repeats were on the front page this morning, no, no bias.

As for my intolerance of anti-Bernie/pro-Hillary repeats, see here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1251801980#post19

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1251801980#post22

[Logical]

74. Why on the front page? So you think the DU is wrong? Based on your beliefs? Nt

[Surya Gayatri]

84. Right or wrong isn't the issue. Ennui or interest, however, is of the essence.

[babylonsister]

62. Ouch!

I hope you heal fast, feel better!

[Surya Gayatri]

64. Thanks for the kindness, babylonsister. Slowly but surely, thinks are getting better day by day.

[bigwillq]

67. Beep, Beep, It's the sound of the police

Got to love DU Police.

Hide thread. Ignore. Block user. They Work on my end. You might want to do try that.

[Surya Gayatri]

83. Have never trashed a thread or put anybody on ignore. Don't care to start now,

the fraught atmosphere around here notwithstanding.

[bigwillq]

89. Then you have to put up and deal with the atmosphere

And stop complaining about something you have the power to change.

[Surya Gayatri]

100. bigwillq, thanks SO much for the well-meant advice...but I think I'll

reserve the right to call out absurdity when I see it.

[LovingA2andMI]

68. Obviously....

Nina Turner's endorsement and leaving Hillary-Backpack Nation to do so, bother you....and other Hillary Supporters.

At least the good thing on Turner's support of Bernie now, guess that blows up big time the line repeated for months on end, Bernie does not have the support of African-Americans

Oh and Bernie got the support of the Postal Workers Union with their 200K+ members, 53 former and current State Officials in New Hampshire. Hope that didn't bother ya! ....

[Nitram]

71. Loving, do ya'll just pretend you don't understand the point of the OP?

It applies equally to both sides. Don't double-post and don't re-post. It gets tiresome no matter who does it. If someone did it without being aware it had already been posted, they could take it down once they realized their error.

[Surya Gayatri]

87. I don't know who the worshipful Nina Turner is, and don't really

care who she endorses. That said, 3+ and counting repeats of said endorsement, is just over the top, IMHO.

[greatauntoftriplets]

72. I wish you a swift recovery.

Welcome back.

[Surya Gayatri]

88. Thank you for the kind words, greatauntoftriplets.

to you too!

[Dem2]

75. That's funny

I came here to post that same story yesterday, but did a ctrl-f "turner" before posting and that was that.

[Surya Gayatri]

85. May you be blessed for your foresightedness!

[polly7]

76. They're all in different forums, one, a group.

[stupidicus]

97. don't interrupt such a fine whine with relevant facts

lol

[polly7]

99. I just thought it was obvious.

[longship]

77. Both of my sisters have had hip replacements in the past two months.

So I hope you heal soon. I wish nothing but the best for you.

Plus, I agree with your post.

My opinion is that too many DUers are acting like two year olds, childishly posting the same merde over and over again. Remarkably, those posts get a lot of DURecs and responses as partisans begin to throw chairs into the thread.

Rule #1: Throwing chairs never, ever does any good.

Rule #2: If one wants to promote ones candidate, be positive, not negative. That is why it is termed PROmote.

R&

My best to you!

[Surya Gayatri]

109. Thanks for the positive vibes, longship. Luckily, even at the age

of 70, my hip wasn't completely shattered in the fall. There was enough of the head of the femur still intact so that they were able to put in two pins and a bolt to hold them in place. No total replacement--at least not for the moment.

You're right. I swear this place sounds like pre-school sometimes...
"the same merde over and over again", in both camps.

Bratty kids taunting each other over the school hedge.

[jeff47]

78. The record I've seen is the same poll reposted 9 times in two days by Clinton supporters.

I await your posts about the overkill of doing that.

Also, I hope your recovery goes well.

[Surya Gayatri]

92. There is definite overkill going on in both camps. Being immobilised,

I'll most likely be spending more time on DU. If I spot such abuses, I'll certainly bring them up.

Thank you for the good wishes.

[aidbo]

80. As Polly7 pointed out above in post #76, these were all posted to different..

..areas of the website. The reason they showed up on the greatest page was because of all the recommendations.

So really, you have an issue with Sanders supporters reccing posts that they like and getting those posts onto the greatest page.

Sorry, but I will continue to recommend posts that I want to.

As to the degradation in the tone and tenor, I'd suggest staying out of the GD rimaries section if you are sensitive to that.

Finally - and I mean this with only sincerity - I wish you a speedy and complete recovery from your surgery.

[Surya Gayatri]

91. Please carry on recc'ing what you like. I just wish people would

have the same reflex as Dem2 did here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1251801980#post75

Thanks for your sincere best wishes.

[HassleCat]

105. Get used to it.

We had a saying in the military. BOHICA -- Bend over, here it comes again. When candidate supporters find a particularly juicy tidbit, they pass it around. I see these things posted, then posted ten minutes later, then ten minutes after that, and so on. Sanders people seize on anything that shows a chink in Hillary's armor of invulnerability. Clinton supporters post poll after poll after poll showing Bernie can't win, and sometimes add the helpful suggestion that he should quit. It's going to get worse until the contest is resolved one way or another.

[Surya Gayatri]

116. Vivement la fin ! Long live the end! (of primary season...).

[merrily]

107. Get well soon.

[Surya Gayatri]

111. Thanks, merrily, for the good wishes.

[Hekate]

120. Bad news breaking out of Paris just now. I hope you are well away from that neighborhood...

...and are sleeping soundly.

May all be well with you and in your city tomorrow.

[Surya Gayatri]

121. Thanks for your concern, Hekate. Actually, I live just 10-15 minutes away from

the hostage-taking in the 11th Arrondissement.

See here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10141259294

[Hekate]

122. Damn. Stay safe, stay safe.

[Surya Gayatri]

124. In my present state of immobility, I'm not going anywhere...dark LOL!