Something else to DU. Be compassionate towards other Duers

[uppityperson]

If you don't like multiple threads on an unusual happening, simply ignore them. One of the great things about DU is having people all over posting what is going on with them, especially during a crisis. Rather than complaining, or mocking others, let them network and help and share.

Ignore Thread is there for a reason. Use it if multiples/etc offend you and please by compassionate rather than mocking. Someday it may be you.

[DainBramaged]

1. Love you man............

:loveya:

[DJ13]

2. Good post

[uppityperson]

7. thank you. Don't care if it is quake, fire, tornado, hurricane, larouchers, just

be aware that people come here to share and find out wtf is going on.

[Solly Mack]

3. K&R

[myrna minx]

4. Thanks. K&R

:thumbsup:

[MinneapolisMatt]

5. K&R

Great post.

[City Lights]

6. Well said!

:toast:

Rec'd.

[Stinky The Clown]

8. Well said

[uppityperson]

16. Thank you. It is news, and quite interesting.

Not sure why people feel the need to mock "in my days, we walked uphill to school through the snow, both ways". Just being nice and sitting back and watching and reading while those involved figure it out isn't that difficult.

Hoping that damage is minimal, etc

[Lint Head]

9. You are right. I have experienced earthquakes and they are not fun. You feel

helpless. I love DU because you can get many perspectives of a national event.

[AngryOldDem]

10. +1

[kayakjohnny]

11. This has already been posted.

:P


















(I kid.)

[UTUSN]

45. Bwah-ha-HAH !1 n/t

[DesertFlower]

12. K&R. nt

[seabeyond]

13. actually, i wanted to create another thread, gigglin in fun, at all the OMG earthquake

post after post. thought it so cute. a lifetime in the west, and many earthquakes, i thought i would poke fun

but didnt

agreed uppity

it is all good

a little excitement. as long as all are well. if not? then sad

[pacalo]

14. I couldn't agree more.

Those who ignore the "ignore thread" tool is a tool & should be ignored.

:hide:

[proud patriot]

15. As a Native Californian I must apologize for the mockery

It's shameful . we don't if there have been injuries or what is next.

As Californians who have been through earthquakes know more could be on the way.

My only suggestion for east coasties is to fill your bathtub with water just in case.

:loveya:

[GreenPartyVoter]

18. Looks like some nuke plants didn't like the experience. Hope there are

no injuries, but it was such a widespread event I guess the odds are not in our favor.

[seabeyond]

22. ya... but there have been times, thsoe without snow have made big deal about snow and east coast

laughs and mocks...

all in good fun.

i didnt see it as being mean spirited.

[GreenPartyVoter]

17. +1,000,000!

[w8liftinglady]

19. excellent point. for the record,I dread an earthquake here in the Dust Bowl

We have shit for building codes...and natural gas drilling and fracking like nobodies business.

[nc4bo]

20. +1 Thanks for saying that.

Besides neighbors and nearby family, posting on a message board may be the quickest way to get information. Local/National news lags behind what flies like the wind on the net.

+1000 for the many eyes and ears of DU.

[HappyMe]

21. Thanks for that.

:hi:

[ohheckyeah]

23. I was born and raised in

Virginia and in my 50+ years I've never experienced an earthquake. Yeah, it was damn scary and it doesn't feel very good to see all the mocking and dickish behavior by some people. Thanks for the post!

[ladyVet]

24. Except for a few years during and just after the USAF,

I've lived in NC (born and raised here). We were told there was a fairly large fault line when I was a kid, but I've never been in an earthquake. I hope to never experience one again, either. My heart is still pounding!

This OP is the first "recommend" I've ever given, by the way, although a couple of less nice ones today have gotten the opposite.

[ohheckyeah]

25. My hands shook for awhile. Earthquakes come out of the blue

and there's nothing you can do. At least with hurricanes we know they are coming and we can prepare.

[Dappleganger]

30. Really? I'm a native Virginian as well...

although we have lived here in FL for a decade, we experienced tremors multiple times when we lived in Shenandoah county.

[dgibby]

53. Ohheckyeah and I are from the same hometown.

It's located west of the Shenandoah Valley in the Alleghany Mountains-about 40 miles from Lewisburg, WVa. Although I've experienced quakes in Calif and SC, I've never been through a quake in Clifton Forge until yesterday, and I'm 65 years old. If I don't ever experience another one here, it'll still be too soon for me! Any force of nature that can move these ancient mountains definitely gets my attention!

[dtexdem]

26. Yeah, after flaming the hell out of another DUer, be compassionate to the poor, suffering fool.

;-)

[uppityperson]

27. Who did I flame the hell out of? And why call all east coast DUers "fool"?

OK, I flamed a couple people who are ts'd, but what?

[mistertrickster]

43. I noticed that too . . . but it's so easy to see the speck in the eye of the other.

I'm sure I do it too, heigh ho.

[Jakes Progress]

28. You are right. But

it's hard to be nice to people who don't know how to use the click button. If it bothers you, don't click on it. How hard is that?

[Dappleganger]

29. Well said.

Repost tattle-tales should remove themselves to any other of a number of childish websites where they will be in good company.

[OneGrassRoot]

31. Good on you....

:thumbsup:

Thanks.

:hug:

[MrDiaz]

32. I'm sure

Us Texans can get the same treatment?

[Jamastiene]

36. You can from me.

I've never been to Texas, but have always wanted to visit.

[myrna minx]

37. The state that gave us the Fighting Dems who defied Tom Delay

and inspired the Wisconsin 14? You bet!

I'm so sorry you folks are enduring such a horrible drought. :hug: from Minnesota.

[Liberal_in_LA]

33. k&r

[QC]

34. Compassion on DU? What a novel idea!

I like it!

[Jamastiene]

35. Fair enough.

I tend to do that anyway. K&R

I do think a lot of the "the east coast is going to fall into the ocean" jokes are sort of karmic though, in a way, because east coasters do say that same exact thing a lot to west coasters after all their quakes. I heard my mother say it a brazillion times while I was growing up.

[sce56]

38. Why I have to say that is "Mighty Uppity of you!

My little sister lives in Maryland and she had some damage in her home so even relocated Left coasters were caught unaware by this event.

Just saying

[Catherine Vincent]

39. Let me guess

Some are whining about the multiple earthquake threads? Figures.

[patrice]

40. K&R

[rbee01]

41. Very nice post

Thank you for posting this. The world could do with a lot more civility.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

47. Welcome to DU, rbee01!

I hope you'll enjoy our conversations!

:hi:

[mistertrickster]

42. Pot meet kettle. Sheesh . . . But I k & r'd the sentiment anyway. nt

[Lost-in-FL]

46. Tee hee!!

:thumbsup:

[uppityperson]

61. We disagree a lot, argue a lot here. But still, thank you. nt

[neoconn]

44. As they say....

K&R!!!

[humanityisfree]

48. agreed -

and not just on this issue -

[Hubert Flottz]

49. K&R

Our DU family is really being tested. The stress level is almost as high every day, as it once was just at election time. The strong will survive, but the ones in trouble need their help.

[Firebrand Gary]

50. K&R, I got nothing but love for ya!

[Javaman]

51. Nice post, hitler. nt

[elocs]

52. "Good citizens check for duplicates!" Why do you see that before posting a new thread?

Or did Skinner just throw that in for the hell of it?

There are a good reasons for this rule, one not the least is that it goes a long way to prevent clutter, but the other is that just a few threads on the same subject actually is more informative (isn't that the point, to inform?) rather than multiple threads on the Home Page all simply asking, "Was that an earthquake?" Thread after thread basically saying the same thing which could have easily been added to any of the other existing threads about the earthquake. Did this really help to inform DUers about what was really happening with the earthquake?

But the earthquake aside (are DUers really so easily panicked?) duplicate threads are very common here at DU and it seems that not too many of the "good citizens" ever bother to check for duplicates. Some of the worst offenders of posting duplicates are the prolific DU posters who are well known and evidently just don't care if their thread has already been posted earlier or even the previous day.


Ultimately, news is not news at DU even if it is small news if it does not get reposted at least 3 times the day it happens and then for the next 3 days.

[lonestarnot]

54. K & R!

[LeftishBrit]

55. k&r

and if this relates to the earthquake, my best wishes to all those affected!

[Turbineguy]

56. Good Plan

We're supposed to be friends here.

[Beacool]

57. Very nicely said.

:-)

[muffin1]

58. K&R n/t

[Enthusiast]

59. K&R You're just being uppity.

:pals:

[Altoid_Cyclist]

60. One of the best OP's that I've seen for a while.

Succinct, useful, liberal and just common sense at its' best.

[October]

62. Thank you for this post.

It seems this should be common courtesy, or civility -- but that has all evaporated in society -- seemingly since the Bush years.

[Kalidurga]

63. Well I am grateful for the tons of earthquake threads...

if it wasn't for them I wouldn't have known about the three earthquakes that hit in a single day. I have to wonder if that is some kind of record...

[SoapBox]

64. Cool! I've never used the Hide Thread function...

but I will now!

[SoapBox]

65. p.s....oh...

but you cannot a hide thread posted by an ADMINISTRATOR.

[uppityperson]

66. Heh, just tried hiding skinner's thread, never knew that. thank you

Today I will join in the fun poking, but yesterday, right after the quake happened when people were still trying to figure out wtf was going on? Naw.

[obxhead]

67. Thank you from this Mineral resident tired of the

snark and general mean spirited posts by a few DUers.

I find some of these posts terribly disturbing. They all seem to have a common theme as well. Something along the lines of they do it to us about (insert event here) so it's only fair. I see it as petty and shallow.

[closeupready]

68. K&R

nt

[geardaddy]

69. Well said, UP

[Harry Monroe]

70. Or as Bill and Ted put it, "Be excellent to one another!!"

Good advice, that. So everyone be excellent to each other!!:hi: :pals: :headbang:

[FedUpWithIt All]

71. Seriously, the behavior of some is bordering on embarassing.

We're all big boys and girls. :eyes: I wish we could all act like it.