Random Rants

[GraemeE]

Thanks guys - hopefully many years before I have any more medical shenanigans to share

[Jett129]

@GraemeE Also equally glad to hear you’re feeling better. I can also join your Kidney Stone Support Group. Mine was calcium.

[flannel slut]

@Giles sadly, those not to be bothered looking into the magnify glass (located next your freaking account profile) will never read past the first line of a how to. I’m all for indirect shaming however. And while we’re at it, you should be using your fucking turn signals.

[Denman John]

@Denimhead-0 I didn’t get a cool eyepatch otherwise I would have posted a shirtless pic

@tody yeah, it happened at work. I poked my eye on a piece of grass/straw when bending down. It felt like something was under my eyelid so I wanted to get it checked. Feeling better today

[Jett129]

@flannel-slut said in Random Rants:

@Giles sadly, those not to be bothered looking into the magnify glass (located next your freaking account profile) will never read past the first line of a how to. I’m all for indirect shaming however. And while we’re at it, you should be using your fucking turn signals.

Where I live people either don’t use their turn signals or even worse have them on and dont turn. Had a friend killed years ago by a driver with his turn signal on who didn’t turn. I just wait until they either pass by,or make the turn.

[scooter]

Carlin was mentioned, a couple of days ago. My personal favorite rant...

[nurunuru]

I feel like everyone who has never sold stuff on a forum should be aware that when someone has commented "DM'd" after the initial listing, it does not mean the item is no longer available.

9 times out of 10 it means that this person has messaged the seller to offer maybe half the listed price. Or a quarter of the listed price. Or a trade for a partially eaten turnip.

But everyone who's never sold stuff on a forum before assumes the person who wrote "DM'd" was genuinely interested, and therefore no one else tries to buy the item and the thread goes cold.

(I have never tried to sell stuff on this forum. This is just par for the course, is all )

[sabergirl]

While we are at it, asking if something is still available or posting interest in a thread and then never sending a message to follow up is super-annoying. Like, why, though?!

[Giles]

So, use the Filthy Mike clause, which I think is genius....

To paraphrase:

"I believe this to be a fair price. I will not entertain offers, nor will I respond to them"

Can also be read as "get fucked, loser"

I urge you to use it in your listings.......

[Jett129]

On Facebook Marketplace,I deliberately build in a haggling price,because that seems to be the game over there. If I want $30 for something,I list it for $40,and when they offer me $20,I say $30,and they think they got me. Everybody wins. I don’t do that here,and even though,I don’t post the Filthy Mike clause,that’s the philosophy I have.