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 Originally Posted By: morphememedley
… any post to a thread, post original thread post, is directed at someone else—unless directed at oneself, if one has posted to the thread. … [emphasis added]


Oneself: Say something positive, so as not to be accused of negativity. Something like this: The board participant may find information and fun and invigorating conversation here. May, I said.

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 Originally Posted By: morphememedley
I'm still trying to figure out what character-shaping influences the board architecture has on participants here.


Character-shaping takes place at a very early stage in life.
It is said that after a certain age people don't change; they only become more so.

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>It is said that after a certain age people don't change; they only become more so.

who says?!

-joe (moreso) friday

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Anno Nimmus

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Sorry Morphememedley, the withered souls scared me into the defense, I believe people can change mostly on a social behaviour level, but that the center part of a personality does not change much.

Well........Googed results:

295,000,000 English pages for people don't change.

55,700,000 English pages for people change

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If no one else will bump the post title bearing my handle out of the prominent most recent spot for the topic in Active Topics, I will.

I waxed hyperbolic with “wither the psyche” where I could have used intimidate. I am a scary guy, though, underneath the waxing. I'll move on so as not to scare myself.

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Wax on. Wax off.

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Yep. (whatswaxonwaxoff?)

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Oh no! You definitely do NOT want to wax any withers! Heavens to mergatroid, the saddle needs to stay on the horse, and actually helping it to slide off would be baaaaaaaaaaaaad!!! ;0)

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