Two posters : It can be helpful if people quote a little of the post that they are replying to, to help flat-moders find out what is going on....(and)... As a staunch flatliner, I endorse that suggestion

Ahh, er ... um.... could we ...maybe use , well, another phrase? Other than flatliner?
It's just that, well, it has connotations ...!!...as in medical parlance when someone "flatlines" the nice beep beep of the heart stops making peaks on the monitor and the line goes flat and your dead.
At my age "flatliner" is a bit disconcerting .... if you get my drift?

Any ideas for alternatives? Flatreaders(or flat-moder as above) might work ???
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