@GretchensMom: We’ll miss your positive comments over there, but since the extremists have such a strong effect on you, it sounds like the right thing for you to do. Life is too short to spend it doing things that shorten your lifespan by creating a lot of unnecessary stress. I’ll miss your comments, but perhaps we’ll hear from you again someday.
Signing off now from GoComics for a week or two or……….
Thanks, lightenup. I’m only an occasional reader of Cathy, but she has a great group of followers. Nevertheless, neither Cathy’s life nor the life of the group will always go smoothly. But the bumps in the road help everyone to appreciate the good times more.
@GretchensMom: Looks like maybe you got your wish (time will tell). It appears that Omnius has been blocked from Calvin and Hobbes, and all of his previous “Tea Party” comments are no longer visible. Perhaps this happened because so many people were flagging his comments.
By the way, I left you two comments on Cathy late last night.
It looks like all of the previous “Tea Party” comments by Omnius have been deleted. Perhaps he has been blocked from posting on Calvin and Hobbes because so many posters were flagging him.
@GretchensMom: I just looked back at your departure comment on Calvin and Hobbes, and it turns out that it was more definitive than I had remembered it.
But, wait………… You said that you would stop reading the comments, but you didn’t say that you would stop writing comments!
And………… Your comment was late in the day, so hardly anyone saw it!
And………… Several of the posters who saw it told you not to leave!
@GretchensMom: Boy, I don’t know……. This Cathy group seems like a really tough crowd…… I think I’d better go back to Calvin and Hobbes where things are civil…….. (Just kidding.)
I forgot to mention that if the Calvin and Hobbes strip is specifically about government / politics / the economy (like today’s), you should skip reading the comments that day.
@lightenup and @legaleagle: All of us are victims of our past to some extent, but some more than others. As a result, sometimes we say things that offend others. One of the advantages of a forum like this is that we have the opportunity to think over what we have said and consider how others will take it before we post it. So, in theory, it should be easier for us to avoid offending others online than in face-to-face conversation. Unfortunately, in practice, what sometimes happens is that we are more likely to offend others online because of the anonymity, and because others can’t see our facial expressions or body language. Whether online or in person, human communication is imperfect.
Hobbes
commented on Cathy
9 days ago
@GretchensMom: We’ll miss your positive comments over there, but since the extremists have such a strong effect on you, it sounds like the right thing for you to do. Life is too short to spend it doing things that shorten your lifespan by creating a lot of unnecessary stress. I’ll miss your comments, but perhaps we’ll hear from you again someday.
Signing off now from GoComics for a week or two or……….
:>)
Have a good summer.
Hobbes
commented on Calvin and Hobbes
10 days ago
@UncaJim: Omnius is back? Hmmmm……….. So, it looks like old Tea-Party trashers never die. Their comments just keep getting recycled.
Hobbes
commented on Cathy
10 days ago
Thanks, lightenup. I’m only an occasional reader of Cathy, but she has a great group of followers. Nevertheless, neither Cathy’s life nor the life of the group will always go smoothly. But the bumps in the road help everyone to appreciate the good times more.
Hobbes
commented on Calvin and Hobbes
10 days ago
@Teresa: Well, try to look on the bright side……..Oh, wait …………never mind. :>)
Hobbes
commented on Cathy
10 days ago
@GretchensMom: Looks like maybe you got your wish (time will tell). It appears that Omnius has been blocked from Calvin and Hobbes, and all of his previous “Tea Party” comments are no longer visible. Perhaps this happened because so many people were flagging his comments.
By the way, I left you two comments on Cathy late last night.
Hobbes
commented on Calvin and Hobbes
10 days ago
Click here: Pearls Before Swine (April 5, 2004)
Hobbes
commented on Calvin and Hobbes
10 days ago
It looks like all of the previous “Tea Party” comments by Omnius have been deleted. Perhaps he has been blocked from posting on Calvin and Hobbes because so many posters were flagging him.
Hobbes
commented on Cathy
10 days ago
@GretchensMom: I just looked back at your departure comment on Calvin and Hobbes, and it turns out that it was more definitive than I had remembered it.
But, wait………… You said that you would stop reading the comments, but you didn’t say that you would stop writing comments!
And………… Your comment was late in the day, so hardly anyone saw it!
And………… Several of the posters who saw it told you not to leave!
And……….. and…………….. !
Hobbes
commented on Cathy
10 days ago
@GretchensMom: Boy, I don’t know……. This Cathy group seems like a really tough crowd…… I think I’d better go back to Calvin and Hobbes where things are civil…….. (Just kidding.)
I forgot to mention that if the Calvin and Hobbes strip is specifically about government / politics / the economy (like today’s), you should skip reading the comments that day.
Hobbes
commented on Cathy
11 days ago
@lightenup and @legaleagle: All of us are victims of our past to some extent, but some more than others. As a result, sometimes we say things that offend others. One of the advantages of a forum like this is that we have the opportunity to think over what we have said and consider how others will take it before we post it. So, in theory, it should be easier for us to avoid offending others online than in face-to-face conversation. Unfortunately, in practice, what sometimes happens is that we are more likely to offend others online because of the anonymity, and because others can’t see our facial expressions or body language. Whether online or in person, human communication is imperfect.