Well, I think ... no, nevermind

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28 June 2011 @ 05:07 pm

Well, I think ... no, nevermind

I have just started four (4) substantial comments in response to various people's lj posts, only to realize halfway through that whatever I was saying was either never going to come out right, or wasn't kind or useful, or was so inane as to insult the OP's intelligence by my including them.

If I have commented on a recent post of YOURS with similarly unhelpful content in the last little while, I apologize for not catching myself sooner.

Instead of writing a bunch of stupid comments, for the rest of the day, I am going to replace my input with adorable kittens:

I'm feeling:

inarticulate

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gothtique on June 28th, 2011 09:21 pm (UTC)

Sometimes things just sound so much better in our heads...

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bkdelong on June 28th, 2011 09:40 pm (UTC)

Uh huh. Been there. A lot - only I wasn't smart enough to not comment myself so apologies were issued. I am learning - I've just started flat out discarding comments when I find myself getting off topic or away from the original intent :)

Um....yay! Kittens!

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metagnat on June 28th, 2011 09:25 pm (UTC)

I do that all the time (start writing and then realize it's not useful).

I think knowing when one can't contribute to a conversation is an under-rated and highly valuable skill.

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metagnat on June 28th, 2011 09:40 pm (UTC)

Also: squee for adorable kittens.

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redheadedmuse on June 28th, 2011 10:52 pm (UTC)

I hate days like that. Especially when the not-useful stuff I'm writing is articles I have to post anyway for work because of deadlines.

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muffyjo on June 29th, 2011 01:08 am (UTC)

Good choices, well executed.

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harimad on June 29th, 2011 12:13 pm (UTC)

I think the world would be a better place if this substitution happened more often. Maybe some other animals for variety.

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veek on June 29th, 2011 01:37 pm (UTC)

Adorable kittens is exactly what I need this morning! Thank you!

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moominmolly on June 29th, 2011 02:26 pm (UTC)

KITTEN

Edited at 2011-06-29 02:26 pm (UTC)

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_sabriel_ on June 29th, 2011 03:36 pm (UTC)

I ALSO really needed that, Thank you.
xox

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drwex on June 29th, 2011 07:17 pm (UTC)
I wish I could recognize this more often

I do it - start posts or comments and then read them over and think "nope, that's not helping" and hit the Back button.

Then again, sometimes I get it wrong and hit the Post button instead.

Kitteh is good!

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