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Comment author: AspiringKnitter 28 December 2011 03:07:13AM -1 points [-]

Not everyone will be accusatory like nyan_sandwich.

It's fine, I'm not pitching a fit about a little crudeness. I really can take it... or I can stay involved, but I don't think I can do both, unlike some people (like maybe you) who are without a doubt better at some things than I am. Don't blame him for chasing me off, I know the community is welcoming.

And I'm not really looking for reassurance. Maybe I'll sleep on it for a while, but I really don't think I'm cut out for this. That's fine with me, I hope it's fine with you too. I might try to hang around the HP:MoR thread, I don't know, but this kind of serious discussion requires skills I just don't have.

All of that said, I really appreciate that sweet comment. Thank you.

Comment author: orthonormal 28 December 2011 05:50:37AM 5 points [-]

I hope you're not seeing the options as "keep up with all the threads of this conversation simultaneously" or "quit LW". It's perfectly OK to leave things hanging and lurk for a while. (If you're feeling especially polite, you can even say that you're tapping out of the conversation for now.)

(Hmm, I might add that advice to the Welcome post...)

Comment author: AspiringKnitter 28 December 2011 06:36:05AM 3 points [-]

Okay. I'm tapping out of everything indefinitely. Thank you.

Comment author: thomblake 29 December 2011 05:02:49PM 3 points [-]

I don't know, but this kind of serious discussion requires skills I just don't have.

But remember, fixing this sort of problem is ostensibly what we're here for.

If we fail at that for reasons you can articulate, I at least would like to know.

Comment author: AspiringKnitter 29 December 2011 05:14:37PM 2 points [-]

But remember, fixing this sort of problem is ostensibly what we're here for.

Education is ostensibly what high school teachers are there for, but if a student shows up who can't read, they don't blame themselves because they're not there to teach basic skills like that.

Comment author: [deleted] 29 December 2011 06:11:21PM 3 points [-]

I know a few high school teachers. I think they'd consider illiteracy a freakin' emergency, not an annoying inconvenience. Blame wouldn't enter into it.