Parents!
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[RANT] Aaarrrghhhh, My kids go to school, they have classmates, classmates have parents and those parents organize things like joint parties, driving to an event, presents for the teacher, … So one parent takes initiative and sends a mail to everyone to organize something. Great, very nice, no problem there. But then it seems that every single parent of every single classmate feels the need to press "reply all" to send "thank you", "how nice is this", "you're amazing" type of messages :mad:. As if I give a f... damn!! and of course, somehow the wrong email address is used, so you ask kindly to change it to something else, no, just press "reply all" again with some other useless message. Stupid parents ! :sigh: (had to get that of my chest, thank you for reading ;-))
V.
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[RANT] Aaarrrghhhh, My kids go to school, they have classmates, classmates have parents and those parents organize things like joint parties, driving to an event, presents for the teacher, … So one parent takes initiative and sends a mail to everyone to organize something. Great, very nice, no problem there. But then it seems that every single parent of every single classmate feels the need to press "reply all" to send "thank you", "how nice is this", "you're amazing" type of messages :mad:. As if I give a f... damn!! and of course, somehow the wrong email address is used, so you ask kindly to change it to something else, no, just press "reply all" again with some other useless message. Stupid parents ! :sigh: (had to get that of my chest, thank you for reading ;-))
V.
V. wrote:
those parents organize things like joint parties
Are the joints for the kids or the parents? Either way, I didn't think that sort of thing was legal outside of Amsterdam. :laugh:
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[RANT] Aaarrrghhhh, My kids go to school, they have classmates, classmates have parents and those parents organize things like joint parties, driving to an event, presents for the teacher, … So one parent takes initiative and sends a mail to everyone to organize something. Great, very nice, no problem there. But then it seems that every single parent of every single classmate feels the need to press "reply all" to send "thank you", "how nice is this", "you're amazing" type of messages :mad:. As if I give a f... damn!! and of course, somehow the wrong email address is used, so you ask kindly to change it to something else, no, just press "reply all" again with some other useless message. Stupid parents ! :sigh: (had to get that of my chest, thank you for reading ;-))
V.
Solution: allow your kids to grow up in ignorance with no peer-to-peer social skills, and home school them. :-D
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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V. wrote:
those parents organize things like joint parties
Are the joints for the kids or the parents? Either way, I didn't think that sort of thing was legal outside of Amsterdam. :laugh:
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined." - Homer
Both, with any luck.
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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[RANT] Aaarrrghhhh, My kids go to school, they have classmates, classmates have parents and those parents organize things like joint parties, driving to an event, presents for the teacher, … So one parent takes initiative and sends a mail to everyone to organize something. Great, very nice, no problem there. But then it seems that every single parent of every single classmate feels the need to press "reply all" to send "thank you", "how nice is this", "you're amazing" type of messages :mad:. As if I give a f... damn!! and of course, somehow the wrong email address is used, so you ask kindly to change it to something else, no, just press "reply all" again with some other useless message. Stupid parents ! :sigh: (had to get that of my chest, thank you for reading ;-))
V.
Sounds awful, why did you ever hand your email over for something like that?? If there is a need for all parents to be able to talk to each other then why not just create a group on a social platform (e.g. Facebook) and post in there. Then people can respond/ignore as desired. In fact, why has somebody not already created a "parent social platform" already? It's seems like an obvious thing. Email is NOT suitable for multi-person conversations.
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Sounds awful, why did you ever hand your email over for something like that?? If there is a need for all parents to be able to talk to each other then why not just create a group on a social platform (e.g. Facebook) and post in there. Then people can respond/ignore as desired. In fact, why has somebody not already created a "parent social platform" already? It's seems like an obvious thing. Email is NOT suitable for multi-person conversations.
musefan wrote:
Email is NOT suitable for multi-person conversations.
Of course it is! That's why it has a "Reply all" feature! :-D
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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[RANT] Aaarrrghhhh, My kids go to school, they have classmates, classmates have parents and those parents organize things like joint parties, driving to an event, presents for the teacher, … So one parent takes initiative and sends a mail to everyone to organize something. Great, very nice, no problem there. But then it seems that every single parent of every single classmate feels the need to press "reply all" to send "thank you", "how nice is this", "you're amazing" type of messages :mad:. As if I give a f... damn!! and of course, somehow the wrong email address is used, so you ask kindly to change it to something else, no, just press "reply all" again with some other useless message. Stupid parents ! :sigh: (had to get that of my chest, thank you for reading ;-))
V.
This is a solution that will address the problem and likely reduce your email. 1) Click that REPLY ALL yourself 2) Tell everyone it's very rude and thoughtless to click REPLY ALL with their mindless small talk when only the original sender need be informed. This should cut down on the REPLY ALL - possibly even omit the basic starting email for future mailings of this type (win/win => won). Other options are to teach them the glories of BCC:, but somehow I think this mob of FauxBook spawn really really want to REPLY ALL because they might get loved back!
"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein
"If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010
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Sounds awful, why did you ever hand your email over for something like that?? If there is a need for all parents to be able to talk to each other then why not just create a group on a social platform (e.g. Facebook) and post in there. Then people can respond/ignore as desired. In fact, why has somebody not already created a "parent social platform" already? It's seems like an obvious thing. Email is NOT suitable for multi-person conversations.
isn't social media just email with Reply All the only option? was [very briefly] in a cycling group... ... lot's of: - look at what I had for lunch today!! - my neighbour had a baby! - my cat is very fat, and shat on the mat!!! social media free for 5 years now... not a single relapse. still waiting for the sobriety chips to prove it, anyone know where to get them?
pestilence [ pes-tl-uh ns ] noun 1. a deadly or virulent epidemic disease. especially bubonic plague. 2. something that is considered harmful, destructive, or evil. Synonyms: pest, plague, people
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[RANT] Aaarrrghhhh, My kids go to school, they have classmates, classmates have parents and those parents organize things like joint parties, driving to an event, presents for the teacher, … So one parent takes initiative and sends a mail to everyone to organize something. Great, very nice, no problem there. But then it seems that every single parent of every single classmate feels the need to press "reply all" to send "thank you", "how nice is this", "you're amazing" type of messages :mad:. As if I give a f... damn!! and of course, somehow the wrong email address is used, so you ask kindly to change it to something else, no, just press "reply all" again with some other useless message. Stupid parents ! :sigh: (had to get that of my chest, thank you for reading ;-))
V.
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[RANT] Aaarrrghhhh, My kids go to school, they have classmates, classmates have parents and those parents organize things like joint parties, driving to an event, presents for the teacher, … So one parent takes initiative and sends a mail to everyone to organize something. Great, very nice, no problem there. But then it seems that every single parent of every single classmate feels the need to press "reply all" to send "thank you", "how nice is this", "you're amazing" type of messages :mad:. As if I give a f... damn!! and of course, somehow the wrong email address is used, so you ask kindly to change it to something else, no, just press "reply all" again with some other useless message. Stupid parents ! :sigh: (had to get that of my chest, thank you for reading ;-))
V.
It's the same annoying thing with group chat. I think there are lots of people that just need attention.
Social Media - A platform that makes it easier for the crazies to find each other. Everyone is born right handed. Only the strongest overcome it. Fight for left-handed rights and hand equality.
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isn't social media just email with Reply All the only option? was [very briefly] in a cycling group... ... lot's of: - look at what I had for lunch today!! - my neighbour had a baby! - my cat is very fat, and shat on the mat!!! social media free for 5 years now... not a single relapse. still waiting for the sobriety chips to prove it, anyone know where to get them?
pestilence [ pes-tl-uh ns ] noun 1. a deadly or virulent epidemic disease. especially bubonic plague. 2. something that is considered harmful, destructive, or evil. Synonyms: pest, plague, people
With email it is too easy to lose content. If somebody replies to a "old" email then it splits the email chain and your suddenly following 2..4..8.. different conversations. Sure it's fine for a brief discussion if people only reply when they need to ("Thanks" is not one of those reasons). With social media (depending on the platform) everyone sees the full SINGLE chain. You don't have to remember who/when a specific thing was said. Plus you often get extra features, like creating events. It's always easy to find the event details, just go to the event. You don't have to scroll a massive chain to find the date of the event in one email and the "new changed time and location" in another one. Alan: "Party on Monday at 7PM at Bob's house" 10 people: "Cool. Great. I'll be there' [silly picture showing party excitement]" Bob: "Change of plan. I won't be home for 7, new time is 8PM" 10 people: "Cool. Great. I'll be there' [silly picture showing party excitement]" Chris: "Bob has lost his house. I am going to host the party at my place [insert new location]. Same time as mentioned before". Me: "So... Tuesday at 5PM at Dave's house, or nah?" I am not trying to promote social media, just trying to point out that they have a lot better functionality for this kind of thing than email does.
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isn't social media just email with Reply All the only option? was [very briefly] in a cycling group... ... lot's of: - look at what I had for lunch today!! - my neighbour had a baby! - my cat is very fat, and shat on the mat!!! social media free for 5 years now... not a single relapse. still waiting for the sobriety chips to prove it, anyone know where to get them?
pestilence [ pes-tl-uh ns ] noun 1. a deadly or virulent epidemic disease. especially bubonic plague. 2. something that is considered harmful, destructive, or evil. Synonyms: pest, plague, people
lopatir wrote:
social media free for 5 years now... not a single relapse. still waiting for the sobriety chips to prove it
Sanity is reward enough.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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musefan wrote:
Email is NOT suitable for multi-person conversations.
Of course it is! That's why it has a "Reply all" feature! :-D
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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[RANT] Aaarrrghhhh, My kids go to school, they have classmates, classmates have parents and those parents organize things like joint parties, driving to an event, presents for the teacher, … So one parent takes initiative and sends a mail to everyone to organize something. Great, very nice, no problem there. But then it seems that every single parent of every single classmate feels the need to press "reply all" to send "thank you", "how nice is this", "you're amazing" type of messages :mad:. As if I give a f... damn!! and of course, somehow the wrong email address is used, so you ask kindly to change it to something else, no, just press "reply all" again with some other useless message. Stupid parents ! :sigh: (had to get that of my chest, thank you for reading ;-))
V.
Thank you for sharing this.... now where is the reply all button for this thread thingy :)
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isn't social media just email with Reply All the only option? was [very briefly] in a cycling group... ... lot's of: - look at what I had for lunch today!! - my neighbour had a baby! - my cat is very fat, and shat on the mat!!! social media free for 5 years now... not a single relapse. still waiting for the sobriety chips to prove it, anyone know where to get them?
pestilence [ pes-tl-uh ns ] noun 1. a deadly or virulent epidemic disease. especially bubonic plague. 2. something that is considered harmful, destructive, or evil. Synonyms: pest, plague, people
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[RANT] Aaarrrghhhh, My kids go to school, they have classmates, classmates have parents and those parents organize things like joint parties, driving to an event, presents for the teacher, … So one parent takes initiative and sends a mail to everyone to organize something. Great, very nice, no problem there. But then it seems that every single parent of every single classmate feels the need to press "reply all" to send "thank you", "how nice is this", "you're amazing" type of messages :mad:. As if I give a f... damn!! and of course, somehow the wrong email address is used, so you ask kindly to change it to something else, no, just press "reply all" again with some other useless message. Stupid parents ! :sigh: (had to get that of my chest, thank you for reading ;-))
V.
V. wrote:
My kids
I think I've found your problem. :-\
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[RANT] Aaarrrghhhh, My kids go to school, they have classmates, classmates have parents and those parents organize things like joint parties, driving to an event, presents for the teacher, … So one parent takes initiative and sends a mail to everyone to organize something. Great, very nice, no problem there. But then it seems that every single parent of every single classmate feels the need to press "reply all" to send "thank you", "how nice is this", "you're amazing" type of messages :mad:. As if I give a f... damn!! and of course, somehow the wrong email address is used, so you ask kindly to change it to something else, no, just press "reply all" again with some other useless message. Stupid parents ! :sigh: (had to get that of my chest, thank you for reading ;-))
V.
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Solution: allow your kids to grow up in ignorance with no peer-to-peer social skills, and home school them. :-D
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
OriginalGriff wrote:
with no peer-to-peer social skills
(every INTJ, introverted, frustrated-with-humanity software developer looks around at every other INTJ, introverted, frustrated-with-humanity software developer with a "you say that like it's a bad thing" look.)
cheers Chris Maunder
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[RANT] Aaarrrghhhh, My kids go to school, they have classmates, classmates have parents and those parents organize things like joint parties, driving to an event, presents for the teacher, … So one parent takes initiative and sends a mail to everyone to organize something. Great, very nice, no problem there. But then it seems that every single parent of every single classmate feels the need to press "reply all" to send "thank you", "how nice is this", "you're amazing" type of messages :mad:. As if I give a f... damn!! and of course, somehow the wrong email address is used, so you ask kindly to change it to something else, no, just press "reply all" again with some other useless message. Stupid parents ! :sigh: (had to get that of my chest, thank you for reading ;-))
V.
If you were evil, you could abuse the "reply all" feature, and do something like Reply All: Jane, looking forward to seeing you Friday Night! Reply All: Jim, Friday night's looking good, see you there Reply All: Steve, Friday night! See you there etc. Somebody might get a clue. then again, probably not :(
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OriginalGriff wrote:
with no peer-to-peer social skills
(every INTJ, introverted, frustrated-with-humanity software developer looks around at every other INTJ, introverted, frustrated-with-humanity software developer with a "you say that like it's a bad thing" look.)
cheers Chris Maunder
