Consideration for others

jt

Just came across this writing by Mr Jimbo,  I find it interesting, humorous and quite true.  

We should be more mindful of what we say on the forum (myself included), and see other people's perspective and be thoughtful of other people's feelings.





A lighter take on Schadenfreude (credit to t-bear):


How many forum members does it takes to change a light bulb?


1 to change the light bulb and 12 to post that the light bulb has been changed.
14 to share similar experiences of changing light bulbs and how the light bulb could have been changed differently.
7 to caution about the dangers of changing light bulbs.
1 to move it to the Lighting section.
2 to argue then move it to the Electricals section.


7 to point out spelling/grammar errors in posts about changing light bulbs.
5 to flame the spell checkers.
3 to correct spelling/grammar flames.


6 to argue over whether it's "lightbulb" or "light bulb" ... another 6 to condemn those 6 as stupid.
2 industry professionals to inform the group that the proper term is "lamp".
15 know-it-alls who claim they were in the industry, and that "light bulb" is perfectly correct.
19 to post that this forum is not about light bulbs and to please take this discussion to a lightbulb forum.

11 to defend the posting to this forum, saying that we all use light bulbs and therefore the posts are relevant to this forum.
36 to debate which method of changing light bulbs is superior, where to buy the best light bulbs, what brand of light bulbs work best for this technique and what brands are faulty.
7 to post URL's where one can see examples of different light bulbs.

4 to post that the URL's were posted incorrectly and then post the corrected URL's.
3 to post about links they found from the URL's that are relevant to this group, which makes light bulbs relevant to this group.
13 to link all posts to date, quote them in their entirety including all headers and signatures, and add "Me too".

5 to post to the group that they will no longer post because they cannot handle the light bulb controversy.
4 to say "didn't we go through this already a short time ago?"
13 to say "do a Google search on light bulbs before posting questions about light bulbs".


1 forum lurker to respond to the original post 6 months from now and start it all over again.


Happy Smoking

[ 本帖最后由 jt 于 2011-6-22 19:57 编辑 ]

摇头

Funny story, actually it's more than a story as it does happen in the daily life. Thanks jt, I'll pick it as monthly topic for my colleagues.

基督山

林子大了，就该什么鸟都有，只有一种鸟就没有意思了！论坛也应该如此吧！

leekuan

umm, light bulb is a classic joke... the original version is all about drilling, right? lol