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Author Topic: 10 Deadly DDF Sins...  (Read 41387 times)

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Re: 10 Deadly DDF Sins...
« Reply #20 on: January 17, 2012, 07:04:16 PM »
11. theads going off topic.   and i am guilty of #9, only cuz my dc is linked to checking acct and i wont spend 4 i dont have, as opposed to cc

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Re: 10 Deadly DDF Sins...
« Reply #21 on: January 17, 2012, 07:15:49 PM »
12. Giving new guys a break, and not starting to harass them on their first steps. You were also new one day.

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Re: 10 Deadly DDF Sins...
« Reply #22 on: January 17, 2012, 07:17:51 PM »
12. not Giving new guys a break, and not starting to harass them on their first steps. You were also new one day.

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Re: 10 Deadly DDF Sins...
« Reply #23 on: January 17, 2012, 07:30:51 PM »
13 (move up the list please) Constantly getting into arguments with others. Insisting that you're right when you and everyone else knows you're wrong.

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Re: 10 Deadly DDF Sins...
« Reply #24 on: January 17, 2012, 07:31:36 PM »
and i am guilty of #9, only cuz my dc is linked to checking acct and i wont spend 4 i dont have, as opposed to cc
No excuse.
Save your time, I don't answer PM. Post it in the forum and a dedicated DDF'er will get back to you as soon as possible.

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Re: 10 Deadly DDF Sins...
« Reply #25 on: January 17, 2012, 07:49:23 PM »
10. Posting in a language that all DDF members can’t understand.
selicha aval ein ani maskim lazeh ;D (excuse my poor hebrew)

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Re: 10 Deadly DDF Sins...
« Reply #26 on: January 17, 2012, 07:53:10 PM »
10. Posting in a language that all DDF members can’t understand.
if i only spoke spanish, would you reply in spanish for me?

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Re: 10 Deadly DDF Sins...
« Reply #27 on: January 17, 2012, 07:59:15 PM »
if i only spoke spanish, would you reply in spanish for me?
When I register for a site in English I expect that to be the language spoken or at least a notice if it was not. If the registration was in Spanish then yes I would reply to you and post in Spanish. I am learning a lot every day that this forum does not follow what I would call “accepted practices”. 
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Re: 10 Deadly DDF Sins...
« Reply #28 on: January 17, 2012, 07:59:50 PM »
if i only spoke spanish, would you reply in spanish for me?
i would. "no habla espanyol"

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Re: 10 Deadly DDF Sins...
« Reply #29 on: January 17, 2012, 08:08:57 PM »
When I register for a site in English I expect that to be the language spoken or at least a notice if it was not. If the registration was in Spanish then yes I would reply to you and post in Spanish. I am learning a lot every day that this forum does not follow what I would call “accepted practices”. 
I am pretty sure an accepted practice is freedom of speech. Unless specified in the rules of an individual forum anything is fair play. This is the general idea that I understand of forums and the internet in general.
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Re: 10 Deadly DDF Sins...
« Reply #30 on: January 17, 2012, 08:12:46 PM »
I am pretty sure an accepted practice is freedom of speech.
Actually that is not the case. Forums are not democracies they are dictatorships. 
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Re: 10 Deadly DDF Sins...
« Reply #31 on: January 17, 2012, 08:13:56 PM »
13 (move up the list please) Constantly getting into arguments with others. Insisting that you're right when you and everyone else knows you're wrong.
if it makes others out loud (and i dont mean lol) than i think its ok

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Re: 10 Deadly DDF Sins...
« Reply #32 on: January 17, 2012, 08:14:53 PM »
Posting without searching
+100000

Exactly when??
i doubt ull ever get that answer, its against his T&C

I was waiting for cbs to say that!  :D
....aaand here i am, but he beat me to it!

Actually that is not the case. Forums are not democracies they are dictatorships. 
and ur doing a great job contributing to it

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Re: 10 Deadly DDF Sins...
« Reply #33 on: January 17, 2012, 08:17:22 PM »
Actually that is not the case. Forums are not democracies they are dictatorships. 
Corect and unfortunatly for you, you are not the dictator. This is why I said unless specified in the rules anything goes... the rules are what the dictator allows and what is not allowed. On this forums other languages are fair game hence why you would come into a forum aka dictatorship assuming certain "accepted poilies" is baffling.
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Re: 10 Deadly DDF Sins...
« Reply #34 on: January 17, 2012, 08:18:07 PM »
and ur doing a great job contributing to it
Care to explain?
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Re: 10 Deadly DDF Sins...
« Reply #35 on: January 17, 2012, 08:20:39 PM »
Care to explain?
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Re: 10 Deadly DDF Sins...
« Reply #36 on: January 17, 2012, 08:21:16 PM »
Care to explain?
i dont think theres a need for an explanation

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Re: 10 Deadly DDF Sins...
« Reply #37 on: January 17, 2012, 08:23:48 PM »
i dont think theres a need for an explanation
Seems the standard answer when someone gets called out.   ::)
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Re: 10 Deadly DDF Sins...
« Reply #38 on: January 17, 2012, 08:48:58 PM »
11. theads going off topic.
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Re: 10 Deadly DDF Sins...
« Reply #39 on: January 17, 2012, 08:51:08 PM »
No excuse.
ok so u pay my bills ;)