--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > > Yesterday I made three -- count them, three -- posts about the somewhat > obsessive nature of a few FFLers. In the first two posts, I used a > somewhat objective measure (the Yahoo Groups Search Engine) to document > the obsession; in the third, I theorized as to what the cause of this > obsession might be. Then I just went about my day, neither mentioning > (nor, truth be told, thinking about) any of these people again. > > From the side of the obsessives I mentioned (and a few I didn't > mention), my three posts seem to have provoked a number of reactive, > defensive, and above all "button-pushed" posts. How many? > > 31, by my count.
You are glad of the attention I can tell. Well, I think I made one post back to you. Was it not enough, too much? It doesn't appear you found that undergarment I was mentioning. Keep looking, they have to be there somewhere. > > In terms of making my point about obsession, I think I can safely rest > my case. Do less, accomplish more. :-) > > The guy who claims to be enlightened and thus all "line on water" and > all is the clear winner of the How Pushed Were My Buttons Contest, at 11 > posts, followed by the person who claims she isn't obsessed with Barry > at all, at 7 posts. > > They never learn that when someone calls them obsessive, the way to > rebut or disprove this is NOT to demonstrate exactly how obsessed they > are. >
