Thread: Am I thanking Folks too much?

I never thank people and I'm relatively certain that nobody has
thanked me. I don't pay any attention to the new system so I
would say go ahead and `thank' away as much as you like.

- Scott

In the Navy we used to say, "one aw shit wipes out a thousand attaboys".

I only thank people for answering my questions. I try not to go overboard with it besides that.

Originally Posted by Jimbo

Thanks for the thanks to everyone who posted in the thanks thread, Dsailing! Giving thanks can often be a thank-less task, but I thank my lucky stars that thanking people who deserve thanks has been enabled in the forum. Thanks!

When thinking about thanking, I often think thanks can be overused. But then I think, no - thanks are for thanking good or useful posts, so I don't mind a good thank, I think. On the other hand, if we don't thank a post that deserves thanks, the poster might think - noone thanked me...I think thanks is thank-less.

Anyway, that's what I think about thanks. Other's thoughts on thanking may differ and that's OK. Thankfully, we can all think what we want about thanks, and thank each other thankfully for our frank thanks thoughts. That's what I think.

Thanks!

James.

Wow. You totally ruined the word for me. Now it just sounds meaningless and rediculous. Take any word and repeat it 50 times. After a while it starts sounding weird and lose its meaning. Try "penguin".

Haven't used the new feature yet and probably never will. If I'm going to thank someone for something, I'll either go back and make a new post and actually take the 2 seconds to type "Thanks" or "Thank You"; or shoot the person a P.M. Other than that, I'm with Scott...I don't pay any attention to it.

Thanks,
-Pary

Originally Posted by HenrikWL

Wow. You totally ruined the word for me. Now it just sounds meaningless and rediculous. Take any word and repeat it 50 times. After a while it starts sounding weird and lose its meaning. Try "penguin".

Appreciated your post, Henrik, and just wanted to say penguins.

Originally Posted by HenrikWL

Wow. You totally ruined the word for me. Now it just sounds meaningless and rediculous. Take any word and repeat it 50 times. After a while it starts sounding weird and lose its meaning. Try "penguin".

Thanks for pointing that out HenrikWL - sorry.

James.

Originally Posted by kaptain_zero

On the other hand, if we were sitting together in a bar, having these razor related discussions, we'd hardly be thanking each other every 2 minutes just because someone gives an answer to someone else's query and if we did, it would be something more significant than clicking a mouse button, no?

Regards

Kaptain "Thanks for letting me voice my opinion" Zero

I won't use the thanks feature but I'll use the little green smiley graphics!

Originally Posted by Hawkeye5

Can you spell 'popularity contest'?
I call BS.

I gotta agree with Hawkeye5, In a gentleman's world you use terms like please and thank you. What valid reason is their for counting them.

I have used it but then realized as Rusty Shackleford said "If I'm going to thank someone for something, I'll either go back and make a new post and actually take the 2 seconds to type "Thanks" or "Thank You" "


Bob