reasonable inferences
 

I think it's becoming a universal problem. I got in to work, tried to answer four PM's, and got the "full" response from each person.

Thriller
 

Goddamn you Thurgreed, now on second thought I feel almost compelled to watch...it's like being sucked into a black hole...aaaaiiiiiiggggghhhh!

I will try to mourn (well, sob) quietly afterwards however.

And did he strum the insides of the piano, too? Will I be accused of NYD like proclivities if I confess that I really dig the strumming and moaning?

Maybe we should create a thread just for "empty your inbox," and "my inbox is now empty, PM again, please" posts so we don't clutter up the "substantive" threads with those types of posts.

It still amounts to advertising one's side conversations -- so not a perfect method.

I know there's a help Board, but this one gets more traffic
 

Thanks. I don't mind people knowing that I send crazy messages (hell, all y'all must have received the email I forwarded from my cousin's friend's neighbor who woke up in a bathtub full of ice missing a kidney after getting picked up by a hot chick at the Ghost Bar in Vegas), but I'm glad that people don't mistakenly think that my crazy messages are vitriolic.

I know there's a help Board, but this one gets more traffic
 

So much fun to have. Actually, NB, I picked you bc I thought that you would be the last person that others might expect to send crazy or vitriolic messages.

But then I thought maybe you might want people to think you're a little crazy (to be an effective moderator shouldn't you be feared?), and I didn't want to mess with your street cred.

Um, No.
 

Why not simply PM the person trying to PM you after you clear your mailbox?

Friday Poll: Greatest Age Difference
 

Although not technically compliant with the question, the greatest age difference in my family is 20 years.

My mother, being newly single, decided to take up ice skating so she'd have something fun to do a couple of nights a week. A few weeks later, she'd found herself a former Olympic speed skater twenty years her junior. My sisters were all disgusted but I was thrilled for her.

AM (those thighs said it all and said it quite emphatically in skating attire)M

And I'm just sitting over here at the tool table, because no one ever PMs me.

:sobbing:

tm

Friday Poll: Greatest Age Difference
 

In the 20th-21st centuries, the greatest age difference in any couple in my extended family was 7 years. 19th century, there were a couple of 40-year gaps. Hoorah polygamy.

tm

Um, No.
 

That is the simplest solution, but it assumes the other person's inbox hasn't also become full, and it's not an action the person trying to send the PM can take. That person just has to wait or forget it.

But to be clear, I did not suggest the separate thread as the best solution to the temporary communication problem between the PMers; rather, I thought it might be a method for keeping the "empty your inbox posts" off the other threads. Those types of posts are probably inevitable bc it's frustrating to have messages bounce back.

The full inbox problem is likely to persist even among regulars who have figured it out, because it requires a little bit of attention to keep one's inbox clear and ready to receive messages.

Um, No.
 

I couldn't disagree more. Keeping my PM inbox empty seems to require no effort at all.

Um, No.
 

I just tried to PM you to say, no, I hope it wasn't important because I can't even remember why (or that) I was trying to PM you on Monday. But it still says your box is full.

Oh the humanity. I hope this has been as much fun for all of you as it has been for me.

Um, No.
 

Actually, the simplest solution is for everyone to realize that this happens, so that, when you don't get a reply, your first reaction isn't "ass", but is, instead, "I better check my in-box".

The problem isn't ever that a message can't wait, but that you don't want the person to think you're not answering on purpose.

A New Low
 

And she was actually doing pretty well for a while.

:wtf:

neigh

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edited to fix code - MR