Thanks for the compliment Olddutch. And I'm thinking about your point but I don't wholeheartedly agree with it. Yes, you say no blood spilt - in that case, everyone would be ok with everyone and yet we know that's not the case. It's even evident on this thread.
Maybe because I'm new to the whole social interactive internet stuff but I find some of these exchanges quite mean to be honest. Yes I accept you saying - that depression, loneliness and distress, even physical damage can occur in real-life exchanges and that 'AB exchanges are cathartic therapeutic for some of us.' I don't know if I totally agree with that?
Because in real-life if this exchange between Gromit and Oldgit had occurred infront of me, I would intervene and say my say - I find, it distressing for myself if I didn't intervene. I haven't got the impression that Oldgit finds these exchanges therapeutic, I don't know about Gromit. I do agree that social skills can be learned from some exchanges but something seems to be lacking here, so I'm going to give it a shot.....as annoying as that is.....
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