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applegrove Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-20-11 06:54 PM
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What silly mistakes did you make when you were an internet newbie? Me? I
thought somebody was calling me and absolute zero when they posted "lOl!" to a joke I told. LOL! I almost said to them "now that was uncalled for".
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Tikki Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-20-11 07:23 PM
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1. I thought LOL meant 'log off line'...
I was devastated the first time someone put lol next to one of my game board responses.


Tikki
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applegrove Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-20-11 07:37 PM
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2. LOL!
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Iggo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-21-11 09:59 AM
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14. I thought it meant 'lots of luck'.
In a mean way, as in "Yeah. Good luck with that."
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Whisp Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-22-11 03:52 AM
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20. I thought it was a graphic for a cannon.
Edited on Sun May-22-11 03:55 AM by Whisp
lol

and someone was pointing it right at me in anger
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RebelOne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-20-11 08:11 PM
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3. For spreading that Macy's cookie recipe that I thought was authentic. n/t
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Pool Hall Ace Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-21-11 08:57 AM
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11. OMG, this is literally fall-on-the-floor funny.
I had forgotten about it until now. That recipe has been attributed to so many stores! :rofl:
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Inspired Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-20-11 09:13 PM
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4. Confessed to loving Olive Garden's house salad and breadsticks.
Won't make that mistake again.
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Lionel Mandrake Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-21-11 11:47 PM
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18. The salad is great.
Or it was the last time I ate there (which was years ago). I can't say the same for the breadsticks.

The Olive Garden once had large comfortable chairs with casters. These were replaced by small hard wooden chairs. That's why I don't eat there anymore.

The food at the Olive Garden is okay IMHO, but it should not be confused with Italian food.
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Gold Metal Flake Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-20-11 09:17 PM
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5. I went to Usenet.
:scared:
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Lionel Mandrake Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-21-11 11:49 PM
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19. I used to post in newsgroups.
But then along came mountains of spam, which spoiled everything.
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MilesColtrane Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-21-11 01:05 AM
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6. I subscribed to AOL for a time.
I'll admit it.
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alphafemale Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-21-11 07:30 AM
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10. Subscribing was easy.
Getting rid of those sorry, sloppy-second, sheet-sucking bastards was a saga I don't care to repeat. They hit my account repeatedly on AUTO draft over a period of a couple years.
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MilesColtrane Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-21-11 08:58 AM
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12. The only way I could get them to stop charging me was to cancel my existing credit card and...
have my bank reissue it.

They are thieves.
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chollybocker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-21-11 01:10 AM
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7. I was shocked by the amount of porn
I could download for free.
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kentauros Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-21-11 02:40 AM
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8. It's been fifteen years since I went online
:o I can't remember my mistakes! ;)

I do know that people online haven't changed much. No one knows how to teach others when they are confused about a technique or need info. Back then the standard non-answer was "It's just a right-click." Reply: Okay, where do I right-click, and then what? Answer: *crickets*

Now, it's "Just google it!" or "Google is your friend." No one wants to, you know, share the information they've learned over the years.

Yeah, I'm an Internet Cynic :P
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Frank Cannon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-21-11 06:52 AM
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9. Sent $18,000 to some dude in Nigeria
I'll never do that again.
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Aristus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-21-11 09:38 AM
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13. I POSTED SOMETHING IN ALL CAPS,
NOT REALIZING THAT I WAS INADVERTENTLY SHOUTING AT PEOPLE.
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PotatoChip Donating Member (481 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-21-11 10:03 AM
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15. Opened all of those dumb chain e-mails
:crazy:
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HughBeaumont Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-21-11 10:38 AM
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16. AOL, which really is the general answer on here.
A huge and highly unnecessary mistake.
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BlueIris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-21-11 06:43 PM
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17. I didn't realize the $20 a month unlimited access deal was better than...a $170 phone bill.
Yeah, scary.
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