Comments on: Leeches: Just Say No (Online Vermin, Part 6) http://www.contentious.com/2005/02/16/leeches-just-say-no-online-vermin/ Amy Gahran's news and musings on how we communicate in the online age. Sat, 10 Jan 2009 00:09:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Corie Conwell http://www.contentious.com/2005/02/16/leeches-just-say-no-online-vermin/comment-page-1/#comment-13935 Corie Conwell Sat, 19 Feb 2005 20:21:57 +0000 #comment-13935 Amy, I think this whole series fits in well with other conversations that seem to be popping up regarding how to manage email inboxes. If we limit our interactions with vermin, I'd bet we free up a lot of our time and inbox space too Amy, I think this whole series fits in well with other conversations that seem to be popping up regarding how to manage email inboxes. If we limit our interactions with vermin, I’d bet we free up a lot of our time and inbox space too

]]> By: Organizational Euphoria http://www.contentious.com/2005/02/16/leeches-just-say-no-online-vermin/comment-page-1/#comment-13933 Organizational Euphoria Sat, 19 Feb 2005 20:19:41 +0000 #comment-13933 <trackback /><strong>Online Vermin Series</strong> Related to the idea of dealing with your email: Amy Gahran, over at Contentious, is on the sixth and next to last installment of her series concerning online vermin and how to deal with them. As we all spend more and more time on line, I think i... Online Vermin Series
Related to the idea of dealing with your email:

Amy Gahran, over at Contentious, is on the sixth and next to last installment of her series concerning online vermin and how to deal with them.

As we all spend more and more time on line, I think i…

]]> By: Organizational Euphoria http://www.contentious.com/2005/02/16/leeches-just-say-no-online-vermin/comment-page-1/#comment-13934 Organizational Euphoria Sat, 19 Feb 2005 20:19:41 +0000 #comment-13934 <trackback /><strong>Online Vermin Series</strong> Related to the idea of dealing with your email: Amy Gahran, over at Contentious, is on the sixth and next to last installment of her series concerning online vermin and how to deal with them. As we all spend more and more time on line, I think i... Online Vermin Series
Related to the idea of dealing with your email:

Amy Gahran, over at Contentious, is on the sixth and next to last installment of her series concerning online vermin and how to deal with them.

As we all spend more and more time on line, I think i…

]]> By: View from the Isle - Professional Blogging & Blog Consulting http://www.contentious.com/2005/02/16/leeches-just-say-no-online-vermin/comment-page-1/#comment-13927 View from the Isle - Professional Blogging & Blog Consulting Sat, 19 Feb 2005 07:25:31 +0000 #comment-13927 <trackback /><strong>Online vermin double shot</strong> Amy is continuing her series on online vermin--Skewers- That’s Not What I Said! (Online Vermin, Part 5) Leeches- Just Say No (Online Vermin, ... Online vermin double shot
Amy is continuing her series on online vermin–Skewers- That’s Not What I Said! (Online Vermin, Part 5) Leeches- Just Say No (Online Vermin, …

]]> By: Steven Streight http://www.contentious.com/2005/02/16/leeches-just-say-no-online-vermin/comment-page-1/#comment-13841 Steven Streight Fri, 18 Feb 2005 09:46:39 +0000 #comment-13841 Ah, my lovely analyst strikes again. You've just explained how to NOT be a chump. I don't know: do I hate chumps as much as I hate those who chump them? Yeah. I hate chumps more. They enable the leeches. If there were no chumps, no masochists, no "everything and everybody's fine and dandy" types, no naive losers, there could be no leeches. I've been a chump. I don't think I've ever been a leech, a mooch, or a parasite, but perhaps to some degree at rare moments. But I'm usually doing what I want, on my own, without needing anyone else much. Amy, did you know that Barbara Streisand's song "People", the lyrics were originally "People. People who don't need other people, are the luckiest people in the world." ? This makes far more sense than "People who need people are...etc." How stupid. Barb changed the original lyric, said it was too hard to sing all that with the melody. She shortened it, took out "don't...other". cool, huh? I am angry that she did that. sebadoh. Ah, my lovely analyst strikes again. You’ve just explained how to NOT be a chump. I don’t know: do I hate chumps as much as I hate those who chump them? Yeah. I hate chumps more. They enable the leeches. If there were no chumps, no masochists, no “everything and everybody’s fine and dandy” types, no naive losers, there could be no leeches.

I’ve been a chump. I don’t think I’ve ever been a leech, a mooch, or a parasite, but perhaps to some degree at rare moments. But I’m usually doing what I want, on my own, without needing anyone else much.

Amy, did you know that Barbara Streisand’s song “People”, the lyrics were originally “People. People who don’t need other people, are the luckiest people in the world.” ?

This makes far more sense than “People who need people are…etc.”

How stupid. Barb changed the original lyric, said it was too hard to sing all that with the melody. She shortened it, took out “don’t…other”. cool, huh? I am angry that she did that. sebadoh.

]]> By: Rovy http://www.contentious.com/2005/02/16/leeches-just-say-no-online-vermin/comment-page-1/#comment-13836 Rovy Thu, 17 Feb 2005 13:39:35 +0000 #comment-13836 The series is great. But I think you could take out the word "online" because leeches and other vermin of these types appear in the real world too! ;) Good Stuff! The series is great. But I think you could take out the word “online” because leeches and other vermin of these types appear in the real world too! ;)

Good Stuff!

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