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[quote=Anonymous]The way I see it, people get off on here saying things they would never have the balls to say in real life, because it's not polite.  If the poster who lived in a big house was my friend, I certainly wouldn't tell her to her face I thought she was a snob.  But when the post clearly comes across as bragging, and I DON'T know the woman, I feel free to say it like it is: you seem stuck up and snobby.  And I'll try to do it in a way that at least seems a tad funny, even (sometimes especially) at the OP's expense.  The OP of that post clearly was surprised that so many people thought she was bragging...she honestly couldn't see how listing how many wonderful things she has at her house, and how it was a veritable mecca of fun, all the while self-consciously explaining that she's not rich while the hundreds of posters who have 1/10 of what she has are like "yeah right", would come across as braggy.  Those of us who deal in reality felt compelled to take her down a few pegs.

I disagree with people who say that being snarky can show OPs different views of things.  The truth is while those brutally honest posts are amusing to read if you are NOT the OP, often they piss off/offend the OP so much that any enlightenment that they could have taken from them is lost.  Now, if people politely disagree and point out some realities to OP, that will go much further.  But they aren't usually considered the "mean" posters.  To me, the "meanies", of which I have certainly been one, are people who are going to call it like it is when confronted with ridiculousness.

***Disclaimer: I am [i]not[/i] talking about the disturbing individuals who toss off one-liners that say "you're a psychotic bitch who needs therapy and I hope your mother dies in a fiery car crash so you can understand PAIN" or something equally creepy like that.  They are in anther class altogether.******[/quote]

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