Quote Originally Posted by davedove
I think it's probably that this board is made up of a wide variety of people, each with different views. Some of us may not take ourselves that seriously. I don't, because as Confucious said: "The man who learns to laugh at himself will never cease to be amused."
Yep. Lot's of different views. That is one reason it so interesting.

Besides, I've found that many times when you let it be known that an action bothers you, people will continue the behavior just to annoy you. By laughing it off, you disarm them. Not always, of course, but many times this is true.
Very true. Thanks for reminding me.