Mantra

[captain_slinky]

Have had to say this over and over again to meself several times this morning in order to avoid causing massive flame-wars...

• Does this need to be said?
  
• Does this need to be said by me?
  
• Does this need to be said by me right now?

Thank you, Craig Ferguson... my life is so much less complex and my inbox is so much clearer since I started asking myself these three things every time I consider hitting the "Reply" button :)

Comments

[whiskeyjack.livejournal.com]

Don't be this guy: http://xkcd.com/386/

[aurora77]

Sometimes it's just not worth it. Other times, I simply CANNOT RESIST.

[nani-ka.livejournal.com]

This just makes me want to make some popcorn & find out where this Slinky Flame War (hypothetically) went on....

[saintsalike.livejournal.com]

I need to adopt this mantra into my life.

[captain-slinky.livejournal.com]

It works like a charm :) Unfortunately for the IRL use of my Mantra, my brain-to-mouth connection works far too fast for this to work; no "Send" button to act as an emergency buffer :(

[saintsalike.livejournal.com]

My sister and I like to say that we were born without brain filters (though her lack of one is worse than mine), so I would probably have the same issue when applying this to my offline life. :|