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 Message 42810 
 Fernweh to Gamgee 
 Re: Silly question - QWK download 
 05 Dec 25 04:40:19 
 
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I'm being snarky for humor only.

Look, when someone says thank you for a response or a bit of tech help, what's
the point of quoting the entire conversation?

If you jumped in midstream and you're confused, here's a revolutionary idea:
scroll up. It's all there. :^D This is also the reason threads go massively
long at the individual message level, because people won't edit and quote
irrelevant parts to their reply.

A thank you doesn't need a dissertation or a full-context replay like it's a
courtroom transcript.

Now we’re dissecting posting etiquette like it's 1994 and Usenet just booted
up.

It was two keywords: thank you. It didn’t need a 15-message committee review.
;)
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