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Today, we have a visit from an old busybody favorite, Miss Mayta as she barges in on the quiet of the morning wanders into the MOT to provide some early morning etiquette advice to the MOTley Crew (and Threadies).
(Note: Feel free to jibber your jabber amidst the other noise and distractions this morning)
This early in the morning there are only two rules:
1. Slow down!
2. Stop moving so fast!
In that spirit (and to allow more time for the coffee to kick in), Miss Mayta has chosen to reprise two letters (with slight modifications) from her original column which, surprisingly, are still being asked today.
On to the letters:
Dear Miss Mayta,
My BFF did a TTFN (not a GBCW or a CSATADO) and I don’t know if I should rec or HR the tip jar or post a "DON’T LEAVE BFF! n/t" comment or pretend I never saw it. OMG. BRB.
Singed Signed,
BFF of TTFNed BFF
Dear BoTB,
First, being of a certain age and propensity, I had to run your letter through my Internet Acronym to Human Language Interpreter so that I could determine what your dilemma was.
Oh my! That is indeed a problem. If you recommend it, does that mean that you approve of your BFF leaving and perhaps even appear to be encouraging it? If you don't recommend the diary are you saying that you do not want your BFF's leaving to be seen as a source of great pain (and the resultant outpouring of love by all People Orange) and to make the "wreck list"? We think you should close the diary and pretend you never saw it. "Spending more time with your family" is always an excellent excuse. QED.
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Dear Miss Mayta,
Someone was mean to me and I wanted to Hide Rate their comment but the rules in the FAQ clearly state: "Do not troll rate someone you are actively having a fight with". What I decided to do instead was to Hide Rate them, wait for their whining complaint, then remove my Hide Rating thereby making them look ridiculous. Is this even meaner than a Hide Rating and is it a bannable offense?
Signed,
Hiding from the wRath
Dear HR,
Miss Mayta will not weigh in on what a bannable offense is so as to avoid her own banning making a moral judgment. However, the HR being used to incite foolish looking comments seems pretty hilarious deeply troubling from an ethical standpoint. Since the answer to most moral dilemmas is to post a pootie pic, we will leave you with this:
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Do you have a question for Miss Mayta? The lines InterToobz are open ... at least until the coffee runs out.
About Miss Mayta: Born a perfect blogger in an imperfect Internet society, Miss Mayta is the pioneer mother of today’s EtiKos movement. Her tireless efforts to expand the understanding and exercise of EtiKos beyond the stereotypical terror of not having enough Cheetos will probably not only escape official notice but may result in cries of "NOT A DIARY!!". As a manners-free existence can lead to frequent HRination, dysfunctional online communities and keyboard rage we call out for, nay, demand a return to common courtesy...and the fork on the left side of the plate (even though that makes no sense at all).
(With apologies to Judith Martin)