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Who else has written cringe-worthy posts?

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I look back at some of the dumb posts I wrote a year ago (right after I discovered this board), and I cringe. Much of what I wrote was so awful.

Has anyone else written posts that make them cringe?
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fredflinstone wrote:I look back at some of the dumb posts I wrote a year ago (right after I discovered this board), and I cringe. Much of what I wrote was so awful.

Has anyone else written posts that make them cringe?
Never :D .
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I am pretty new to this forum. I still have plenty of time.
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Posts that make you cringe

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Many of the posts I made when I first joined this Forum reflected my lack of familiarity with financial matters and confusion with the somewhat arcane language of investing (i.e., now just what is "contango"?)
Having moved past that state, much of what I post now directly reflects my stupidity.
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shawcroft wrote:Many of the posts I made when I first joined this Forum reflected my lack of familiarity with financial matters and confusion with the somewhat arcane language of investing (i.e., now just what is "contango"?)
Having moved past that state, much of what I post now directly reflects my stupidity.
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Your post reminded me of this Mark Twain quote:

"Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt."
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fredflinstone wrote:I look back at some of the dumb posts I wrote a year ago (right after I discovered this board), and I cringe. Much of what I wrote was so awful.

Has anyone else written posts that make them cringe?
It would be worse if you weren't learning/better/wiser for a year or two of extra experience. I look back on my stock trades from 2 years ago and they were wild and reckless. One year ago they were merely poor quality but not bad, and this year they look pretty reasonable. I hope this remains true going forward.
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All of my posts are cringe worthy when I look back on them in a year. I'm a neophyte but I am very grateful for all the incredible advice I have already gotten here.
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Almost everyone of mine could be cringe worthy to the reader given my spelling and gramar tendencies...
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Fred, I've enjoyed reading a lot of your posts and I don't think you have anything to cringe about.

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I cringe as I'm posting :D . You never know the reaction you'll get.
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The only time I cringe at posts is when someone is intentionally being a jerk. Mistakes and/or being uninformed about certain things is not a big deal, imo.
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I have been taken to task (correctly) for rude and/or unhelpful posts.

I hope I have learned from the courtious criticism I have received here.

As an example: I have learned to suppress the urge to respond to posts by Munchkin Man. :D
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It's like looking into your old year books and asking yourself why your hair was like that.
Even educators need education. And some can be hard headed to the point of needing time out.
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fredflinstone wrote:I look back at some of the dumb posts I wrote a year ago (right after I discovered this board), and I cringe. Much of what I wrote was so awful.

Has anyone else written posts that make them cringe?
Your overly-judgemental posts on the evils of working moms were pretty cringe worthy.
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I think it was Taylor that said after one of my "stupid" post that no question is stupid.
We all learn from each other and sometimes when we ask something that makes us cringe, someone else may be in that same situation and looking for answers.
At least I hope so :)
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bertie wooster wrote:
fredflinstone wrote:I look back at some of the dumb posts I wrote a year ago (right after I discovered this board), and I cringe. Much of what I wrote was so awful.

Has anyone else written posts that make them cringe?
Your overly-judgemental posts on the evils of working moms were pretty cringe worthy.
I agree. I cringed when I read them.

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bertie wooster wrote:
fredflinstone wrote:I look back at some of the dumb posts I wrote a year ago (right after I discovered this board), and I cringe. Much of what I wrote was so awful.

Has anyone else written posts that make them cringe?
Your overly-judgemental posts on the evils of working moms were pretty cringe worthy.
you are completely mischaracterizing my views. I do not object to working moms. I object to both parents working when (a) there is no financial need to do so and (b) they have very young children.
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VictoriaF wrote:
bertie wooster wrote:
fredflinstone wrote:I look back at some of the dumb posts I wrote a year ago (right after I discovered this board), and I cringe. Much of what I wrote was so awful.

Has anyone else written posts that make them cringe?
Your overly-judgemental posts on the evils of working moms were pretty cringe worthy.
I agree. I cringed when I read them.

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I don't want to bring that thread here, but I agree that the posts attacking fredflinstone are cringe-worthy. I thought it was pretty clear what he was saying, but y'all had to go and make it into a sexist thing.
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Chuck wrote:I don't want to bring that thread here, but I agree that the posts attacking fredflinstone are cringe-worthy. I thought it was pretty clear what he was saying, but y'all had to go and make it into a sexist thing.
I'm glad one person understood where I was coming from. I suppose I could have been clearer from the outset. If the wife was earning much more than the husband, I would have suggested that dad stay home with the kids.
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Both my parents worked, and me and my sisters turned out just fine.

Also, if one parent stays home with the kids, you then put day care workers out of business. We don't need more unemployment. :lol:
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I misspelled Jack Bogle in my first post. I believe that a kind moderator (or someone) corrected it for me.

Now that's bad!
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fredflinstone wrote:[...]you are completely mischaracterizing my views. I do not object to working moms. I object to both parents working when (a) there is no financial need (emphasis mine) to do so and (b) they have very young children.
Who determines financial need or, should I say, when is enough enough?

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PS: It is ironic that poor fredflinstone wanted folks to talk about their cringe-worthy posts and here we are discussing his post that others found cringeworthy!
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I agree that you have had cringe-worthy posts.
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jginseattle wrote:I misspelled Jack Bogle in my first post. I believe that a kind moderator (or someone) corrected it for me.

Now that's bad!
That is pretty funny!!

We have all said and done things that made us feeling stupid later on. To do otherwise would not be human.

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Quasimodo wrote:Fred, I've enjoyed reading a lot of your posts and I don't think you have anything to cringe about.

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I got political on my very first post and was thouroughly reprimanded! It set my mind straight.
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fredflinstone wrote:I look back at some of the dumb posts I wrote a year ago (right after I discovered this board), and I cringe. Much of what I wrote was so awful.

Has anyone else written posts that make them cringe?
I have one I regretted.
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You can always edit or delete them instead of continuing to feel miserable about them.
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Munir wrote:You can always edit or delete them instead of continuing to feel miserable about them.
But if they're really good, someone's already quoted them in their entirety.
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A "Cringe Worthy" history

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Hi Fred:

I first started investing in individual stocks. :roll:

Later I learned the advantages of mutual funds but unfortunately I used past performance to select our funds. :roll: :roll:

After that I became a market timer. :roll: :roll: :roll:

Eventually I had the good fortune to read "A Random Walk Down Wall Street" and "Bogle on Mutual Funds." :-) :-) :-) :-)
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I think I got a lot of backlash for that post when I was simply asking someone to check my assignment. :cry:

Who knows, I might find myself cringing about that a year from now too. :lol:
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Taylor Larimore wrote:Hi Fred:

I first started investing in individual stocks. :roll:

Later I learned the advantages of mutual funds but unfortunately I used past performance to select our funds. :roll: :roll:

After that I became a market timer. :roll: :roll: :roll:

Eventually I had the good fortune to read "A Random Walk Down Wall Street" and "Bogle on Mutual Funds." :-) :-) :-) :-)
Hi Taylor,

Thank you for yet more remembrances as to how some of us have evolved through the world of investing. My education began in the late 1960's and followed a track similar to yours.

I remember reading a treatise by Sheldon Jacobs (a huge tome; I think it was titled "The No Load Fund Investor" and it basically covered most of the known universe of No Load Mutual Funds in the early 1970's).

Vanguard emerged as my favorite then and it remains so today.

But I still remember those forays into the speculative investment world, particularly the speculation in the merger and acquisition mania surrounding companies like UAL in the late 1980's, where I made a few bucks.

I much prefer today's "get rich slowly' world of total market index investing. Much easier to sleep at night.

Thanks to you, Mel, Michael and Jack for all you have done for us.

Ken
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Mr. Sheldon Jacobs

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I remember reading a treatise by Sheldon Jacobs (a huge tome; I think it was titled "The No Load Fund Investor" and it basically covered most of the known universe of No Load Mutual Funds in the early 1970's).


Hi Ken:

For many years, I was a subscriber to Sheldon Jacob's No-Load Mutual Funds newsletter. I once had a private lunch with him which remains a highlight of my investing career.

Bogleheads can read an interesting interview with Mr. Jacob's here:

http://www.forbes.com/2002/02/19/0219adviser.html
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