"Mable Fable" > wrote in message
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> Hi, I'm new to discuss groups, is this a private group? I stopped in
> here for the 1st time a few days ago, my 1st impression was scary. The
> pumpkin cookie/mixes issue was just starting. I love to bake, I do most
> from scratch. Sometime I use mixes for various reasons. What if this was
> this person's 1st time to post in a group? What if she is just starting
> to bake? If it were me I would be scared to post again, anywhere. If I
> were just starting to bake I might give up, thinking I would never be
> good enough. I hope she comes back & reads some of the positive
> comments. I hope she keeps on baking, because it is fun, whether from
> scratch or mixes. Looks like lots of good ideas in here, would like to
> see more. Thanks Mable

Get a grip. Everyone is responsible for their own being. If you choose to
be nervous, scared, euphoric, or depressed it is your own business. You
give too much power to people when you let the words of strangers wreck your
life. Frankly, you seem to be a drama queen from you reaction to the quite
civilized discussion about mixes. If this upset you so much as to cause you
to make multiple posts on the subject I would caution you not to participate
in Usenet. That was a quite civilized and benign discussion. If you don't
believe me, I can direct you to some threads that are quite brutal. I find
your criticism of the comments to be quite hypocritical. How can you come
to a newsgroup and criticize the messages that people post, make an entirely
off-topic post, make multiple thread on the same message, post messages
without any context, and post HTML to a non-binary news group all in the
name of not being critical? Pot-Kettle-Black.