>> ^schmawy:
Jeez. I had an easier time sifting Neil Diamond. Maybe the title's the problem.

heh. nah. a lot of good oldies here, just ain't everyone's cuppa'.
i found this one via farhad's list.

your Neil sifted on chintzy nostalgia factor. those sunglasses were the bomb.

Jeez. I had an easier time sifting Neil Diamond. Maybe the title's the problem.

Y'know, I'm going through this phase where I'm appreciating all the schmaltzy stuff from the 70's. I posted "If you happen to see the most beautiful girl in the world" and it died with two votes. I posted Tom T Hall to the same effect. Then there was the Neil Diamond debacle. Now it's John Denver. What the F is wrong with me?

I guess I'm so appreciative of anything that has any degree of songwriting, composition, or musicianship in it, which is hard to find these days.

you might want to * kill it then too, just incase someone is heartless enough too *promote

>> ^schmawy:
discard. Sorry, It's got nine votes and I can't have this on my permanent record.

Interesting Fact #26 about Neil Diamond:

After his second divorce in 1995 Neil Diamond payed a landmark $150 Million dollar settlement, said to be the fourth largest in history. His response to this was "She earned every penny". That's what it's like to live with Neil Diamond.

AAAH! Curse you Twiddles! That's it. I'm changing the title from "Neil Diamond" to "practice your downvotes" or "Neil Diamond Victim Support thread".

To reiterate what others have said, mandatory requeueing devalues the action of voting. It shifts the decision of what gets sifted from the user base to the poster. I know that it can be individually satisfying to decide which of your videos gets attention, but I don't see it helping the site in the long run.

edit: Case in point. (Not singling out schmawy, just noting that unlimited requeues are a bit ridiculous.)

edit 2: Can this thread be stickied? There needn't be 10 sift talk threads on the same topic in a week.

I'm now forcing myself to listen to it every time I *requeue so I'm paying a price for this choggie. Have mercy.

In reply to this comment by choggie:
hey schmawy, you should use this post for a test to see just how many times a viddy can be requeued before siftbot talks or until we get the button....whichever comes first-
Go Neil!!!!

Yeah, Sifty. "one more try". Says you.

Interesting Fact #4 about Neil Diamond:

When Neil Diamond records an album, he locks himself into the studio with a thick stack of yellow legal pads, several boxes of pre-sharpened pencils and some water. and stays in there 'till it's done. Y'know, so it doesn't come out sounding forced or anything.

Got any spare promotes Choggie? I dare you!

In reply to this comment by choggie:
hey schmawy, you should use this post for a test to see just how many times a viddy can be requeued before siftbot talks or until we get the button....whichever comes first-
Go Neil!!!!

Dead with Banter playlist Choggie? Writing ol' Neil off prematurely, aren't you? He's got six schmaltzy hours left to live!
In reply to this comment by choggie:
Nope....I have down voted my own posts before and seen a couple other folks do it to......Poor Neil....well, he's really not poor is he??? Just fading away....

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In the words of Neil Diamond on SNL - "Cool out, everybody just cool out!"