Is that a setting somewhere? Because that is not how it behaves on my end. Deleting a comment hides all replies.

No, I don’t want to delete others comments. I want others’ comments to not be deleted when the original commentor deletes the original comment that starts a comment thread.

This is what I want. How can I get this?

This was the reason for this post. It has happened to me quite a few times already. When I take a bunch of time to make a well-thought-out reply and link a bunch of references in a discussion, I don’t want all that effort to effectively disappear when the original commentor just decides they are embarrassed or don’t want to continue and just nukes the thread.

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That is outrageous. US telecom companies need to be nationalized or burned down.

Doesn’t CRPG stand for classic roleplaying game?

Welcome to the revolution.

Workers taking smoke breaks is fine. Anything that gives workers more breaks is good. You can takethose breaks too. Just tell them its a smoke break. If management says anything, tell them you have just as much need for it as anyone who smokes. Don’t get mad at your fellow workers. Get mad at the employer.

I’d love to tell you all about why I missed 20 years of work, but I’m at the beach right now.