It's always a good idea to actually READ the post before you comment

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This should come as no big news to anybody but I was pretty surprised (and amused) to get a couple of comments on a recent post that clearly established that their writers had not read the post. Or if I'm to be charitable, maybe they read every word but didn't actually understand. Many members have done little 'trick' posts to test whether people read. They start with a paragraph about one topic and then switch direction completely. I didn't do that. My post was not intended as a trick at all. It was simply about the overly friendly cats in the Moroccan town of Essaouira and their tendency to separate the unwary traveller from their food whilst offering only a furry cuddle or a sweet face in return. Inspired by the alliterative titles of my good friend @MALUSE , I named the post 'Multiple Muggings in Morocco'. I didn't hide that it was about cats. I didn't try to lead people astray. The very first sentence referred to restaurants and it should have soon been clear that nobody held a gun to my head or a knife to my belly. So my advice to anyone who is tempted to skim read or to only read the title before leaving a comment is very simple. Please don't. You just make yourself look like an ass. If a post is too long - and honestly, I don't think that one was any longer than most, and you can't be bothered to read it, then don't. Nobody is counting. You can even get away with a 'like' and nobody will know you didn't read. But if your comment relates only to the title and not to the content, you will most likely get caught out. Hopefully my title this time is clear enough to all. Hopefully people won't be too intimidated to comment. EDITED TO ADD - the irrelevant comments have gone. I don't know if the authors removed them or if the Admin zapped them, but they have indeed disappeared.