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 Post gently amid the boards and threads and remember what humor can be found in the absence of flames.  As often as possible, without envy, be supportive of all Odds.  Post your humor, the little pieces and the great; and read and enjoy the other threads for even the computer novice has a good story to tell.   Avoid strident and flaming posts, for they are a vexation to the community and will be removed in due time.   If you compare your oddness with others, you are bound to feel confused, for many times the people who have lived other lives than yours will seem more interesting to you.   Enjoy the responses and recommendations on your posts, for they are true missives of appreciation.  Likewise, respond and recommend as your heart compels you, remembering always that writing humor is a process that needs encouraging.   Keep interested in your own life, and the humor you find there for it is a real and evolving treasure-trove.   Exercise caution in your sense of humor for the community is full of good and vulnerable people who have opened their lives to share with you.  But don't let an abundance of caution stifle your honest appreciation and good humor in surveying the world about you for everywhere you find people who have found a way to celebrate diversity in a good and wholesome way.   Be yourself.  Especially do not bother to borrow from other people for in all its seeming commonness there is always true humor and compelling drama to be found in your own life.  Look gently into your memory and write of those times and places that made you laugh.   Do not be afraid to post your stuff for everywhere here are people who care about you and want to share.  Many posts are never realized because of doubt and inexperience.  Therefore, give yourself a chance to grow.  You are a child of the community, no less than the managers and posting stars and you have a right to be  here. Whether or not you believe it now the writing process is a gradual one and you will become more skilled the more you post.   Therefore be at peace in Odd, this community that you have joined, and whatever your doubts and worries may be in the flame-ridden and busy message boards at large remember that here in Odd People you will be allowed and encouraged to grow and share.   Despite all the anonymity and vastness of the world wide web, this community has maintained its gentle and personal nature.   Relax.  Enjoy.