Retort Depository

We've had this debate about how to handle lame ideas. I personally agree with the view that moronic ideas should be fishboned and left to fall to the bottom of the pile (i.e., not annotated, except perhaps for a single m-f-d). This voids the refuse from our collective digestive system in the most efficient manner.

I cannot deny, though, that it is also sometimes tempting to post a witty retort, or possibly even a sincere and impassioned lambasting.

But we could do both if we had a place (say, this idea posting, for instance) where the retorts could be posted separate from the offending idea itself. Regular halfbakers would read the amusing taunt, and if the retortor wanted the retortee to see it too, then a simple link to the retort depository would provide the desired direction.

So a stupid idea would contain the idea, perhaps a single m-f-d annotation (properly formatted), and perhaps a link to the retort depository, and then it would quickly disappear.

Meanwhile, the depository would allow the posting of wit and bile without keeping the garbage afloat.

Rather than isolate a specific victim, I'll demonstrate an example (with waugsqueke's help - thanks, waugs) using one of my own earliest, lamest ideas.