It's Only a Forum People.

cyberbob

Just to say it's only a forum people not real life and we can disagree, if you only want to hear answers you agree with don't post. Just had an abusive PM from some Muppet because they disagreed with a comment.

I think some people need some perspective. The Chandlers were kidnapped a year ago and have been kept by Somali pirates and people are getting angry about a few comments they don't agree with on a discussion forum. Please get out a little more.

gordikin

'Disagreeing' seems to have become 'abuse' in some peoples eyes on MSE recently.

Bloomin_Freezing2

cyberbob wrote: »

Just to say it's only a forum people not real life and we can disagree, if you only want to hear answers you agree with don't post. Just had an abusive PM from some Muppet because they disagreed with a comment.

I think some people need some perspective. The Chandlers were kidnapped a year ago and have been kept by Somali pirates and people are getting angry about a few comments they don't agree with on a discussion forum. Please get out a little more.

Well said!:T

System

They really shouldn't have gone sailing there...

Googlewhacker

xXMessedUpXx wrote: »

They really shouldn't have gone sailing there...

Brilliant....

gordikin

Googlewhacker wrote: »

Brilliant....

Careful..the joke police will not 'get' your humour!

hippyadam

gordikin wrote: »

Careful..the joke police will not 'get' your humour!

Your to late! They have arrived!

Takoda

cyberbob wrote: »

Just to say it's only a forum people not real life and we can disagree, if you only want to hear answers you agree with don't post. Just had an abusive PM from some Muppet because they disagreed with a comment.

I think some people need some perspective. The Chandlers were kidnapped a year ago and have been kept by Somali pirates and people are getting angry about a few comments they don't agree with on a discussion forum. Please get out a little more.

1) Have you reported the pm to abuse? Have you stuck the person who pmed you on ignore?

2) The issues discussed are part of some people's real lives so sometimes people get heated in 'discussions'.

3) Take your own advice - if you can't cope with disagreement don't argue with people in the first place.

Can't believe the people who have agreed with you on this thread <shakes head in disbelief>.

GillsMan7

I've seen numerous examples of that age-old phenomenon of newbie-bashing. There are definitely cliques on here, which is a massive shame.

You say it's only a forum, but what you're forgetting is that we are all real people communicating with other real people. To say it's "only a forum" is a bit like saying to someone who's just had an abusive phone call "it's only a telephone". Of course, it's slightly different, but you get my point.

What Takoda said is correct as well, we're often talking about people's real issues so it's no surprise that things get heated when someone comes in with a smart comment or starts a couple of childish and pathetic spin-off/spoof threads.

However, I do agree with the sentiments of Cyberbob, and sending an abusive PM over a subject is low. However, getting abuse via a forum is always going to matter more than a couple of randoms holed up in Somalia somewhere I would have thought.

Freddie_Snowbits

The problem stems from some posters who come into the Martins Inn of the Disgruntled Barrack Room Lawyers Association, requesting that the chief priestess on high offers an absolution for their own failings.

These posts normally revolve around a theme, where the classical opus choristers and harp players flout their lullabies in expectant harmony, as the victim huggers amongst the parishioner rush to ridicule those who are against the OP. A good dosage of orange juice enriched hype, such as ‘Think of the Children, the cat is pregnant , think of the parents, I am an expert in this field’ comes into play .

I note there has been more than one thread on this subject in recent times, such as the metal glass shard found in my yogurt or ready meal, Someone stole my precious inanimate trinket, I did not really want to buy that car, why have they kept my deposit. I do not need an architect, I know how to handle builders, especially after 8 pints in the Dog and Duck.

We all have problems, we all have issues, yours may be important to you, but to others, it is really, sometimes trivial. In this area, I think we have more than one trivial issue, we have one post posters who praise with greatest enthusiasm, the virtues of some offerers, while others vent their spleen in degradation. All these without recourse or foresight to back up their statements, for if they should, the thin ice they are bounded on collapses under the weight of the next post that is proffered up.

Least to say in this parish, we are fortunate enough not to get into some tirade of hate, though I have some pms sent to me demanding that I give absolution and remove my remarks. In all, I think, as OP on this thread possibly does, give once the reason as to why not, then I ignore your tirade forever more. Normally the once response disperses them with their tails wagging. In reality, though, these cases are rare.

Alas, my glass in the Dog and Duck is only ever half full when it is half empty

fluffnutter

Freddie_Snowbits wrote: »

The problem stems from some posters who come into the Martins Inn of the Disgruntled Barrack Room Lawyers Association, requesting that the chief priestess on high offers an absolution for their own failings.

These posts normally revolve around a theme, where the classical opus choristers and harp players flout their lullabies in expectant harmony, as the victim huggers amongst the parishioner rush to ridicule those who are against the OP. A good dosage of orange juice enriched hype, such as ‘Think of the Children, the cat is pregnant , think of the parents, I am an expert in this field’ comes into play .

I note there has been more than one thread on this subject in recent times, such as the metal glass shard found in my yogurt or ready meal, Someone stole my precious inanimate trinket, I did not really want to buy that car, why have they kept my deposit. I do not need an architect, I know how to handle builders, especially after 8 pints in the Dog and Duck.

We all have problems, we all have issues, yours may be important to you, but to others, it is really, sometimes trivial. In this area, I think we have more than one trivial issue, we have one post posters who praise with greatest enthusiasm, the virtues of some offerers, while others vent their spleen in degradation. All these without recourse or foresight to back up their statements, for if they should, the thin ice they are bounded on collapses under the weight of the next post that is proffered up.

Least to say in this parish, we are fortunate enough not to get into some tirade of hate, though I have some pms sent to me demanding that I give absolution and remove my remarks. In all, I think, as OP on this thread possibly does, give once the reason as to why not, then I ignore your tirade forever more. Normally the once response disperses them with their tails wagging. In reality, though, these cases are rare.

Alas, my glass in the Dog and Duck is only ever half full when it is half empty

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