Honestly I cannot understand why people keep answering scum like Bobsurplus, or trying to reason with people like smoothie and their army of alts.
After ignoring them for more than a week this thread has become so much better
Though smoothie I have to vouch just has his opinions on how he sees things.....
This is the point, all differences of opinion are not FUD. It's not necessarily what is said but how and, why. There is a basic human need to be recognized and to get attention from other humans, good or bad. On the bad side, most of us will put up with a crap spewer once or even twice but that's about the limit. If the crap starts to interfere with our enjoyment of whatever it is we are doing, such as reading this forum, then one of three things happens depending on the individual:
1. We crap back
2. We move somewhere else
3. We ignore
#1 is the first response that comes to mind. Most people want to prove the other person is an idiot right away, doesn't work though because a response is what they need. Trust me, proof is not required, it's obvious.
#2 is difficult and counter productive since the forums are specific to the readers interest.
#3 works best since it takes the reader out of the situation and, has the side effect of angering the crap poster though most won't admit it.
The only problem with #3 is that, after all, we are still human and most of us still want to engage the antagonist even though we know better. So, take the high road, don't engage and they will eventually fade away. There's plenty of real estate to spew crap on in these forums and it's easy to move on and ruin someone else's day....
PS: If you MUST engage, try to be intelligent, use words with more than one syllable, don't curse, don't drop to their level and above all, don't post more than one reply...
Just my 2 cents...
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