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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
This site has become completely unreadable.
And it isn't a case of positive against negative, it's a case of a dozen or so posters, who jump on every single discussion point, and tell us over and over, ad nauseum, that the Flames suck, the organization sucks, the players suck, the GM sucks, the coach sucks, their drafting sucks, their trading sucks... and that the team has been mediocre forever, therefore will continue to be mediocre forever.
We get it. You're not happy with the team. That's fine, because they haven't been very good. But it's time to step back and ask yourself how many times you need to post THE EXACT SAME THING? Because it is way beyond tedious. It is killing all rational conversation. And it is ruining this site.
I know you won't listen, but I'll try anyway: Opinions aren't facts, they are opinions. Negativity isn't reality, it is negativity. There is nothing wrong with having a negative opinion about the team. But please learn how to be a functioning human, and come back here when you are able to have rational conversations about the topics at hand, not jump on every conversation with: the team is mediocre and always will be, and all the players suck. That is not a conversation. Please figure that much out at least.
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The rationale that makes it "factual" to them is always "because it's been that way for the past x decades" too.
The only constant in reality is that things are always changing and in flux. There are so many variables and anomalies that there is the potential for any outcome at any time, especially in this game.
Using the past, which involved different personnel, management and circumstances, as a predictor of the future is in itself faulty logic, not being realistic.
Like you say, pessimism is pessimism. Sometimes it's correct, but sometimes it isn't.