Does anyone feel as if they've raised in the last little while? I actually feel bad for some new posters that visit and post their thoughts (admittedly those thoughts are sometimes dated and kind of dumb at times), and then get piled on like a jar of peanut butter at a fat convention. Not just a one front attack, either, but sometimes full-on artillery bombardments followed by bayonet charges. I wonder if some of the newbies that stray onto CP aren't just brand new to internet message boards and aren't used to the high levels of anger and stroke-inducing rage that seem to fill the heads of some more veteran posters, including myself, at times.
Maybe we're all just a bunch of sour old internet posters? The shoe rant and the conservapedia thread have revealed to me the pure hatred that seems to seethe just below the surface of CP.
At the moment, I'd say hostility levels board-wide seem to be, on a scale of 1 to 10, around a 7, maybe even edging into an 8. It could be the long summer break and the frustrations over how Calgary ended their season, I'm not sure. Maybe Machiavelli can step into the thread and give us some advice on how to remain cool and avoid all major confrontations that pop up on here? I don't think I've ever seen her go rageroid.
I'm going to end this post with a nice tranquil tropical beach where all CP members can go, sit, sip coconut water, and relax. Serenity now, serenity now:
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Back in the olden days, there used to be discussions. Now, it's like a screaming match, and then there's name calling. People get offended easily and start taking things personally. There is no such thing as constructive criticism anymore, it's just criticism.
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Back in the olden days, there used to be discussions. Now, it's like a screaming match, and then there's name calling. People get offended easily and start taking things personally. There is no such thing as constructive criticism anymore, it's just criticism.
Very true, and a lot of the older, respected posters are just as much to blame as the newbies that come in guns a blazin'.
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Back in the olden days, there used to be discussions. Now, it's like a screaming match, and then there's name calling. People get offended easily and start taking things personally. There is no such thing as constructive criticism anymore, it's just criticism.
lol, that's just an overly nostalgic view of things.
The level of discussion is lower, because there are more people, but the name calling way back when (before your join date) was amazing.
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Because the first 2 pages of every thread are people arguing over whether or not the thread is a fata. Then someone makes an obvious joke, followed by the same obvious joke on the next page from a guy who never read the previous page. This is followed by everyone else repeating the exact same joke, purposely, because that is hilarious, apparently.
I miss Lanny - he brought the level of discussion up IMHO. Definitely made some posters here more honest.
God, no. If anything, with the greater number of posters now, I can imagine every thread he would post in would turn into a massive, ongoing flame war. Ones filled with profanity. Laced and filled.
I know it'd raise my blood-pressure level posting here if he were still around. Luckily I ended up registering just before he was banned.
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God, no. If anything, with the greater number of posters now, I can imagine every thread he would post in would turn into a massive, ongoing flame war. Ones filled with profanity. Laced and filled.
His posts were fairly constructive.
However, if you did try to egg him on, he happily obliged... which obviously led to his own demise...
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