Whiners, Trolls, Morons....
Saturday, October 5, 2002 by T-Man | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
I have been noticing of late that there has been quite a bit of name calling going on these days. It seems that anytime someone comes along and has a negative comment towards WinCustomize or someone else or who may have ripped a skin, a bandwagon of people tend to jump all over that person and tend to start calling them whiners, trolls, morons, etc, etc etc.
I personally find this behavior very rude and offensive and am getting very sick of it. So I ask all of you to please take more time when responding to such a post and really consider what you are saying. Its ok for people to have a different opinion and express it. Its ok to debate the issues and to try and explain your point of view. But its really not ok to start name calling.
Luckily there hasn't been any real flame wars that have resulted from this. But it doesn't take much. Just try to think about how you would feel if someone called you the name that you are about to call them just because you do not agree with their point of view.
Just excerise a bit more control when responding and do unto others as you wish them to do to you.
I personally find this behavior very rude and offensive and am getting very sick of it. So I ask all of you to please take more time when responding to such a post and really consider what you are saying. Its ok for people to have a different opinion and express it. Its ok to debate the issues and to try and explain your point of view. But its really not ok to start name calling.
Luckily there hasn't been any real flame wars that have resulted from this. But it doesn't take much. Just try to think about how you would feel if someone called you the name that you are about to call them just because you do not agree with their point of view.
Just excerise a bit more control when responding and do unto others as you wish them to do to you.
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Lecrayon
Reply #2 Saturday, October 5, 2002 10:08 AM
Reply #2 Saturday, October 5, 2002 10:08 AM
Heh, T-man, finally some wisdom. Debate is good, discussion is bad. Discus means to cut. In a discussion you end up with hurting someone because you want to force your opinion on someone. I am always for debate. Unfortunately many people do not understand the difference.
craeonics
Reply #3 Saturday, October 5, 2002 11:38 AM
Reply #3 Saturday, October 5, 2002 11:38 AM
Umm, it´s the other way around is it not? Debate is where two sides try to win the crowd by making the other side look like fools, while discussion is where people try to share ideas and be constructive.
Ah well, dead horse flogged/cow dragged out of the didge. Carry on, nothing to see here.
Ah well, dead horse flogged/cow dragged out of the didge. Carry on, nothing to see here.
bakerstreet
Reply #4 Saturday, October 5, 2002 12:18 PM
Reply #4 Saturday, October 5, 2002 12:18 PM
The 'do unto others' reference doesn't work with me, because I am much happier being told when I am being a whiner, troll, or moron... Neither am I so thin-skinned that a couple of words sitting on the hard drive of a server somewhere are going to 'hurt' me. The problem with tea-room tact is that some people simply do no hear it, or find it very easy to overlook. Overlooking an insult is something that a whiner, troll, or moron cannot do, and that is usually when you get line-by-line responses to your arguments, and real discussion begins.
The only thread that I have considered myself to have gotten a little uppity on lately was that goofy marathon discussion with Jark about stealing images, and that got resolved sufficiently, though silently.
Being who he is, though, one cannot take T-Man's post as a simple suggestion. It was posed in the form of a command, and I'll take it that way.
The only thread that I have considered myself to have gotten a little uppity on lately was that goofy marathon discussion with Jark about stealing images, and that got resolved sufficiently, though silently.
Being who he is, though, one cannot take T-Man's post as a simple suggestion. It was posed in the form of a command, and I'll take it that way.
joetheblow
Reply #5 Saturday, October 5, 2002 3:30 PM
Reply #5 Saturday, October 5, 2002 3:30 PM
Discussion or debate... I have to look that one up.
I am always for a debate (or discussion depending on which one is nicer) I understoood the frustrations that other felt when a whiner, moron, infidel... whatever said something... well for the lack of a better word stupid.
But usually I think making sence actually deters more whiners then anything else. Knowledge is power!!!
Those morons.. I mean people better reconize.
I am always for a debate (or discussion depending on which one is nicer) I understoood the frustrations that other felt when a whiner, moron, infidel... whatever said something... well for the lack of a better word stupid.
But usually I think making sence actually deters more whiners then anything else. Knowledge is power!!!
Those morons.. I mean people better reconize.
craeonics
Reply #6 Saturday, October 5, 2002 6:23 PM
Reply #6 Saturday, October 5, 2002 6:23 PM
Yeah, but whiners seem to lack common sense. That's why they're whining in the first place.
Larry Kuperman
Reply #7 Saturday, October 5, 2002 7:22 PM
Reply #7 Saturday, October 5, 2002 7:22 PM
I can't control their (whiners,trolls, etc.) posts.
I can, however, control my own. I will ignore the whiners and deny the trolls the response they crave. I will onle reply "You said something silly!" when needed.
And if they really need to feel the weight of sarcastic invective-- I will tell bakerstreet!
( Or if they misspellef a word- Jafo!)
I can, however, control my own. I will ignore the whiners and deny the trolls the response they crave. I will onle reply "You said something silly!" when needed.
And if they really need to feel the weight of sarcastic invective-- I will tell bakerstreet!
( Or if they misspellef a word- Jafo!)
Chris
Reply #9 Saturday, October 5, 2002 7:39 PM
Reply #9 Saturday, October 5, 2002 7:39 PM
The fact that you mispelled mispelled has a certain irony to it. Sort of a "meta-mispelling".
Koasati
Reply #10 Saturday, October 5, 2002 8:56 PM
Reply #10 Saturday, October 5, 2002 8:56 PM
yeah, like the time I misspelled Jafoian.
btw Chris.......mispelled = misspelled
btw Chris.......mispelled = misspelled
lUUcY
Reply #11 Saturday, October 5, 2002 9:15 PM
Reply #11 Saturday, October 5, 2002 9:15 PM
can´t really say I would be angry if someone said "you troll!" to me...but maby it´s just me who´se being cold-hearted, cause I would gladly say something worse back haha
Frogboy
Reply #12 Saturday, October 5, 2002 9:50 PM
Reply #12 Saturday, October 5, 2002 9:50 PM
I've found that violence is usually the best solution to any problem...
paxx
Reply #13 Saturday, October 5, 2002 10:27 PM
Reply #13 Saturday, October 5, 2002 10:27 PM
Oh! The frogman is being sacastic! I don't see that often! Way to go Brad!
Transmutate
Reply #14 Saturday, October 5, 2002 10:58 PM
Reply #14 Saturday, October 5, 2002 10:58 PM
Hi Guys 
.....great post T-Man, I agree 100% with what you've said.
.....great post T-Man, I agree 100% with what you've said.
Doreen
Reply #15 Sunday, October 6, 2002 12:08 AM
Reply #15 Sunday, October 6, 2002 12:08 AM
oh stop whinning T-Man!
and I'm w/ Brad on this one...
and I'm w/ Brad on this one...
Jafo
Reply #16 Sunday, October 6, 2002 1:42 AM
Reply #16 Sunday, October 6, 2002 1:42 AM
I go with the violence idea....works for me...and baker's a whining, troll or moron....but one of the 'good' ones...
Larry...when 'misspell' is misspelled or misspelt it's kinda sad...
Solution would be to have a 'good' troll beat you into submission and get it 'right'...
Larry...when 'misspell' is misspelled or misspelt it's kinda sad...
Solution would be to have a 'good' troll beat you into submission and get it 'right'...
Jafo
Reply #17 Sunday, October 6, 2002 1:44 AM
Reply #17 Sunday, October 6, 2002 1:44 AM
Ah...all hot and sweaty....just did 50k on the bike and Russ.....I didn't fall off....there's a lesson there for you.....'rubber side down'...
wombat_1
Reply #18 Sunday, October 6, 2002 3:42 AM
Reply #18 Sunday, October 6, 2002 3:42 AM
I hope 'political correctness' (can I say that Jafo?) is not about to rear its fugly (not in the dictionary!)head! 
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Reply #1 Saturday, October 5, 2002 9:16 AM