The science of opinion ...

Language, young man. Mind your manners or the mods will delete you, if not suspend you for awhile.

Just saying....

Sounds like a form of personification. Funny, how we bond with inanimate objects. 

I consider this thread to be pointless, yes, but still of comedic value.

Maybe in the Catskills, after the apocalypse.

Loved that John Cleese video. He's so spot on, as they say.

All the best,
Nonoise

"triggered"? Don't tell me you bought his book.
"virtue signaling" Another shoe drops.

Good luck when you all discover you are stuck in some internet version of a Pitcher Plant.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QETfA9_b7wM

All the best,
Nonoise

If I am tearing anything down, then it was teetering already.

Maybe bordering on quixotic, or even messianic.
My advice: don't go there. 👍

All the best,
Nonoise

Based on the responses so far, I think one can postulate that for some, they consider the people here their peers ...

nonoise5,071 posts11-05-2019 11:15amI would think a poster here would be less inclined to be a sheeple than if they were in an actual setting of peers.

Agreed. But, in an actual face to face setting, peer pressure is of a much higher import than online.

All the best,
Nonoise

I would think a poster here would be less inclined to be a sheeple than if they were in an actual setting of peers.

If anything, the nature of the internet allows one to more freely express themselves without recrimination due to peer pressure or societal mores and folkways. 

Also, this hobby promotes experimentation. When one hears things for themselves, it's usually all it takes to conclude whether whatever they did was of benefit or not. 

Having said that, some come here with an agenda, or develop one due to the polarizing nature of the efficacy of some products and the costs thereof.

In the end, sophistry is of use when it comes to persuading others be it online and in person.

All the best,
Nonoise