Thumper’s Mother

@pokey77 

You are indeed a brave man, as half the comments you'll get will be fun and friendly, but indeed the other half will not be civil at all.

Thanks for popping in. I did a quick tally; 16 for, 7 against the OP's suggestion, zero un-civil responses.

Finally, if you don't have anything good to say, maybe just wait a little longer and something may indeed come to mind.

I could not agree more. As long as "good" does not equal "I agree with you".

@tony1954 

No matter what we say or do, there will be a long line of people waiting to call you an idiot (or worse).

This is not what I've seen or experienced personally. The line you speak of is actually pretty short, and as @immathewj said (ironically) in this post, "I always thought that as long as politics are not involved, the discussions are usually pretty civilized." 

True statement.

The analogy is cables. If you are in the "snake oil" camp, everyone else is an idiot for buying expensive ones. If you are in other camp, the snake oil people don't have resolving enough systems or should get their hearing checked or invest in acoustic room treatments.

Two polarized camps.

I've been on the receiving end of "but indeed the other half will not be civil at all."

In a recent (deleted) post "Politically-inspired music is alive and well.", the OP posted a video/song about Trump. IMO it was just a poorly executed cheap shot at Trump and the music and lyrics were awful, IMO. The OP stated that whatever side your are on, you must find this song "moving".

I disagreed (I did not find it moving) and also stated that I am NOT a fan of Trump. 

Yet I was told my statement gave the collective "us" a "glimpse into my sole" (aka character).

Defend this statement if you will, but it's just a thinly veiled way of saying good vs. evil, and therefore I must be evil. Nice. Thanks a lot. 

What really disappointed me, is that I felt the need to refute the statement and defend myself to some anonymous jerk. What an idiot I was. A complete waste of energy. 

Again, two polarized camps, alive and well here on AG.

So yeah, let's be more civilized and kind.

 

 

 

 

My 2c - How does this website come across to newcomers? Are we attracting newcomers or driving them away?

it  ( we ) are the normal distribution…. the extremes interest and repel me…. @uncledemp is a dude i would fish with…..

I would like to see a double blind test to see if posters could reliably identify a thumbs down vote….

 

@uncledemp ....*G* As long as the somewhat cracked shell that keeps this yolk el together, I shall continue my trudge.....
Lately the trek is suffering through the Common Element we all face and get debased at....as we work on breathing exercises for the 11/6 "Hold ’Em!" spell....

The news isn’t, more like an LP with a locking groove on a cut that you used to like a lot, but has fallen victim to an endless loop that simply becomes more embedded.

...and worse with every repeat repeat repeat....

Other than that (which is quite enough), I’m fine. *S* You?

@macg19 .....When in the mood and confronted with the ’push & shove’ battle of the keys, I notice the choices made by the random stroke:

Yet I was told my statement gave the collective "us" a "glimpse into my sole"

Obviously there’s a sub-premise that your taste in seafood is likely faulty and thinks your footwear is quite good for Bozo the Clown.

As for the obviously fouled-up intent and spelling of soul......

Yours seems fine to me.
Not perfect....but no ones’ is.....🤷‍♂️😏 😉

@cdc .....There seems to be an ebb ’n flow of new alphanumerics about....

A’gon’s got so many nooks ’n crannies....interesting query for our landlords here...

@asvjerry OMG! Sorry, let me clarify...I'd only order sole if it was whole Dover Sole, preferably in a little seaside village in England fresh of the boat.

While we're counting spelling mistakes..."el together". Or Spanish?