Thumper’s Mother


I’ve been a member here for years. Increasingly, the discussions are peppered with cutesy comments and criticisms that reek of attention seeking behavior. 

Please offer more respect to those around here that are innocent hobbyists. They are here to have fun talking about stereos, not be taken to task. I suspect you do it because this is your only available audience. 

These are people. Some are dealing with tragedy, heartache, loss and loneliness. They are trying to forget about troubles and mean people, not engage them. 

If you don’t like a post, or agree with a topic, or have a problem with sentence structure or punctuation, and can’t be helpful and respectful, keep your mouth shut and your hands in your pockets. Go start your own perfect discussion or seek out a narcissist forum in which to contribute. 

I’ve read enough of this garbage to have earned my say. If more people would stand up, this would evaporate. It exists in real life only where it is tolerated. None of you would walk into a group of healthy men and pop off at the mouth. Some say you would I bet, but I know better. I’ve done it and highly recommend against it. 

And don’t give me the ‘can’t stand the heat’ business. Most all of you can be helpful and respectful if you want. Pearls of wisdom don’t justify disrespect. 

Let’s love each other and enjoy our hobby. Please?

uncledemp

@ozzy62

I have been a member of a Corvette forum for many years, even though I sold the car a long time ago.

Same here. I think the difference though is the singular topic and the audience. No one goes to a car show with a C6 and tells someone else your C4 sucks. Example: I recently walked up to 2 random C8 owners, same day, different times, on the street not a show. One was a Z06, first one I’ve seen. Introduced myself etc., guys are showing me round the cars, talking about what we’ve owned and all that, and then fired them up so I could listen to their symphony of sound. Comradery and pride, not competition.

Another example - Corvette Forum member who is a professional photographer offers to do 1/2 day photo shoot of my car. I asked how much. For free. I got 4 amazing studio quality shots. Lighting, PS overlays the whole nine yards. Altogether he spent 8 hours of his time. 

@macg19 

Well then you know, in OT there is almost ZERO mention of corvettes, lol….

I, along with apparently a number of others, appreciate this thread. I used to spend an inordinate amount of time here until 5-6 years ago. I left because the atmosphere went from fun and friendly to a real lack of civility. Anyway, I'm not back, just thought I'd pop my head in and say thanks to the OP. 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.

@tony1954 - great comment. I'm there with you too and @uncledemp too.

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

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