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Why discussions generate into personal affronts...

Hello to all... I am a new-be in comparison to those who have thousands of inputs into forums/discussions.

I find it disappointing that in reading inputs, I have to waste time in members sniping at each other. Half the time it simply is a difference in opinion that breaks down into nasty idiocy,  and half the time I need some type of reference to past verbal battles fought about in other topics/forums. 

WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO IMHO? Many times spewing personal dogma against each other just confuses simple people like me who are just looking for guidance - not miracles. We all view another's opinion with reservation - nobody's got a doctorate on audiophile experience; if I was to listen to and obey the professionals, I would never had experimented with 12g solid core copper, vinyl-jacketed wire, twisted and used bare wire no connectors -WHICH I AM VERY HAPPY WITH ...

SO: SOMEBODY fill me in why knowledgeable people generate into nastiness in discussions...
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elliottbnewcombjr
5,199 posts
 
Humor. After a few reactions to a few posts, I learned it is not a good idea to think people will understand your humor. After many years, many know my humor, but there are always new people, so, I try to anticipate how a stranger might 'get' it.

Drink: I learned, I used to go to live music at bars, come home a bit loose, then perhaps write a reply to something. Noooooo, wait till morning.
trevanian
23 posts
 
It's the same mentality in every forum.  It's the nature of the web, it makes it easy to say things without repercussions.  I avoid politics like the plague, but even in photography forums (my main hobby and p/t job), they get crazy as well. . Most people don't talk like that to others in person, mostly because it would become a fist fight, then again some people are just buttheads.  I'm learning quite a bit just by reading reviews, the forum conversations,  thanks for the knowledge and entertainment guys, girsl or whatever pc pronoun you prefer.  
tooblue
1,889 posts
 
Oh, where would we all be without a smile and/or chuckle during the course of our day? The OP asked his question and was able to answer it himself before this thread got rolling good in his retort to a poster that he didn't get the humour in. I say get over it, it's an audio forum, if and when we disagree, let it be about music and the audio driving it to us and not politics, religion or any other facet that has nothing to do with either. Enjoy the music.
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tooblue
1,889 posts
 
After noting that I had used the wrong word for humor in my above post, I looked up the word I used, humour, WOW nothing funny there but then I found that funny. 
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