Why so many angry audiophiles?

was just discussing this with a couple of good friends. wish it was just the hifi crowd. angry people everywhere now-a-days. i have several long term hobbies and can say the same about them all. have been into watches, cars, knives, pens, coins, guns and hifi for 25+ years . have seen anger become more prevalent in all of the above regarding online discussion and debate. seems sharing opinions and debating has become more of a blood sport for many.

i blame the inter-web in general. 95% BS if not more imho. no wonder so many people get twisted sideways with the near constant exposer to the bull poo poo.  very glad i've never joined any social media like FB, twitter, grams, chats. etc.  just a handful of forums/one for each interest is all i can bare. some days even that is too much. do get a good chuckle outta some of the nonsense but try to hide my amusement most of the time =).

"ya can't carpet the world, so put on a pair of comfy slippers instead".

and yes.....by amusement, i mean like a clown

Has anyone here clearly and profoundly won a toxic argument whereby the opposing party simply acquiesced, admitted fault and gave thanks for pointing out their complete lack of understanding and pillock-like nature?

Not in my universe.......yours?  Not in the cards.  The self-belief system most humans cling to is akin to “The Borg”.

I enjoy where I live, what I eat, where I travel to, the concerts I attend and Bridger the Wonder lab.  All in a world bereft of social media.  Spin that in a negative way, I dare you. 

Has anyone here clearly and profoundly won a toxic argument whereby the opposing party simply acquiesced, admitted fault and gave thanks for pointing out their complete lack of understanding and pillock-like nature?

Not in my universe.......yours? Not in the cards. The self-belief system most humans cling to is akin to “The Borg”.

I am able to admit my own wrong or errors...Thanks God!

Any honest people can do and wanted to do it...

But the anonymity of these forums make people resembling more to their own dark shadow than to their real self...(C.G.Jung) Then they all act like "Borg" in their  sucking it all strategy....

I myself particularly enjoy the company of mathematicians( dont mix these up with any scientism) and of mystics ( dont mix these up with religious people), in the pursuit of absolute truth they never lied by definition...




«What rubbish noise! Only dogs and trees never lied and my late mother»-Groucho Marx

i would agree with levy03 that the general trend towards angry/rude/nasty discourse is widespread, not just in the audiophile online forum world, but everywhere online and also in more traditional media like tv/cable tv where the ’echo chamber’ effect of outlets promoting themselves and grabbing viewers by making everything more intense and incendiary

couple that with many in society struggling and unhappy with their lives and living conditions, the anger is easy to express, especially in anonymous forums

then on top of that, we have societal leaders, politicians etc etc also breaking norms of decency and classy/intellectually honest discourse, taking advantage of the pent up anger and frustration of many

clear cause and effect here, and unfortunately it is all quite corrosive