Have we lost civility and respect on Audio forums?

People in general are angrier. Remember a time when one breadwinner was enough to guarantee college for the kids, a station wagon, and a part of the American Dream? Now healthcare is 8Gs a head. Property tax is insane. Bills until you die. Exponential population growth, destruction of the woods, maddening landscaper noise in the neighborhood, and more folks on the road. Even the sky is teaming with planes. Children are shooting up schools while politicians cause division so their pals can sell more weapons. Yeah, internet rage ain’t nothing compared to all that.

oh, and this village, like any on the web and this particular universe, has more than one idiot…..

Fine doubles, fly rods, boats, wine, scotch, magnetic tape, fine hunting doubles, master ingravers, bird dogs, even deck boot discussions can get edgy….. the IGNORE feature will serve you well… its a line of code in your brain….

Yeah, it aint just on audio forums. Everyone's suddenly an expert, everyone can't wait to show off that they're and "expert" and it sure feels safe sitting in front of a keyboard attacking, arguing, bullying people. Unfortunately though this behavior bleeds over to the "real" world. Agressive driving, rude/selfish behavior in public etc. It's a cultural shift in my opinion. Frustrating how much the internet and social media in particular has impacted everyone. 

@uberk I agree 100% with your assessment.  If you have not owned the really good stuff you haven’t had the experience to truly comment on what smthg is or isn’t doing. My Dac is one of the most expensive out there our Method 4.  I bought it because I know the science behind it. Our owner work with Ressonessence labs the sister company to Ess Sabre Labs. He has insight on the 9038 Dac chipset that almost no one has.  My Dac is built with multiple power supplies and special mini  heat sinks separating each Dac chip to limit any heat thereby limiting distortion. When you have a product like this it’s going to cost you and I was ok with getting it because of what it does in my high end system. Some of these guys commenting don’t own anything at those levels so they just want to put it down.  Then they wanna act like the smartest guy in the room by judging a singing contest before the singer even opens their mouths.  One particular person responds repeatedly. He probably doesn’t in or have any experience with higher end gear. Then when you try to tell him that it devolves into we are being emotional ?  What sense does that make ? 

@everyone I stay on this forum because I don’t want the naysayers to mislead those who truly seek to improve their systems.