Have Audiophiles lost their CIVILTY!

When you are in remission again, take turmeric pills on a daily basis and eat only once every 13, 14 hours or just once a day (if you get there). Many people in different parts of the world can eat just once a day and get by. Cancer cells (everyone has them in smaller numbers) consume a lot more nutrients a lot more frequently than healthy cells. By fasting on a consistent basis and spreading those meals out, you can keep their numbers under control.

The ’medical industry’, as you may know......well...this thread is bound to have all the lousy dudes crawling out from under their rocks soon enough, so, i suppose we shall just leave it there and move on...

Life is too short. I’m in my second title fight with cancer and it’s taught me for sure what’s important and what is not.

abe Lincoln said that if this country were to fall, it would be by its own hand. that is happening now.

I don't worry or argue about things that don't affect me personally. I definitely don't worry about things that I can't control. It works well. But if some people want to spend their time on this planet arguing and debating and calling each other names on chat boards I guess that is their business.

I don't particularly care for orange Jello...

One question raised by the OP's post for me is this: What is it about the audiophile hobby that would cause people to be any more decent to one another than they usually are? Is there something about audio that makes us more decent?  Refined sensibility? The desire to put experiences into words and talk to one another?

I guess I was surprised by some of the acrimony a while ago, but I'm not anymore. This group, by and large, has a fair amount of disposable income. That's correlated with being less compassionate, which is central to the question posed by the OP.

A related set of studies published by Keltner and his colleagues last year looked at how social class influences feelings of compassion towards people who are suffering. In one study, they found that less affluent individuals are more likely to report feeling compassion towards others on a regular basis….

In a second study….social class was measured by asking participants questions about their family’s level of income and education. The results of the study showed that participants on the lower end of the spectrum, with less income and education, were more likely to report feeling compassion while watching the video of the cancer patients…..

These findings build upon previous research showing how upper class individuals are worse at recognizing the emotions of others and less likely to pay attention to people they are interacting with (e.g. by checking their cell phones or doodling).

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-wealth-reduces-compassion/