Do forums make people angry.

[screenman]

It seems some people get in a bit of a tis on forums, some get envious, for some it makes them sad, etc.

Maybe they should come with a health warning.

Personally I do not get as wound up as some seem to, if I did I have the will power to stop visiting them.

 

[Vapin' Joe]

Why don't you f*ck off, you ignorant tosser.

 

[Roadrider48]

And some people who post fantastical nonsense.

 

[outlash]

Judging by the amount of threads I thought it was 'bargain' online bike outlets and the solar system that people were losing patience with

 

[Drago]

Never heard such bi*****s in all my life. Lets step outside and sort this out.

 

[screenman]

It would be interesting to see if some people have a bad nights sleep after spending an evening on a forum.

 

[classic33]

It would be interesting to see if some people have a bad nights sleep after spending an evening on a forum.

What's a nights sleep?

 

[keithmac]

I suppose you get all different personalities and attitudes on a forum, I don't take anything to heart from people I've never met in real life..

 

[srw]

An inability to use basic punctation - quote marks, question marks - can make some people angry. As can wilful stubbornness.

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

Nobbery makes my day. It's why I keep coming back.

 

[screenman]

An inability to use basic punctation - quote marks, question marks - can make some people angry. As can wilful stubbornness.

Is it possible to make yourself angry with stubbornness?

 

[srw]

Is it possible to make yourself angry with stubbornness?

Probably - the human mind is a wonderful thing. But I was actually thinking about stubbornness in others. And it's less anger than despair at the human condition, and what billions of years of evolution, thousands of years of civilisation and, in the stubborn individual's case, tens of years of formal and informal education have led to - an unwillingness to approach questions with an open mind.

 

[keithmac]

Beat me to it .

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

It seems some people get in a bit of a tis on forums, some get envious, for some it makes them sad, etc.

Maybe they should come with a health warning.

Personally I do not get as wound up as some seem to, if I did I have the will power to stop visiting them.

That is why I stopped reading certain parts of the forum like 'Commuting'. It just depressed me so much that I really don't want to know these days.

 

[swansonj]

Probably - the human mind is a wonderful thing. But I was actually thinking about stubbornness in others. And it's less anger than despair at the human condition, and what billions of years of evolution, thousands of years of civilisation and, in the stubborn individual's case, tens of years of formal and informal education have led to - an unwillingness to approach questions with an open mind.

A lack of open mindedness doesn't bother me too much - I see it as a challenge. The thing that gets me angry is people's attitudes to their fellow humans. Posts that are designed to undermine a fellow poster - posts that look for the difference and hide the agreement - posts that are designed to indicate the poster's superiority - and most of all, posts that are designed to hinder rather aid communication, to obstruct rather than facilitate understanding - those are what keep me awake at night and occasionally lead to my taking a break from here and retreating to the calmer waters of thinkinganglicans.