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I think he'll return before 100 years are up.
Supportact said: [my style is] probably more an accumulation of limitations and bad habits than a 'style'.
just because you do, doesn't mean you should.
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As opposed to "what Polarityman feels is best"?
You are taking on the role of The Voice of the People without any mandate from the people or even any knowledge of the people's consensus. A suggestion you like is not the same thing as a good suggestion.
In case you're in any doubt: You don't speak for me.
Running a community full of idiots with opinions is an impossible balancing act. No-one is going to like everything about it. The only way the playground can function is for the architects to put the swings down where they want and to let the kids play - if the kids want to argue about where the roundabout should be then just sit back and let 'em.
Remember the rhyme:
For a flounce to be flounced
It must first be announced
Without vocal to-do
It's a tacet "adieu"
Whether it's here, at work, or in a band, people are by turns friendly, helpful, generous, spiteful, miserable arseholes.
It's ok having a DBAD rule, but like all rules it needs to be enforced, or it's pointless.
In the last couple of weeks I stopped reading threads in Off Topic, as it clearly wasn't being enforced, IMO.
If it's always down to the injured party to take a breath and accept that "he/she is always like that, you just have to put up with it" it's likely that eventually aggrieved folk will either loudly or quietly walk away.
Different personalities will always throw up these issues though, so maybe there is no solution, but as you say, "just the internet"
I'm in agreement with Paul. It is not up to the injured party to walk away, the fault doesn't like with them it lies with the person doing the insulting.
It's not about stifling robust debate, if anything it's about encouraging it. How can you have debate if you have individuals who just resort to name calling and trolling whenever their viewpoint is challenged.
I'm not locked in here with you, you are locked in here with me.