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Who gets their blood pressure up over something from a forum (unless it's a heated, serious debate)?
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Here we go... the usual "OMG why does it matter? it's just an internet forum on the internet on a computer screen made of pixels" routine. As a person who used to run and admin a forum, I've read it a million times over, and I can safely say it has to be about THE most overused attempt to remove weight or point from the discussion while insinuating that the person that the comment is directed at are retarded/petty/pathetic simply for even having emotions stimulated by a FORUM of all things (As if that's unreasonable), and it almost always never works, if anything it usually just exacerbates the situation and drags whomever makes the comment into a long and bitter argument.
It's clearly rediculous, denying the fact that these stupid people are annoying for the sake of discrediting the validity of a suggestion is utterly pointless, because what you are actually denying is that people derive emotion from a forum. What you are suggesting is that nobody finds idiots to be annoying, and that I am just strange and unacceptable because for some reason I get pissed off in real life when I read some words on a screen formed by pixels. If you think like that then you are not fully aware, or simply in denial, of the psychology, sociology, and community structure of a forum. If your logic held any weight or basis in scientific fact, then it would not be the case that people can get frustrated or even angry at computer games.
You have a discussion with me now, where you appear to be having an emotion in reaction to something that I've said, so by your own logic, why are you doing that if all this is all things done and said is a bunch of pixels forming words on a screen?
It's because that's not all this is, this is not just "a forum" on "the internet", it's a means of communication between people. But even if it wasn't, people are still emotionally stimulated by anything with the potential to emotionally stimulate. After all, books are just ink on paper forming words..but... well I think you get the picture.
Am I being dramatic? I don't think so. I think I'm reacting in a perfectly explicable manner, given that a forum is no different to real life considering that all it is, is just a bunch of people interacting. In a real world situation, if a person acts in a stupid manner, they get a predictable reaction, and it's considered acceptable - when you apply the same reaction to a "less real" scenario such as a forum, for some reason many people find this to be unacceptable or even bizarre behaviour.
But anyway, I've got another point to get to.
Dipstikk, I'm quite suprised that despite the fact you quoted me in your sig as "Dino, on close encounters of the dumbass kind", you pretend to not understand how frustrating these people are, and suggest that we're "cyber bullies". Come on, I know as well as you do that you find these people just as annoying as I do.
I can't emphasise enough to people, that what I am NOT proposing is flaming newbies who make mistakes. I'm proposing that we be allowed to show our discontent for people who continue to behave very stupidly despite constructive helpful advice from members and moderators.