[rant]An observation that i have made about ATOT[/rant]

[soccerbud34]

warning ** rant below **




this forum can not hold a serious discussion without personal attacks and flames been thrown left and right.

To me, it seems, here in ATOT, that there is a general elitist attitude, held among most members, of "if you do not agree with me, you are wrong and btw YOU ARE AN IDIOT so fvck off and go back and hug your trees/go and blow things up all over the world"



//end rant

 

[DrumminBoy]

I wonder where this is heading...

 

[soccerbud34]

Originally posted by: DrumminBoy
I wonder where this is heading...

i am not intending for this thread to turn into a flame war, but can we not hold a serious discusion without "post whoring, thread hijacking or smart ass replies."??

 

[tm37]

you are an idiot

 

[Kadarin]

For this to be an effective rant, and for you to be convincing, you need to back up your complaint with an example or two.

 

[soccerbud34]

Originally posted by: Astaroth33
For this to be an effective rant, and for you to be convincing, you need to back up your complaint with an example or two.

read any religious, middle-east, or political affliated thread here on ATOT.

Most of the time,the 1st 20 or so replies or so are actual opinions pertaining to its subject, but afterwards, its either the athiest lobing flames at the religious or conservatives personal attacking the liberals or vice versa.

sp errors up the wazoo

 

[Lithium381]

that's why this is off-topic.....besides, how would it work anywhere else on any other forum? Is this specific to just AT?

 

[Ns1]

you are wrong and btw YOU ARE AN IDIOT so fvck off and go back and hug your trees/go and blow things up all over the world"

 

[Aquaman]

Welcome to reality my friend

But seriously.......... it's just a discussion forum in 'off topic' Things get off on a tangent but what ya gonna do? It happens.

Cheers,
Aquaman

 

[ChrisIsBored]

You can't seriously sit there and complain about everyone being flamers and elitists while you spout your crap about anyone objecting to your opinion is an idiot. Talk about a hypocrite. :disgust:

 

[stev0]

Originally posted by: Aquaman
Welcome to reality my friend

But seriously.......... it's just a discussion forum in 'off topic' Things get off on a tangent but what ya gonna do? It happens.

Cheers,
Aquaman

off topic is right, there can be a ricer thread and on the 3rd page people are talking about religion :Q

 

[gopunk]

Originally posted by: stev0

Originally posted by: Aquaman
Welcome to reality my friend

But seriously.......... it's just a discussion forum in 'off topic' Things get off on a tangent but what ya gonna do? It happens.

Cheers,
Aquaman

off topic is right, there can be a ricer thread and on the 3rd page people are talking about religion :Q

omg i know what you mean



anyways, i think it is because this... you can do it with like 3 people... but when you have a couple thousand people... there will always be those who are not in the mood for a serious discussion. and even if you beg them not to, there is no guarantee that they will see your begging. so it is basically unavoidable...

 

[WinkOsmosis]

Originally posted by: Lithium381
that's why this is off-topic.....besides, how would it work anywhere else on any other forum? Is this specific to just AT?

If there is any disagreement of any kind on HardForum, the thread is killed.

 

[Moonbeam]

Generally speaking people who call you names are just practicing their own. The rules are very simple. If somebody attacks you instead of your point, or remarks about how stupid your point is, you win. It means they have nothing of substance to say to counter your point. If it's a really good point you will be called incomprehensible, confusing, or showing off how smart you think you are. If it's a really really good point you will be accused of taking drugs. It it's a superlative point they will ask you to share your bong with them. Pay no attention to it. Most of the people that will try to offend you have offended others as well and there are probably plenty of people who are on your side if you take them on. If you feel frisky, you can always get down and grab a hand full of slime back as a little demo for them of how silly they look. If you intend to express and advance a point of view that you believe in you just do it regardless of the morons because there are others reading too. You will generally find that even with people you strongly disagree with most of the time, there will be a third moron you find yourself on the same side about. Have fun and an open minded faith in what you believe. You won't convince everybody, but you may affect people in ways you can't even imagine.

 

[sandorski]

Originally posted by: soccerbud34
warning ** rant below **




this forum can not hold a serious discussion without personal attacks and flames been thrown left and right.

To me, it seems, here in ATOT, that there is a general elitist attitude, held among most members, of "if you do not agree with me, you are wrong and btw YOU ARE AN IDIOT so fvck off and go back and hug your trees/go and blow things up all over the world"



//end rant

The Soap Box at ArsTechnica is a good place for such discussions. There are rules to follow there and Mods who enforce them.

 

[datalink7]

Originally posted by: stev0

Originally posted by: Aquaman
Welcome to reality my friend

But seriously.......... it's just a discussion forum in 'off topic' Things get off on a tangent but what ya gonna do? It happens.

Cheers,
Aquaman

off topic is right, there can be a ricer thread and on the 3rd page people are talking about religion :Q

Speaking of religion, there is no proof that God exists. In fact, all people who believe in God are blind sheep who coudln't tell fact from fiction if their life depended on it.

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: Jellomancer

Originally posted by: Lithium381
that's why this is off-topic.....besides, how would it work anywhere else on any other forum? Is this specific to just AT?

If there is any disagreement of any kind on HardForum, the thread is killed.

That kinda sucks.. I mean... I guess it could be good in some respects, but... yea, that sucks. lol..

 

[Czar]

Originally posted by: soccerbud34
warning ** rant below **




this forum can not hold a serious discussion without personal attacks and flames been thrown left and right.

To me, it seems, here in ATOT, that there is a general elitist attitude, held among most members, of "if you do not agree with me, you are wrong and btw YOU ARE AN IDIOT so fvck off and go back and hug your trees/go and blow things up all over the world"



//end rant

I'll rant with you

 

[DanTMWTMP]

Originally posted by: soccerbud34

Originally posted by: Astaroth33
For this to be an effective rant, and for you to be convincing, you need to back up your complaint with an example or two.

read any religious, middle-east, or political affliated thread here on ATOT.

Most of the time,the 1st 20 or so replies or so are actual opinions pertaining to its subject, but afterwards, its either the athiest lobing flames at the religious or conservatives personal attacking the liberals or vice versa.

sp errors up the wazoo

ahhahaha yeah....a ton of those opinions are pretty dumb and funny....like that one dude who said that a bat was starving for millions of yrs b4 it got its hearing is seeing capability, therefore discounting evolution completely...ahhahahahha...and that other person...freakin a...forgot his name.....talked of a banana being perfectly fit for human hand...so it must've been perfectly designed by a creater from scratch to serve humans ....lol....


neways, yeah, a lot of us have "elitist" attitude but oh wells....and another dude mentioned about posting some backup...well, we all seen it happen neways.......what do u expect from people who sit in front of their comps all day contemplating the meaning of life and not going out and having sex.....it drives us crazy

 

[Bluefront]

".......what do u expect from people who sit in front of their comps all day contemplating the meaning of life and not going out and having sex.....it drives us crazy"

For shame....another personal attack on Moonie.

 

[Czar]

Originally posted by: Bluefront
".......what do u expect from people who sit in front of their comps all day contemplating the meaning of life and not going out and having sex.....it drives us crazy"

For shame....another personal attack on Moonie.

no, but there is one:disgust:

 

[Luden]

On topic - Something is on-topic if it is within the bounds of the current discussion. This term is normally used in the context of mailing lists, discussion groups, bulletin boards and newsgroups, all of which are generally established for the discussion of specific topics. On-topic postings are not generally required to be indicated, but in some groups on-topic discussion is so rare that the header is marked accordingly.

The opposite of on-topic is off topic.



Off topic - A message in a discussion is off topic if its topic is different from the main topic in the discussion.

Originally, off topic applied to newsgroup messages, but now applies to any discussion forum.

The opposite of off-topic is on-topic.

 

[tcsenter]

To me, it seems, here in ATOT, that there is a general elitist attitude, held among most members, of "if you do not agree with me, you are wrong and btw YOU ARE AN IDIOT so fvck off and go back and hug your trees/go and blow things up all over the world"

I disagree with you, so you are clearly an idiot.