Why do people want to fight on these threads?

POSTED BY: Mangolo
UPDATED: Tuesday, September 1, 2009 17:36
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MANGOLO

Friday, August 28, 2009 8:10 PM

Thanks everyone for your responses. This kind of reaction makes me feel like there is a sense of community here.

There is a sense that when you start to get to know people here for the love of this show and others that you want to extend that friendship and express things about your own life - IRL.

Peace yall. And again, mahalo nui loa. (Hawaiian for literally "a big long thank you")

BORIS

Saturday, August 29, 2009 6:13 AM

Just keep stating your opinion. Anyone that wants to fight about it is probably someone who wants to fight or argue in the real world and can't for some reason.
I like the varied opinions I read on this sight, and I like that generally everyone's opinion is valued. Don't worry about the fighters....there's gotta be a Jayne in every network

NIKI2

Saturday, August 29, 2009 5:25 PM

What wawsn't the RWED, Bite? Oh, you mean it was a specific situation that she was discussing? I thought it was a general statement. I'm sorry you were dissed outside the RWED, love, that truly does suck. At least down there, you know what you're getting into, but I gotta say again, even THERE it's not nearly as bad as some.

And of course, there are always "those" people on virtually any site. There was some bit in West Wing that dealt with Josh getting into a site pertaining to him specifically, and the exchange between him and his assistant, as she tried to get him not to get involved, made me laugh. Have to look it up--much similar to that quote (which I adored, by the way!).

Internet is a dangerous place; it forces us most of the time to take responsibility for keeping ourownselves safe, which is hard to do in some cases/places. It's especially a shame to me that people who so love FF/S behave that way, but as has been said, we're all different...

And HEY! No comparing Jayne, he wouldn't engage in that stuff (unless he was paid, of course!).

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OPPYH

Saturday, August 29, 2009 5:27 PM

Much like reality television, fighting makes for good ratings. Just kidding, and I really couldn't tell ya.

JEWELSTAITEFAN

Monday, August 31, 2009 8:22 AM

I'm not sure where or who you're referring to, but there are some contributary factors involved in the general "discussion" which can seem more like arguing.

Sometimes we make a post, then leave the board for a day. Then after some replies, somebody hijacks the thread and takes it another direction - sometimes not intentionally, just trying to add to or explain the OP, so by the time we come back to see the results, somebody has taken our statements out of context and has taken the thread off on a tangent.
And, as many have said before me, the internet needs a Sarcastic Font.
Hope you stay despite the bumps and bruises.

FILLYGIRL

Monday, August 31, 2009 8:48 AM

Nothing personnel(sp) people BUT, the answer seems simple, don't post something that can be taken wrong,...the old saying REALLY applys on the interwebs,....'if you can't say something nice, don't say nothing at all'

we've had several people post in the RW threads then go on about what happens,...Mango if you got zapped in a thread other than RW, I apologise for the jerk. I do not understand why this is a surprise...I have a great way of doing it,...I post, then I never go back, let them rant with out me.
JMHO

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...it usually is.....Mal

JEWELSTAITEFAN

Tuesday, September 1, 2009 9:38 AM

So you were referring to Sigma in the Deep End thread, is that right?

MANGOLO

Tuesday, September 1, 2009 10:03 AM

Yup. And he just wrote "pop science books are no substitute for proper (advanced) education."

It's hard not to just leave it. It seems like that would be saying he is correct. I went with a scholarship to one of the top 20 science universities in the world to study astrophysics and applied mathematics. I did my time with that stuff and he writes "I should also point out that I know that it sucks when people point out that you don't know what you're talking about."

He continued on after that to poke fun at everyone else on the board. Calling everyone who believe in psychic phenomena 'delusional'.

Just a bummer all the way around. I tried to change the tone of the thread with some pics- me with wild spinner dolphins from 2 Thanksgivings ago:

BYTEMITE

Tuesday, September 1, 2009 4:40 PM

To be fair, Sigma really isn't a bad guy. And I shouldn't have warned people off from him like that, because I've had some very civil conversations with him before. I also shouldn't have spoken for him like I did, because I might have given people the wrong impression.

All I was trying to say is that, from what I can tell, Mangolo, it really wasn't meant to be personal. There's other things that he's told me about that are going on, which is why he responded that way. We all really can coexist, even if we have our disagreements.

NIKI2

Tuesday, September 1, 2009 5:36 PM

Oh, wow, the photos...sigh...I'm envious!!

I had the opoportunity to both swim with and walk around supporting wild dolphins via rehab years ago, and I adore them, absolutely adore them. But to swim with them in the wild...what a dream come true!

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