Taking a Chill Pill

Post by **Coyote** » 2005-01-15 03:41pm

In response to this exchange:

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Illuminatus Primus wrote:
Coyote wrote:
Seriosly, IP, in a lot of recent threads you disagree with, you go immediately for the snide, ornery, most-likely-to-flamebait tone you can.
Sometimes I feel like venting. Other times (often times) people just post mind-boggingly stupid things.

Illuminatus Primus wrote:
Coyote wrote:
Are having fucking menopause or something? Have you always been this way and I never noticed?
Maybe my shitty two weeks has been spilling over, I dunno.

Illuminatus Primus wrote:
Coyote wrote: Not once recently have you entered a disagreement with anything remotely resembling an ounce of respect for another's POV.
POV is not a pass for saying dumb things. The OP and linked story is not causally related to Per's axe-to-grind on global warming. Its a total red herring and this was shown previously and was brushed off for cheap rhetorical points.

Illuminatus Primus wrote:
Coyote wrote:
What the flying fuck, over?
Do you intend to post anything on the subject at hand?

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Well, now this is the subject at hand.

I know this board isn't exactly run by Roberts Rules of Order and all that crap, and at the risk of being dogpiled for pointing out what is essentially a "style over substance" argument, I just want to ask that if anyone, not just IP but anyone is having a Bad Hair Day, PMS, a bad day/week, too-tight a-panties, or a fight with the SO... whatever, take it out in a Venting thread or buy a punching bag or something.

It's one thing to ask for prissy-ass behavior in a debate, or to whine about meanness while evading a point in an argument-- that's not what I mean. If someone has earned a good smackdown, let them have it.

But don't just launch right out from the start with flamebait. There should, I feel, but some minor accord given to basic respect for others here before going into bitchiness. If it's getting that bad for you on the 'net, or this board, and tempers are hot, then relax. Take a day off. The board won't implode if you decide to sit it out for a day.

Nieztchean Uber-Amoeba · Post by **Nieztchean Uber-Amoeba** » 2005-01-15 03:44pm

Shouldn't this be in OT/HoS/Testing? It doesn't exactly seem appropriate.

But I agree that Mr. Prime needs to mellow down.

Frank Hipper · Post by **Frank Hipper** » 2005-01-15 04:12pm

Yes, some people are WAY too willing to get inflamatory right out of the gate.

If someone gets shitty for no better reason than that they're having a bad day, they deserve to get shit on themselves for being so weak as to take their bad luck out on others.