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Re: The decline of civility?
I am listening to it now, about half way through. So far I have a couple of thoughts: I think most of the people on Polycount know where the line is, and crossing that line is really not good for the person. Recent threads have been good examples of both really outragous behavior but also they have been good examples of… -
Re: The decline of civility?
The older I get the more I have come to realise that adults are simply big children. That is a scary thought. -
Re: The decline of civility?
[ QUOTE ] The older I get the more I have come to realise that adults are simply big children. That is a scary thought. [/ QUOTE ] Why do you think we end up in diapers again? -
Re: The decline of civility?
[ QUOTE ] Most of us would have been better off having a wank rather than trying to settle whatever it is we think we are settling in this thread. [/ QUOTE ] Good point mate. Although, you're a family man. I'm finding that in a relationship, discreet wanking time is very hard to 'come by' under the circumstances. Any tips? -
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[ QUOTE ] The older I get the more I have come to realise that adults are simply big children. That is a scary thought. [/ QUOTE ] We can take this statement as a simple example, it is very easy to see this as an ignorant condescending remark, depending on the viewpoint of the reader. Very easy to read it as "you all are… -
Re: The decline of civility?
Perceived arrogance always has and always will just cause more and more arrogance and ego-beating on any sort of forum such as this, the more you complain about the behaivor of others the more bickering and infighting you're going to have. Its only natural for people to get a sense of "holier than thou" when someone comes… -
Re: The decline of civility?
to all those arguing on these forums, i have a hindi phrase for you: "lagaan do apne zabaan ko" literally, it means 'put a tax on ur words.' And who likes paying taxes? ... exactly... so please stop wasting ur energy on an ultimately inconclusive arguement over the internet where, for all we know, i could actually be… -
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[ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] The older I get the more I have come to realise that adults are simply big children. That is a scary thought. [/ QUOTE ] We can take this statement as a simple example, it is very easy to see this as an ignorant condescending remark, depending on the viewpoint of the reader. Very easy to read it as "you… -
Re: The decline of civility?
Strange, because me and a friend of mine have discussed this a lot lately. I think that one deciding factor here is empathy is missing on the internet. I never say anything to intentionally hurt someone, but I've stuck my foot in my mouth countless times. In real life when I do - I can visually see that I've hurt the other… -
Re: The decline of civility?
You've just given me an idea Ruz for how to verbalize what's been nagging away at me. disclaimer: odium et al: please don't take this as another dishing out of abuse. Obviously you've taken plenty of flak on the topic of the other thread. I just thought this was a neat conundrum. I disagree with whoever posted above that…
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