Originally posted by hatchman
Originally posted by yello1
I feel the need to defend my ideas, if the point is invalid or can be dealt with by an alteration to the idea, as much as you want to defend your objection. Such is the nature of discussion.
We keep coming back to the same thing, its a forum. By nature, its built for discussions. Your offense at that is silly.
Its like going to a concert hall and asking the band to keep it down, or a dance club and to tell everyone to sit down and stop dancing.
for someone that tries to act like they know something about the game. you really haven't got a clue
I do not take offense to people making suggestions. I do not take offense to your silly shit either. I do think you come across as a jackass alot. when you make a suggestion people actually try to help you and instead of you taking that help. you bash them and act as if they are stupid or less educated than you are. my problem isn't about discussing suggestions or even the amount of suggestions you make. my problem is that you are a self centered pompous jackass in your response's. and that you will talk down to so many different people even when they prove that they are right or they take the time to let you know where the problem is in your suggestion. people actually try to help you out and you go off on one of your goofy examples as usual.
1) Try to grok that I tend to respond in kind. If you trash me with a slur, one will most likely be coming your way back. Similarly if you trash my idea with alot of derogatory language, your illogical response will be treated with equal disrespect. So you reap what you sow here, trash me, I trash you. Monkey poo fits in the hand for a reason. Okay not really, but you know what I mean I trust.
2) Try also to understand that when I am trying to show restraint I may instead make a humorous comment which could be taken as a nasty crack if taken literally. Always dangerous on the internet, humor is hard to read. If you have ever taken a joke the wrong way, and I know you have, my apologies. I should use smiley faces more often probably.
3) I ain't perfect. Sometimes I misread someones response. Sometimes I respond to someone thinking they were the person I am in the midst of a heated flame fest when in fact they were a totally innocent person wandering into the thread and undeserving of the level of vitriole. If I notice it, my apologies come forth. If not, well sorry bout that. Nothing personal, its the internet. Refresh and walk it off.
4) All of that said if someones remark is just wrong - it either misunderstands the concept being responded to, or has an illogical basis - I will try to be polite but I see no reason not to point out the error. Thats what the discussion of ideas is all about.
5) Likewise if the logic is sound but the values supporting the position are ones I disagree with (simplicity over variety, elitism over broader market etc) then I am going to state my opposing opinion. Again thats discussion in its purest form, or forum as it were.
None of that is a reason for me to stop posting my ideas when they come to mind, and I won't, assuming I am not too busy otherwise.
If that just drives you nuts, I am sorry about that. You can't control me or my thoughts Hatch, any more than I yours. Such is life.