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Wow, there are some very rude people here now, I am pretty surprised.

This used to fun, now a simple silly thread about password get so foul it has to deleted. Perhaps a culling of members is required. I'll start with myself.

Very disappointed.
 
It does seem to get edgy quicker around here. Troj and the other mods have had their hands full for sure. Sometimes the best thing to say is nothing and just move on......
Hope you stay tho Shrox.....
 
GDJ said:
I wouldn't leave over one thread. I've gotten into spats with people around here a few times, and we let it go.
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It's not one thread, it's behavior of others. I started a harmless fun thread that somehow became so foul it had to be deleted before I could even return to it this morning!

I wanted to hear someone and their plans, but even when I asked others to be quiet so that I and those interested could hear, they literally acted like pouty children and kept interfering with what I wanted to hear.

I carry a lot of weight in the model rocket world, a recent thread by another pretty much proves that. I can cite a dozen webpages that people have made celebrating my work. So I am going to throw my weight around now with this demand:



Be nice please.
 
 
shrox said:
It's not one thread, it's behavior of others. I started a harmless fun thread that somehow became so foul it had to be deleted before I could even return to it this morning!

I wanted to hear someone and their plans, but even when I asked others to be quiet so that I and those interested could hear, they literally acted like pouty children and kept interfering with what I wanted to hear.

I carry a lot of weight in the model rocket world, a recent thread by another pretty much proves that. I can cite a dozen webpages that people have made celebrating my work. So I am going to throw my weight around now with this demand:



Be nice please.
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Or in the words of Ron Burgundy: "I'm kind of a big deal" ..... ;)
 
safari came in the middle of the night spoofing with some rather foul names and posts. Insulted some of the mods and carried on like he was younger than his purported 20 years. Some truly infantile stuff. Our "newest" member, Chode Chumbry...something like that, was him posting in the Yard Sale about his "Death Ray", actually rather innocent compaired to the rest of the posts.

If it's respect he was looking for then he sure went about it the wrong way. :eyeroll:
 
shrox said:
It's not one thread, it's behavior of others. I started a harmless fun thread that somehow became so foul it had to be deleted before I could even return to it this morning!

I wanted to hear someone and their plans, but even when I asked others to be quiet so that I and those interested could hear, they literally acted like pouty children and kept interfering with what I wanted to hear.

I carry a lot of weight in the model rocket world, a recent thread by another pretty much proves that. I can cite a dozen webpages that people have made celebrating my work. So I am going to throw my weight around now with this demand:



Be nice please.
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Alrighty, I can respect that.

I for one do try to keep the attitude down to a minimum, and if I have an issue, I use the PM function. More professional that way. I have an issue showing dirty laundry in public.
 
Ive been on a number of forums and kicked off of most of them. For the most part me and moderators do not get a long very well. The moderators here are fine I haven't had or seen any issues with them yet. But that's another topic.

As for rude people the best way to deal it is to just laugh at it. Don't take them seriously and the rude people away fairly quickly.

You have to have fairly thick skin on the Internet. There are a lot of people with low self esteem on here in general. Basically the low self esteem types go around insulting others or being rude via belittling others to try and make up for their lack of self esteem.

Then there is the fact that many people in today's society believe they are.. Basically gods gift to the world. They are always right and they aren't here for discussions or debates. They are here to tell you that their beliefs and opinions are correct and you're a moron for even wanting to talk about it.

I wouldn't leave the forum. There are still a lot of great people here with good information capable of civil discussions. Just ignore the others.
 
The "rudeness" is nothing more than a form of digital graffiti.

Don't feed trolls. Just report the posts and let the mods lower the boom.
 
My thought on rudeness is this -- why do people feel that it's acceptable to be rude?

Offending people isn't a right. At the same time, not being offended isn't a right, either.

In some instances, yes, people do need a thicker skin. The other side of the coin is that there are a lot of people who need to grow up and recognize that just because you can be a rectal orifice doesn't mean you should.

Regarding Shrox' password thread, someone didn't like the fact that his rudeness caused him problems, and polluted the thread so badly it was easier just to pull the entire thing.

For the record, I hate locking threads, and I hate pulling messages and threads even more.

-Kevin
 
BTW, the password I posted to the thread was "monkey".

For some reason it always shows up in the top five lists of most commonly used passwords. "Monkey"? :confused:
 
troj said:
My thought on rudeness is this -- why do people feel that it's acceptable to be rude?

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-Kevin
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It's the anonimity that the internet provides that makes people act this way. They can act stupid and get away with it. Look at TV, it's FULL of shows about people behaving badly. We dont need it here too!
 
bill2654 said:
It's the anonimity that the internet provides that makes people act this way. They can act stupid and get away with it. Look at TV, it's FULL of shows about people behaving badly. We dont need it here too!
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Yes.
 
The more I think about it, the more I think the test of what you'd say on a forum should be "Would you walk into someone's house, as an invited guest, and say that to their face?"

I don't mean to one of your best buddies that you hang out with all the time, but someone who you're just getting to know.

If the answer is "No," then you probably shouldn't say it online, either.

-Kevin
 
troj said:
The more I think about it, the more I think the test of what you'd say on a forum should be "Would you walk into someone's house, as an invited guest, and say that to their face?"

I don't mean to one of your best buddies that you hang out with all the time, but someone who you're just getting to know.

If the answer is "No," then you probably shouldn't say it online, either.

-Kevin
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That works.
 
I think I have Norrised this enough, Chuck would be pleased with our re-found politeness..
 
I come to this forum to escape from an ugly world...I like it here, good people with the same love (Rockets) and the same fears (paint).
 
I agree with the first post. Some people can really be rude. Some more than others, but there are a few individual I have not heard a single bad word out of, like Layne Pemberton, Qquake, Grouch, and quite a few others.

This is my observation, but a lot of the heat goes to us youngins. Someone prove me wrong?
 

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