Major Swift wrote...
you know, i think id rather see talk of palpatine and vader dancing it up on the death star instead of whats been happening lately/tonight *smashes head off desk, doesn't believe he just said that*
If it makes you feel better we've seen this.. people go through cycles on this thread... which is kinda scary how long it's been around. Saturdays are long days because everyone is here all day in some cases and the people who usually are in school or in their usual extracurricular activities that keep them from being idle and causing parents to snap are here instead too.
We had a conversation nearly 2000 pages or so ago about this and came together as a group.. the expertise from individuals (I think we had an actual psychologist - may have just been a psychology student) comment on the whole 'flame war' concept. If you don't have a REALLY thick skin.. and, being honest, most people don't and the longer you stand on the line with us the thinner it'll get because you hear the same thing day in and day out, you really shouldn't be replying to these people anyway. You won't keep your objectivity, I know I didn't earlier, and I'm going to obviously have to take my own advice now and ignore it.
There's no shame in losing your temper, there is shame in carrying on and bringing disrepute to the line and diminishing the collection professionalism and integrity we're all here to uphold... and for that I apologize to everyone here. You deserve better from me, and I will give better in the future.
I encourage everyone, and myself, to examine yourselves and determine how thick a skin do you have? If you feel the need to post 8 paragraph responses over 2 pages to a person on here who is obviously getting to us it probably means you're no longer objective and probably should let someone else take the brunt.
The romans used to have 4-7 men deep. They'd push in, stabbystabby with their pikes, then fall back to the end of the line and the next in line would move up, so by the time the guy in the back got BACK up to the front they had rested, calmed down, and were ready to go again. We're not exactly stabbing people in the face here (might wish we could somedays) but the strategy is a valid one.. take a break, let someone else do the heavy lifting, you SHARE the line with tens of thousands, you can rely on us, and we can rely on you.
*steps off the soapbox and goes back to ignoring people here to get a rise out of us for their own agendas*
Hold the line!