Why is everyone soo god dam...

[Pro Tour Punditry]

I don't think there's any truth in it at all. SC&P tackles difficult issues, but the Cafe is the place for casual sexism, glib racism, and other kinds of tacky nastiness that are passed off as 'humour'.

I think you are confusing Café with Patrick's head

 

[classic33]

I am sometimes told I am wrong, which is odd as I am always right.

Even when you're wrong?

 

[snorri]

I've only used the Ignore facility twice, I think. Both of the people I chose to Ignore burnt themselves out and left shortly afterwards so I assumed they just had difficulty getting along with people.
There are some posters I tend not to engage with, but real life is like that too, it doesn't seem too difficult to rub along with people holding different views to myself,....just as long as they are not wishing to ram their ideas down my throat.

 

[FrankCrank]

...I'm an active member of 3 cycling related forums - Atomic Zombie, BROL and CycleChat, and listed alphabetically as no particular favourite.
Each I find to be entertaining, informative and often very amusing.
Forum etiquette takes some getting used to initially. Sense of humour, tongue in cheek, light hearted sarcasm,and all those other subtle nuances can often be misinterpreted, compared to, for example, face to face interaction.
Knowing the limitations of forums can help getting the most out of them, and emoticons used sparingly can help convey the correct context.
Anyways, certainly enjoyed my time here so far - long may it continue

 

[Fab Foodie]

I have some sympathy with the OP, on some of the debates here I became so negative I had to put myself on my ignore list .....

 

[screenman]

Do not go on caravan talk and look at some of the cycling posts, now that is bad.

 

[steveindenmark]

The good thing about this site is that there is an ignore button.

I found a long time ago that if you use the ignore button, you can make the site viewing so much more enjoyable.

 

[winjim]

Arguments are like bottom brackets. Best not cross-threaded.

 

[Dogtrousers]

I have some sympathy with the OP, on some of the debates here I became so negative I had to put myself on my ignore list .....

You've only posted that in the hope that you will read it, and will learn that you have yourself on ignore. You're still letting yourself get to you. Rise above it, you know you are better than yourself, don't lower yourself to your own level.

 

[User32269]

 

[Fab Foodie]

You've only posted that in the hope that you will read it, and will learn that you have yourself on ignore. You're still letting yourself get to you. Rise above it, you know you are better than yourself, don't lower yourself to your own level.

Glad you quoted me there, I didn't know I'd posted that!

 

[Citius]

The good thing about this site is that there is an ignore button.

I found a long time ago that if you use the ignore button, you can make the site viewing so much more enjoyable.

Must say, I find the concept of an 'ignore' button both utterly pointless and entirely contradictory to the purpose of a discussion forum.

 

[graham bowers]

I have only had help and encouragement on here. Taking a different view is not inherently negative or positive, the language used defines that.

I can accept that people's perceptions are real to them and some are more sensitive than others.

I have seen some posts that could, in my opinion, have shown more restraint - but no lives were lost - so I just moved on and read something else

 

[jefmcg]

SC&P is no nastier or more negative than any other part of this forum, and I wish people would stop trotting out this lazy nonsense.

As I said in my posting, I don't read it. But more than once I have seen someone being a bit of an arse in cafe and someone else has gently chided them "you're not in SC&P now" That combined with the fact that the OP obviously spends a lot of time there, it didn't seem a big leap.

 

[jefmcg]

The good thing about this site is that there is an ignore button.

I found a long time ago that if you use the ignore button, you can make the site viewing so much more enjoyable.

Only to a small extent. I find I have to hit the "show ignored content" button a lot to make sense of what I'm reading. My favourite just after I'd starting using ignore, and someone was attacking me. They weren't quoting me directly, but I was the only other person posting in that thread. I was all "You talkin' to me? Then who the hell else are you talking to? Well I'm the only one here." He politely informed me that he was not talking to me, and when I looked at ignored content, I realised that my ignoree was exhibiting the same behaviour that I had ignored him for, and getting a deserved response.

Life would be a lot easier if everyone just used my ignore list