I wasn't trying to attack you, I'm just sick of being told I'm wrong all the time and everyone acting like it's some kind of joke. I did the cow picture in hopes of playing along and not sounding too serious but obviously that didn't work. I was particularly annoyed though because it was you in particular who said it because you're the one/one of the ones who rouses at me every time I bring the topic up and claim to be sick of it regardless of what's actually being said, like
here, and yet you think it's funny to drag it out of nowhere and make me look like the idiot. I'm just saying if you really don't want it to happen then
don't bring it up. That's all.
Sort of @ everyone else (yeah this is a but of a rant, but I figure it could bring up a new topic of discussion):
Maybe it's just something to do with the mentality of the forums at the moment, with all this arguing about opinions and personalities and stuff. When I read your post I got the impression this is what most people here think of me, as "That wordy guy who argues with Kag" as opposed to, you know, everything else I do, because at the moment people seem to only be classed based on how they argue or their little quirks about things and everything else they say is just filler. Like in
this thread of yours, it turned into a personality thing because that's all everybody seems to talk about, "oh you're like this because you do this because dsfmaksfasdkfnj". And even then aren't new users bright enough to figure these things out for themselves rather than having everything set in stone? Part of the fun of joining a forum/being a newbie is being able to figure this stuff out for yourself and yet they're already getting biased opinions because of stuff like this. Why can't we just be ourselves? It seems at the moment like everyone is meant to behave a certain way and when we act differently we get in trouble for it. For me it's "You're meant to be the mature guy who helps out with mods and stuff so you aren't meant to get angry and argue about things". How is anything supposed to get done or decisions get made if there's always this finger-pointing and complaints of hypocrisy all the time?
Important Bit -> Personal opinions are important, but I think if someone has an opinion on something and knows what they want to say they should be able to express it without using somebody else's behavior as an excuse. I'm not saying get rid of personal feelings or avoid personal examples, but just because somebody else does something doesn't make it right. People should feel free to trip someone up if they make a mistake (in serious discussion), but not just because of so-and-so-other-user. Frankly at the moment I personally feel that I
have to get a bit personal to get through to anybody, because it isn't the words that matter so much as how rude you sound when saying them.
Thoughts?
Sorry if I overreacted but I really cannot stand it when people tell me what I'm thinking, especially since there seems to be some kind of misconception floating around as me being a troublemaker. I despise things like trolling and I do not attack people unless I feel I've been provoked or am defending somebody else. Nuthin' personal I don't think >_>
EDIT: Oh right, and the Report Bad Post button. Any more news on that? <_<