Listen grienspace. This is the pit. I am by no means a “pitizen”, but, for some reason I felt compelled to respond. I’ll go line by line, because trying go at this in one fell swoop is to much for this newbie to tackle effectively.
It is true that people often get their asses handed to them here. You know what though? Most of the time, they deserve it. Sure it isn’t always pretty, but then again, neither is life. Sometimes when subtle reminders that one’s logic is not up to par are ignored, one has to switch to the more forthright brick to the frontal lobe approach. Often for the person concerned, it can be painful.
Luckily they have several options available, some make things better, others make it worse. The best method to calm everyone down is to issue a simple apology saying more or less “Whoops, my bad”. To the best of my knowledge, every time this has been done, the so called “pit bullies” have said “Hey that’s all right”, and life has gone on. This is a good thing. On the opposite end of the spectrum, we have your response, which is to kick and scream and carry on in a manner most unbecoming a fighter of ignorance. This usually goes over about as well as a turd in a punchbowl. This, I think is safe to say, a bad thing. If you learn nothing else from this post, please learn this.
Anybody with half a brain who has been here for more than a week knows what happens in the pit. Not really the best of arguments, if I may say so. Kind of like saying anybody who falls off of a ladder can get pissed at the ladder company because they weren’t aware of gravity.
How’s that line go again? “First rule about that SD clique: There is no SD clique?”. To this let me just say that nobody in the pit is so important as to require a mass coordinated effort to flame. You are no exception.
See the above comments.
Basically, what I’m trying to say is, the pit serves a purpose, and is here to stay. While you may feel the purpose it serves differs vastly from the intended purpose, I think a majority of posters on this board feel different. Also, to make things a bit easier for you, please note, I said a majority, not all. There are many well respected posters who feel the pit serves no major purpose. They have said as much. Look at those threads. See how they went about stating their cause and how they accepted the fact that the pit is here to stay (hint: generally goes along the lines of “I do not like it. I will not go there.”). See how happy everybody is as a result?. Please learn from their efforts. It can only do you a world of good.
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