# Why do posters argue in others posts?! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 1, 2003, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-posters-argue-in-others-posts/179012 "2003-06-01T22:41:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![tarragon918](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d26b3c/32.png) [@tarragon918](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tarragon918)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2003, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-posters-argue-in-others-posts/179012/1 "2003-06-01T22:41:57Z")
Mind you, I mostly lurk, but one thing I’ve seen time and again is posters getting into arguments among themselves, particularly in posts where the OP has asked for advice. Arguments (or disagreements, some mild and some -not- so mild!) that essentially have nothing to do with the original poster’s question. LOL I’ll give cites if you ask for them, but honestly, all you really have to do is pick a thread in IMHO or even MPSIMS, sooner or later, some of the threads are bound to deteriorate into this disagreement between posters. Probably the majority of them are mildly amusing to read, but some of them have gotten downright nasty. And I’ll admit that from time to time I’ve felt like getting involved in them, but have shown restraint thus far. 😛 Anyway, I guess this is just a mild rant but it’s something that I’d noticed recently. Probably happens more often than I’ve noticed. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2003, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-posters-argue-in-others-posts/179012/2 "2003-06-01T22:46:07Z")
> [@](#): > > And I’ll admit that from time to time I’ve felt like getting involved in them, but have shown restraint thus far. I knew it. YOu’re not a true doper after all. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2003, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-posters-argue-in-others-posts/179012/3 "2003-06-01T22:48:02Z")
You should definitely stay out of Great Debates, then. ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2003, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-posters-argue-in-others-posts/179012/4 "2003-06-01T22:55:59Z")
That’s ridiculous! No one disagrees here. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2003, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-posters-argue-in-others-posts/179012/5 "2003-06-01T23:07:51Z")
> [@](#): > > That’s ridiculous! No one disagrees here. Says, you, asshole! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![CanvasShoes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@CanvasShoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanvasShoes)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2003, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-posters-argue-in-others-posts/179012/6 "2003-06-01T23:15:42Z")
First, because people are always going to disagree, it’s just human nature, especially when the subject matter is touchy. Second, it tends to happen in this sort of forum specifically because of the medium, facial expressions can’t be seen, tone of voice can’t be heard, things “sound” much harsher, in type than they are meant by the author, someone “reads” it the wrong way, and takes offense, etc… ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2003, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-posters-argue-in-others-posts/179012/7 "2003-06-01T23:24:04Z")
That’s ridiculous, too. I can see **all** of your facial expressions through my handy-dandy SuperCam, which receives images even where there are no cameras to transmit them. . Hey! HEY! Stop sticking your tongue out at me, **CanvasShoes**! ---
**Author:** ![3waygeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/e95f7d/32.png) [@3waygeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3waygeek)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2003, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-posters-argue-in-others-posts/179012/8 "2003-06-02T01:57:30Z")
I told you once… ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2003, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-posters-argue-in-others-posts/179012/9 "2003-06-02T02:05:14Z")
If I have to pull this car off the information superhighway, you’re all gonna get it, and how! ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2003, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-posters-argue-in-others-posts/179012/10 "2003-06-02T02:31:03Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by dantheman_ > I can see all of your facial expressions through my handy-dandy SuperCam, which receives images even where there are no cameras to transmit them. OMG! I guess I’d better go put some clothes on!:eek: 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2003, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-posters-argue-in-others-posts/179012/11 "2003-06-02T02:41:45Z")
Put on that dress I like. ---
**Author:** ![tarragon918](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d26b3c/32.png) [@tarragon918](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tarragon918)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2003, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-posters-argue-in-others-posts/179012/12 "2003-06-02T02:52:06Z")
Oh, I stay out of Great Debates! Only forums I follow are: Cafe Society, IMHO, MPSIMS and I check out the 'Pit every so often. Yah, thanks Canvasshoes–I kinda figured that was what it was; the most heated arguments are where one poster takes what another poster has written the wrong way. It makes me realize how much tone of voice, inflection and even facial expressions mean in communication. Which (probably) accounts my tendency to use the “smilies” in my posts. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![tarragon918](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d26b3c/32.png) [@tarragon918](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tarragon918)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2003, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-posters-argue-in-others-posts/179012/13 "2003-06-02T02:54:42Z")
…err, Preview is your friend, DOH! that last sentence in my previous post should read: … accounts -for- my tendency … DOH! :smack: ---
**Author:** ![CanvasShoes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@CanvasShoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanvasShoes)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2003, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-posters-argue-in-others-posts/179012/14 "2003-06-02T03:38:50Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by dantheman \* > \*\*That’s ridiculous, too. I can see **all** of your facial expressions through my handy-dandy SuperCam, which receives images even where there are no cameras to transmit them. . Hey! HEY! Stop sticking your tongue out at me, **CanvasShoes**! \*\* Hey! How’d you know? Can you see me waggling my fingers by my ears too? hehe ---
**Author:** ![JonScribe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3be4f8/32.png) [@JonScribe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JonScribe)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2003, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-posters-argue-in-others-posts/179012/15 "2003-06-02T04:26:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by tarragon918 \* > \*\*Which (probably) accounts for my tendency to use the “smilies” in my posts. 🙂 \*\* And just what do you mean by _that?_ ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2003, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-posters-argue-in-others-posts/179012/16 "2003-06-02T04:44:31Z")
And I bet when you typed that you made those “quote marks” with your “fingers,” didn’t you? **CanvasShoes** … nice fingers! ---
**Author:** ![DreadCthulhu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/db5fbb/32.png) [@DreadCthulhu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DreadCthulhu)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2003, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-posters-argue-in-others-posts/179012/17 "2003-06-02T07:17:33Z")
The reason that posters argue in other post is that some people are just too gosh darn stubborn to agree with me. ---
**Author:** ![auntnut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f6c823/32.png) [@auntnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/auntnut)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2003, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-posters-argue-in-others-posts/179012/18 "2003-06-03T00:13:06Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by danceswithcats \* > \*\*If I have to pull this car off the information superhighway, you’re all gonna get it, and how! \*\* 1. Classic 2. Belongs in “best of” 3. Hi Opal! Could you do the honors? [sorry, couldnt figure out how to get Opal’s attention] ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2003, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-posters-argue-in-others-posts/179012/19 "2003-06-03T01:14:06Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by dantheman \* > \*\*And I bet when you typed that you made those “quote marks” with your “fingers,” didn’t you? > \*\* You fool. If she’s making quote marks with her fingers, what’s she typing with? Her nose? One more careless remark like that, and I’m taking you to the Pit. ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2003, 10:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-posters-argue-in-others-posts/179012/20 "2003-06-03T10:25:40Z")
I type with my tongue. Ith eathy. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-posters-argue-in-others-posts/179012.md?page=2)