You act like you're surprised. Intelligent posters rarely post or have outright left, and the less said about the new blood the better.Originally Posted by Furunculus
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You act like you're surprised. Intelligent posters rarely post or have outright left, and the less said about the new blood the better.
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Sigh, maybe the "old blood" should lighten up a bit.
Last edited by AE Bravo; 07-03-2016 at 23:10.
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You have mostly appeared rational.
At this point, the problem is that I simply don't care.
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At this point?
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We know eachother too well by now, the backroom must be a pretty confusing for newcommers as they can't know the views and the nuances we take for granted. It's not a hostile place but I can understand why it is (unintentionally) not a very welcomming place. Showtime is a good example, obviously a very smart guy. He can't know how I look at things and that isn't his fault whatsoever because has only read things that are insulting to him, and they frankly are if you don't have years of context. We aren't short on interesting individuals here but it's probably hard to get into.
Last edited by Fragony; 07-04-2016 at 07:41.
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The upper one shows contempt for ALL: both for those of the old guard who stay, and of the new blood who (rarely) join in.
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I don't recall the Backroom being any more intelligent or friendly than it is now.
It used to have a greater number of active participants, something that - necessarily - increased the probability of it being perceived as diverse and having interesting posters (in an absolute measure).
I think this could go a long way towards explaining perceived differences between the Backroom now and at earlier points.
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It's the 4th of July and I'm still perfect.
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I mean I was here maybe a while ago and tried to do the backroom and it was just people screaming insults at each and I walked away. But somewhat recently I came back and thought maybe I was the one who was wrong. Maybe I misread it and it was a misunderstanding or whatever. So I came back and have tried to engage in talks. But nope. And this thread right here is a great example.
This is not a conform to me post. You guys are fine with what you're doing, go for it. I gave it another shot and looks like more of the same as before. Like someone said farther up, maybe the internet is just for shouting matches and I've grown too old for it or something. But since the question was asked, I figured I'd give an answer.
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There are no insults in this thread, what are you talking about
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I did not say there were insults in this thread. I said the forum had issues and this thread was a great example. It's basically a lot of people saying "yea, we do that, oh well" As I said, if you guys are fine with it it's your site.
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I love it when we flirt.
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