A bit of Realism

[CaptainMattJ.]

Its sad that it has come to this but i feel like it must be addressed.

many people have said how threads take a turn for the worst when it originally was not intended to become a discussion of politics, religion, and other heated arguments. But most of it is the idealistic hope of what it SHOULD be. But not what it is going to be. So heres what to expect and what you can do to try and curtail such debates.

- Any thread that could POSSIBLY relate to religion, politics, war, or anything of heated argument will ultimately result in the thread becoming an argument about such things.

-Arguments will eventually escalate. People eventually tend to take it personally. Try not to take things personally as an attack against you as a person. Take things on a lighter note.

-No matter how much argument goes on, there will be little to no progress in convincing the other side. Therefore, the thread will eventually die. And all of it will be wasted breaths. try not to go in depth into an argument.

- Try to talk in a neutral stance when talking neutrally about things. Unless it is a thread devoted to arguments about religion (the most popular topic it seems :/) or politics, try not to bring it up. Things like "Like the good book says.." or otherwise might spark a debate, so talk perhaps in a more neutral stance in threads not intended to be debates about it.

- ^^^ That will most likely happen anyway, regardless of neutral speaking. Try to ignore passive aggressive comments by some. Just ignore the comment.

- Dont take things so personally. Be loose and open. I know there are alot of guys in this forum that really stick to their guns, and thats ok, but if they present cold and harsh rebuttals, try to be calm and collected, and deliver a calm and collected rebuttal. The other person may pick up on the tone and tone it down to a respectable level.

I know this is a longshot, and i know its weird and may feel like we shouldnt HAVE to address this, but i feel like it must be. Most of this stuff will happen often regardless, but maybe people will take more consideration.

And i do realize how this may have a lot of idealism tied to it, i tried to point out what people were saying in reality.

I dont know. speaking from a realistic point of view, people may just gloss over this thread, consider it, and throw it out and continue this type of behavior. But maybe some, although few, may take the advice.

Cheers to a more loose and lolcat subsim