But you do seem to care enough to have suggested my current way of posting was obnoxious to you.

Even if only a little different, which would you prefer from me?

(December 7, 2023 at 11:54 am)FrustratedFool Wrote:

(December 7, 2023 at 11:49 am)Ahriman Wrote: People can be rude all they want. It's about how you respond to it.

Well that's my secondary question.

Should I continue as I usually am, which garners derision and seems unpalatable to most. Or should I just be obnoxiously rude and aggressive, which seems to be what people prefer?

And how did you vote?

I'm curious about the time you were derided for not being rude enough. I voted yes.

Some post on some thread. Iirc, the gist was that my civil way of posting is interpreted as arrogant condescension and a more blunt manner would be better.

Certainly that seems the example set by longterm posters and mods.

I don't perceive your posting as condescending, as a rule. I do think it's possible to be very rude without using any 'bad' words, but I haven't observed you doing that. And using 'bad' words isn't necessarily rude, it depends on intent.

(December 7, 2023 at 11:38 am)FrustratedFool Wrote: On a tangential question, as it seems the preferred way of communicating on this forum is to be insulting, dismissive, aggressive, and hounding, should someone such as myself be better served forgetting the restrained and dispassionate civil posting style, and just play the same game as the majority?

In other words, rather than posting as I do, would it be better thought of here if I just called people cunts etc?

Well, are you going to lead, or follow?

(December 7, 2023 at 12:55 pm)FrustratedFool Wrote: But you do seem to care enough to have suggested my current way of posting was obnoxious to you.

Even if only a little different, which would you prefer from me?

Same answer. Simply because I find you obnoxious doesn’t mean I care enough about you to suggest a change.

As long as you don’t seriously break the Forum rules, I really don’t care if you live, die, or grow mushrooms in your arse.

Boru

(December 7, 2023 at 1:32 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:

(December 7, 2023 at 12:55 pm)FrustratedFool Wrote: But you do seem to care enough to have suggested my current way of posting was obnoxious to you.

Even if only a little different, which would you prefer from me?

Same answer. Simply because I find you obnoxious doesn’t mean I care enough about you to suggest a change.

As long as you don’t seriously break the Forum rules, I really don’t care if you live, die, or grow mushrooms in your arse.

Boru

(December 7, 2023 at 1:00 pm)FrustratedFool Wrote: Some post on some thread.  Iirc, the gist was that my civil way of posting is interpreted as arrogant condescension and a more blunt manner would be better.

Certainly that seems the example set by longterm posters and mods.

The forum position of self-proclaimed intellectual to bash the members of the forum in passive-aggressive ways was filled long before you got here.

If we have an opening we will let you know.

(December 7, 2023 at 1:12 pm)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote:

(December 7, 2023 at 11:38 am)FrustratedFool Wrote: On a tangential question, as it seems the preferred way of communicating on this forum is to be insulting, dismissive, aggressive, and hounding, should someone such as myself be better served forgetting the restrained and dispassionate civil posting style, and just play the same game as the majority?

In other words, rather than posting as I do, would it be better thought of here if I just called people cunts etc?

Well, are you going to lead, or follow?

Neither. Adopt an alternative approach when initial methods have failed.

(December 7, 2023 at 1:32 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:

(December 7, 2023 at 12:55 pm)FrustratedFool Wrote: But you do seem to care enough to have suggested my current way of posting was obnoxious to you.

Even if only a little different, which would you prefer from me?

Same answer. Simply because I find you obnoxious doesn’t mean I care enough about you to suggest a change.

As long as you don’t seriously break the Forum rules, I really don’t care if you live, die, or grow mushrooms in your arse.

Boru

Fair enough. I guess really not caring if someone dies is quite blunt. Understood.