Forums? Why?

[tsaiko]

I'm not much for Forums. I usually haunt them for a grand total of about a month and then I wander away. It's just the way I am. As I went through the NaNoWriMo forums it dawned on me why.

I don't like wasted words and I definitely don't like stupid people.

Forums seems to attract stupid people in droves. They also attract long, rambly posts that consist of such burning questions as "Harry Potter vs Spider man: Who would win?" and "What is the best fantasy writer ever?" Things that no matter how long the thread is or how much evidence you give, people will have already made up their mind before they put a word down and nothing will change their opinion.

I think this also has a lot to do with why I refuse to get into any sort of political discussion on or off the internet. When you get into an arguement, there's no way you're changing the other person's mind. They've already decided that they are right and you are wrong. Nothing will change that. No facts. No figures. No words. The discussion was over before it started and you both disagree. Why go through all the pain of arguing when you already know the outcome?

Some people like this sort of thing. I'm not one of them. So I avoid any threads that look like the might degenerate into that. Then I avoid any thread that attracts stupid people. Then I sort through the rest to find something that actually looks interesting to me. By that time I'm down to... one or two threads if I'm lucky.

Yeah, definitely not a forum person here

Comments

[starparty.livejournal.com]

PSSHT. Tsaiko you silly goose. Harry Potter woudl *SO* spell Spiderman's ass off! Duh!

*ahem*

I feel you pain. I spent a grand total of 2 days signed up on one of the anime con's forums. It was enough to make me swear off the internet for a week.

[gamoid.livejournal.com]

What the hell?! Spider-Man would web Harry's mouth shut, and then...

...

I think I may just be proving Tsai's point.

[starparty.livejournal.com]

Whatever! Harry's learning NONVERBAL SPELLS NOW! HE DOSEN"T NEED A WAND! YOU ARE WRONG!!

...I think we both are XD

*waves at Tsai* Love you, don't kill us? <3

[gamoid.livejournal.com]

<3 <3

[tsaiko.livejournal.com]

No see, I expected this out of Gamoid. It's Gamoid. But you? For shame!

*waggles her finger*

[starparty.livejournal.com]

*gives you the puppy eyes*

I was trying to make you laugh? *sniffle*

*hangs head*

I sowwie Tsaiko!!

Peace offering?

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v69/starparty/widow.jpg <3

[tsaiko.livejournal.com]

EEEEEE! I love it!

I was going to respond when I got home from work today but I saw this before then. Thank you!

[starparty.livejournal.com]

YAY! I"m so glad you like it!! I went with a pretty simple layout because that seemed to work but I messed with the fonts to find the right one! This is one off the work server that has a name about the size of the page o_0; So welcome!

snicker

[ramblingheritic.livejournal.com]

I personally think they would sit down in a bar over a beer and try to out angst each other.

Harry would probably win... But mainly because you can't out angst the british.

-Xav

Re: snicker

[tsaiko.livejournal.com]

XAV!

How's life?

Re: snicker

[starparty.livejournal.com]

*falls over giggling* Yeah, I think you win!

[mashiroikaze.livejournal.com]

Thank you for your comments re: political arguments. I have bashed my head against a wall so many times because of people who start arguments on politics and then refuse to actually listen to my counter to their argument. It's infuriating, especially when the other person starts the debate.

Likewise with forums - which is why I just don't go near them.

>.> <.< And... *random hugs*

[smallwolf]

Aside from checking NaNoWriMo forums once a year to figure out where the people are meeting, I do NOT do forums. v_v For the same reasons you don't. They are teh SUCK.