Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion The Water Cooler 3 things I hate reading in the Axiom forum...

In response to:

"2. People who post their opinions on products that they don't own or haven't even demoed or used."

Major ditto on that.

Birdman

OOP'S, I thought you were starting a topic .

In reply to:

---

Our language is being schwa-ed to death.

---

LOL!! Schwa-t are you talking uh-bout?

"4. Imposing one's political position on others who may feel differently."

You're right that this forum is likely not the proper place for political discussions, but "imposing" is probably not the best word to describe someone who is simply presenting their point of view on a debatable topic. "Imposing" implies the use of force.

I never felt imposed upon when the guys would drop their anti-Bush one-liners (though I did feel compelled to respond ).

In counterpoint, I'd build on Lorenzo's comment relative to there being much less of the "dark side" on this forum. Frankly, I stop in mostly for the camaraderie, the broad discussions and the occasional opportunity to add some input. Once in a while the input is both relevant and correct!

One of the things I think about is the difficulty to convey humor with the written word. Tone of voice, body language, facial expressions and the like help tremendously in this area. As a result, fires start to burn due to misinterpretation of the receiver of what may have been meant to be a be a friendly poke.

I believe the personal attacks are much less prevalent here, but they still, unfortunately, occur. The only grind I have is with someone who continues, right, wrong or indifferent, to bang on their drum to absolutely convince all others that their opinion is not only correct, but it is the ONLY opinion that matters. And they continue to convince you of that fact relentlessly.

At the end of the day, this is a terrific forum, with the occasional wart. Jack, I hope you definately agree.

I'll tell you, I was very hesitant to even open this thread. As usual, Jack (and Lorenzo) made my fears unwarranted. I will personally try to increase my quotients for humor and tolerance. Hey, I've upped my standards, up yours.

Broad discussions, Ray? You've been hanging out with Jack too much.

Well, he DID say something about more sex!

On the humor thing, I've realized that quite recently. I have an extremely dry sense of humor, so that gets me into trouble sometimes... Harder to explain when you're typing.

Toss some water on the keyboard -- that oughta help things out.