Hey Polk, food for thought

Kurt300 wrote: »

DSkip wrote: »

I think a lot of that attitude has developed because of certain characters we have gotten on the forum. From what I've seen, newer members generally have the argumentative stance, not the inquisitive one. Its not so much snobbery as it is a defensive stance on many members parts. There is a lot of experience on this forum, and the majority of that experience is quality experience.

I do believe we could look at ourselves and rethink how we accept new members, but there is a reason why its gotten to that point.

Another point is that this wasn't always the way things worked on this forum. A handful of years ago this place was happening, both in the home and car forums. There was more of a revolving door than we have now, which helped shape the forum in a way. Without that revolving door, this has become a very close knit community. If the revolving door comes back, I'd imagine the 'snobbery' would diminish quite drastically as we relearn how to accept new members.

Dskip, my first experience on here was thinly veiled accusations of being called a liar, and soon after F1Nut called me a putz for my asking why better prices were being given to long-time members in the For Sale section. I really think you longer-term members should look in the metaphorical mirror a little more closely.

You seemed to recover and have some grace, but Jesse is just a bully at heart. The forum would do well to be rid of him, regardless of any knowledge he brings. If Polk's strategy is to be rid of long-term members that think they actually have some ownership of this place, and try to lord it over others, I applaud it.

BlueFox wrote: »

Notice how the avatars have gotten blurry after the latest fix from Vanilla?

mrbigbluelight wrote: »

vmaxer wrote: »

We all do handle things differently. I would rather deal with someone who shoots straight and don't sugar coat everything. It gets you to the point (lesson) a lot quicker. Although, when I was younger I took offense a lot quicker.
If directness prevents me from making a known mistake, great.

Couldn't agree more.
I also would tend to take offense more when I was younger. That has to do with some insecurity, I think, when one is younger. Perfectly normal, perfectly human.
But if you perceive someone "attacking" something you "know" or something you do, those things make up a bigger portion of your "know" stockpile and you feel more "threatened" when you're younger.
If you're younger, and "know" 10 things, and someone "attacks" 1, that's a pretty big percentage of your reservoir.

You get older, it's easy to slough it off (at least if you haven't been going through life coasting with your head up your derriere).
Make a mistake, and someone calls you on it ? No problem ! I always say, "Hey, let's get out the calendar and mark this down, I made a mistake on this date !!".
I figure I do enough right that I welcome making a mistake now and then. Keeps people from expecting me to be Superman and walk on water. (I've tried but I still go ankle deep)

So, F1, keep shooting straight and keep telling it like it is.
Now, if you could just do something about that Mr. Grand and his "Bees" thing, well, that'd be good too.
(that I actually have brain cells devoted to "Bees" storage, and they refuse to be deleted, is rather worrisome to me)

..... I forget what this thread is about.

Toolfan66 wrote: »

Guess I must have said something for my post to be deleted??

Didn't think I said anything wrong, just the facts!!!!