Why discussions generate into personal affronts...


Hello to all... I am a new-be in comparison to those who have thousands of inputs into forums/discussions.

I find it disappointing that in reading inputs, I have to waste time in members sniping at each other. Half the time it simply is a difference in opinion that breaks down into nasty idiocy,  and half the time I need some type of reference to past verbal battles fought about in other topics/forums. 

WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO IMHO? Many times spewing personal dogma against each other just confuses simple people like me who are just looking for guidance - not miracles. We all view another's opinion with reservation - nobody's got a doctorate on audiophile experience; if I was to listen to and obey the professionals, I would never had experimented with 12g solid core copper, vinyl-jacketed wire, twisted and used bare wire no connectors -WHICH I AM VERY HAPPY WITH ...

SO: SOMEBODY fill me in why knowledgeable people generate into nastiness in discussions...
insearchofprat

Showing 20 responses by geoffkait

I always do. If you want to have a pithing contest I’m your man. 🤗
I’m afraid there will be no pithy report coming as I have a sneaking suspicion you would pith on it, ye of small number of postings.
If I recall correctly it was Einstein who opined you have to know when to say nothing.
If you think that’s a gingerbread man you are more confused than I thought. 
What a maroon! 🐰 Is it just me or is it getting crazier out there? 😬
Actually, I don’t have to discredit you. You discredit yourself by your own endless uninformed jibber jabber. I don’t have to lift a finger. My promise is still good, I will let you win an argument one of these days.

atdavid
Agendas and ignorance governed by pride and narcissism.

People become so attached to their world-view or audio-view, that it stops being a pursuit of audio nirvana and starts becoming an agenda to promote a particular viewpoint to the point of rejecting anything that may call that view into question. Because its a commercial industry as well, holding onto that viewpoint can be for hardened for those with financial gain.

>>>>Excellent self analysis! 🤗
One wonders why the reasonable forums like AA and Stereophile are ghost towns now. 🤔
Liar, liar, pants on fire 🔥 Prove it! Is it true Thastum when you lie your pants really are on fire, Mr. Smarty Pants? 👖 
You still don’t get the difference between proof and evidence, do you? You probably think that’s a personal attack. IHMO? The joker laughs at you. 🤡

E = mc^2
mrearl
Here's another observation: The less a person knows, the more vehement he is. And I'm sure that that observation is going to ignite some vehement responses. But being information-proof is a self-reinforcing condition.

>>>>>I totally disagree!! 
Pop quiz,

Q  What do they call the popsicle man in Arizona?
A  The Good Yuma man. 
Eventually all audio forums dry up like lake beds in the Kalahari. Take a gander at Stereophile or Audio Asylum. They’ve become ghost towns. I come from the future where there are no audio forums. I only come back here for the jokes. 🤡
Sometimes it’s simply a case of Newton’s third law of motion - when a body exerts a force on another body it produces an equal and opposite force.