Arguments devolve on threads to wordsmithing contests

Why is it that so many well-intentioned threads devolve into wordsmithing contests? Is it necessary to argue about the meaning of posts when the language thereof is reasonably clear on its face?

celander02-26-2019 2:20pm

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celander OP Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 1,502 posts 02-27-2019 at 01:38am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete “>>>>Correction. Everyone has his own field, after all.” Geoff single-handedly wiped the female and “other” genders out of the lexicon of candidates for possessive pronouns.
voiceofvinyl Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 93 posts 02-27-2019 at 02:39am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete "In any dispute, the intensity of the feeling is inversely proportional to the value of the issues at stake" -Wallace Sayre (mike drop.....)
stevecham Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 3,340 posts 02-27-2019 at 02:55am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Tell us Geoff, tell us how we're wrong, we need to know!
timlub Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 2,039 posts 02-27-2019 at 03:09am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Superiority Complex
uberwaltz Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 13,381 posts 02-27-2019 at 03:22am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Oh I'm sorry is this a five minute arguement or the full half hour?

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