Oh I listen.
Really.
I just don't agree. At all.
So... that's kinda that. It's not that I don't want to be a good sport, and it's not that I don't care what people want to see in the forum.
That said, when people start flipping out and flying into hysterics over something that they have absolutely no idea about because exactly none of the details of the program have been released... then yes, it does get frustrating.
But that's cool. I don't really mind. In the end, I'm going to do what I'm going to do. If it works, great, if it doesn't... I'll change it.
I'm no stranger to criticism and I am not exactly what you would call thin skinned. That said, when folks take their foolishness to the extent of insulting the volunteer mods or just fly so far off into left field that any further discourse will obviously be nothing more than an exercise in futility... then yeah, I have a line.
Arguing over the merits of a system with completely no idea about any details of said system is... well... I'm not even gonna say it. Let's just say I don't consider it to be the most enlightened approach to the situation. It's like me trying to argue about what NASA ought to be doing with a mission to Mars.
If the poll thread had been going on in a civil fashion it would still be open. If the original thread had ANYTHING to do with what the topic of the original thread was supposed to be... it would still be open too.
I didn't close anything because I am afraid of opinions or criticism. I have been married for 10 years and have 2 daughters. Opinions and criticisms are 2nd nature to me. There's nothing here that can scare me at this point.
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