So I was just curious if I'm perceived as a "troublemaker" for being honest. I don't see myself looking for arguments and I'm usually not abrasive for no reason, but I don't sugarcoat things, either, and I sometimes forget that I'm probably 15 years older than most of the members.
Again, you're always pretty level headed. I was just curious how I'm perceived by someone like yourself, not the other troublemakers. I know what the answer was a few years ago...
I never noticed you being a troublemaker for that.
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Actually, I never noticed you mingling with other users much.
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Probably I wasn't paying attention.
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Then again, I'd rather be paid than pay...
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Whatever.
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I'm sure I mentioned it elsewhere: there is a fine line between calling spade a spade, and shoving it up somebody's left nostril.
I guess I tend to attend - he he he - your same temple, or somewhere close-by.
When I think something is fine, I just say so.
You can't elaborate on that too much, without providing a full in-depth review.
I am somewhat more articulate when I don't like something - and I find myself expressing my personal dissent on a single particular nuance of something I otherwise happen to like or accept.
Expressing one's dissent need a couple more words, I guess.
It's so easy dismissing a stranger's work with a terse and terrible "it sucks".
Not quite my style.
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Your style?
Haven't seen much of you to say, yet.
I guess true troublemakers in the traditional sense are cut from a simpler cloth...
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Of course being a troublemaker online is also easier: takes little or no personal commitment at all.
Anybody can join, call me a moron, and waltz off without anybody being able to lift a single finger.
Not because people wouldn't react.
Nobody can.
It's tough getting upset when you can't meet other users.
You can't punch your monitor because some nameless schmuck talks you down.
I usually raise a brow when it happens, and just make a mental note to avoid future dealings with said user.
It's even easier if it is somebody you don't want or need to mingle with in the first place.
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It's not me being level-headed.
It's "them" mistaking the web for the real world.
Next time anybody get bruised fighting online, please, drop me a line...
