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Originally Posted by Hugh R
Paz. that's my point. If you want to go on the board and be divisive (hey you stupid f) go ahead, but in the long run it, it drags it down.
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I came from a board that I helped from early on...probably 10 years all said and done. It was a rude, crude, raunchy board where anything went. We abused "noobs" as a ritual, and no one was safe from being destroyed even if they had been there for a while. I too met many many people. I ate with them, I drank with them, I stayed at their houses, I helped then work on their truck and had them help me work on my truck. Hell, I met my girlfriend through that board when she was living in Germany. However, when you were in the internet mode, it was all rancor and spittle there.
It's hard to break away from that "forum mentality". I'm trying. Part of that is walking away from the threads that are going to do nothing but get someone in trouble.