Very disappointing to see this kind of stuff here. Very disheartening, depressing, boring....and so NOT what the podcast is all about. Take your glove-slapping brawls somewhere else, guys.
I have to admit, I find the bickering entertaining. It's interesting drama over meaninglessness. Fantastic stuff.
Perhaps that highlights the age difference between us. Or maybe it's a geographical temperament thing (East Coast vs. Midwest). There was a time when stuff like message board drama entertained me, too....but I just got to a point in life where it now just strikes me as sad, unnecessary, and toxic.
Just out of curiosity, how is message board drama "meaningful"?
Perhaps that highlights the age difference between us. Or maybe it's a geographical temperament thing (East Coast vs. Midwest). There was a time when stuff like message board drama entertained me, too....but I just got to a point in life where it now just strikes me as sad, unnecessary, and toxic.
I'm not that much older than Matt, and it's never entertained me. I'm also on the East Coast, although in the South rather than the North(ish). But it's why I only posted two or three times on the Newsarama forums back in the day before bailing out. I lasted a little longer on CBR’s forums, but only because I mainly stuck to the Classic Comics section. The reason I’ve stuck around the CGS forums for so long—going back to 2007—is because there’s very little of that stuff here. Which means that when it does happen, it kind of shuts the place down until the dust settles a bit.
I have to admit, I find the bickering entertaining. It's interesting drama over meaninglessness. Fantastic stuff.
Perhaps that highlights the age difference between us. Or maybe it's a geographical temperament thing (East Coast vs. Midwest). There was a time when stuff like message board drama entertained me, too....but I just got to a point in life where it now just strikes me as sad, unnecessary, and toxic.
Just out of curiosity, how is message board drama "meaningful"?
I don't believe age has any factor. I find the rawness of people bickering enlightening. People cut through the normal cordial bull shit & just open up. As a detective, I find the information that can culled from the raw emotion to be valuable. I store it away for a rainy day.
I'm not certain of the "meaningful" drama on boards.
Perhaps that highlights the age difference between us. Or maybe it's a geographical temperament thing (East Coast vs. Midwest). There was a time when stuff like message board drama entertained me, too....but I just got to a point in life where it now just strikes me as sad, unnecessary, and toxic.
I'm not that much older than Matt, and it's never entertained me. I'm also on the East Coast, although in the South rather than the North(ish). But it's why I only posted two or three times on the Newsarama forums back in the day before bailing out. I lasted a little longer on CBR’s forums, but only because I mainly stuck to the Classic Comics section. The reason I’ve stuck around the CGS forums for so long—going back to 2007—is because there’s very little of that stuff here. Which means that when it does happen, it kind of shuts the place down until the dust settles a bit.
It can be as entertaining & informative as any conflict in our comic books. In fact, I'm bored with hero verse villain. I was way more interested in the drama that came in Marvel's Civil War.
Maybe a thread can be started just for folks who love the drama...make it non-stop insults, gotcha comebacks, and repeated insistence from all involved that they couldn't care less about the thread....but actually care a great deal based on their continued participation. That way, the chair-throwers, drama queens, and conflict groupies can go do their thing, and those of us drama-averse folks can steer clear of that thread.
Maybe a thread can be started just for folks who love the drama...make it non-stop insults, gotcha comebacks, and repeated insistence from all involved that they couldn't care less about the thread....but actually care a great deal based on their continued participation. That way, the chair-throwers, drama queens, and conflict groupies can go do their thing, and those of us drama-averse folks can steer clear of that thread.
Before you jump out of my safe zone, I'd like to offer insults, comebacks, roasting material can be enlightening if you let it. Kinda like an intervention without the waterworks & ambush.
For the rest of us, here's something to keep the taste in your mouths:
If people didn't like it this thread wouldn't have over 1,500 views when the other show threads are in the low 100's.
I guess controversy sells. Unfortunately.
Yeah, this headline popped up in my Facebook feed over the weekend: “Two podcast hosts go after each other, and then a second fight breaks out! You won’t believe what Peter said in his fourth post!”
If people didn't like it this thread wouldn't have over 1,500 views when the other show threads are in the low 100's.
Car wrecks get a lot of views too.
So did the Drago/Rocky fight.
Yep, movies get a lot of views (most of them anyway). And so do real life boxing matches and MMA bouts. My point was simply that views don’t always indicate that everyone is enjoying what they’re seeing.
Let’s see, I think this is the point where I'm supposed to call you obtuse or something, and then you laugh it off and call me a buffoon, and then we carry on from there and get 500 more views. Do I have that right? ;)
Let’s see, I think this is the point where I'm supposed to call you obtuse or something, and then you laugh it off and call me a buffoon, and then we carry on from there and get 500 more views. Do I have that right? ;)
Don't forget the part where you make a point of saying how little this actually means to you and that you have better things to do.
If people didn't like it this thread wouldn't have over 1,500 views when the other show threads are in the low 100's.
Car wrecks get a lot of views too.
So did the Drago/Rocky fight.
Yep, movies get a lot of views (most of them anyway). And so do real life boxing matches and MMA bouts. My point was simply that views don’t always indicate that everyone is enjoying what they’re seeing.
Let’s see, I think this is the point where I'm supposed to call you obtuse or something, and then you laugh it off and call me a buffoon, and then we carry on from there and get 500 more views. Do I have that right? ;)
I was actually only making a joke.
And name calling is done by someone who has nothing else to factually add to a discussion/argument. It's the kitchen sink thrown right before the white flag.
And name calling is done by someone who has nothing else to factually add to a discussion/argument. It's the kitchen sink thrown right before the white flag.
Agreed, for the most part. Sometimes namecallers do have facts to add to the discussion. But once they start the name calling, it becomes a lot harder for everyone else to hear those facts over the noise of the name calling.
But once they start the name calling, it becomes a lot harder for everyone else to hear those facts over the noise of the name calling.
The term "buffoon" kicked off the name-calling. Which was fairly one-sided for a while, but everyone overlooked it. A few even "Agree"d. Then the discussion basically followed this pattern: argument, counter-argument, on-topic point, joke, refutation, jokes, some left-field ad hominem attacks*, insults, shock, some ugliness, followed by awkward jokes, parry, embarrassing revelations, subject-changing, defending, disappointment, gawking, wrestling-centric jokes, philosophies, reflection, returning vets, newcomers, and now finally here we are... more or less.
No doubt compelling to the average voyeur, but I'd be amenable to a moderator closing this thread. It's derailed, he original subject's lost, and everything's probably been said that needed to be - along with other matters that should've been handled privately. None of it honors the purpose or mission of CGS.
The term "buffoon" kicked off the name-calling. Which was fairly one-sided for a while, but everyone overlooked it. A few even "Agree"d.
“All Knowing,” while sounding pretty innocuous at face value, had some history behind it, and was not meant in a friendly way. That was really what got the ball rolling. There was nothing one-sided about that exchange.
But, yes, this thread is past its expiration date.
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https://youtube.com/watch?v=fnx9zt5Wzmg
I also disagree with the notion as we get older, we should make amends & be friends. Why can't we have enemies as adults?!
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Just out of curiosity, how is message board drama "meaningful"?
I'm not certain of the "meaningful" drama on boards.
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http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/delete-your-account
OH MY!
For the rest of us, here's something to keep the taste in your mouths:
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https://youtube.com/watch?v=S7yaM7FiMX4
...and....
https://youtube.com/watch?v=_jc2ESr43PY
...and....
https://youtube.com/watch?v=v9YVr6a5cPk&feature=youtu.be&t=57s
Let’s see, I think this is the point where I'm supposed to call you obtuse or something, and then you laugh it off and call me a buffoon, and then we carry on from there and get 500 more views. Do I have that right? ;)
And name calling is done by someone who has nothing else to factually add to a discussion/argument. It's the kitchen sink thrown right before the white flag.
No doubt compelling to the average voyeur, but I'd be amenable to a moderator closing this thread. It's derailed, he original subject's lost, and everything's probably been said that needed to be - along with other matters that should've been handled privately. None of it honors the purpose or mission of CGS.
(* my contribution)
But, yes, this thread is past its expiration date.