Why do decent threads turn into p*ssing matches?

I believe the fact-free nature of a much of the argumentation here contributes, too.

 

Making my point for me... ;D

 

Ballpark!

 

Dex, I mostly agree, you fucknut. The percentage of assholes here mirrors pretty closely the percentage of assholes who exist in real life. The difference is, the assholes in real life are held in relative check by the knowledge that any one guy they challenge might take a four iron out of their car trunk and smash their headlight. Here, there's no risk of physical retribution, so the assholes suddenly grow bigger balls.

And I'm pretty sure if we each made a list of the Insufferable Eight, we'd come up with pretty much the same list. And I guarantee you that in real life, they are either frequently hospitalized, or they're nothing like their cyberselves.

 

I disagree.

 

And IJAG goes on the list.

 

Of course, calling out people who are just surfing here, minding their own business, doesn't help, either.

 

Basically, two people would cut the number of locked threads by 90 percent. The other 10 percent would be locked because of discussions about baseball's salary structure/revenue sharing issues.

 

How about a MASTER flush? Every single user gets reset and must start a new account? Kinda like the Genesis option from Star Trek 3.

C'mon Moddy, ctrl-alt-delete this sumbitch!

 

I think you would be very surprised if you went back and looked at say the last 10 or 15 threads that were locked and figured out who was responsible for the locking.

You'll find the number of people who show their ass to be far greater than two or even eight and more importantly, you might just find that some of your nearest and dearest buddies have themselves been a part of the locking.

Pointing fingers is easy, but like teachers used to say -- point one finger at someone else, there are four fingers pointing back at you.....