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upnorth

upnorth

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Do you ever find yourself burnt out/tired from the negativity and fighting that goes on sometimes in some B.F. threads? For myself, I just can't take it anymore. Now if a thread starts going downhill, as so many do, I just walk away. It used to be ego that would drive my need to come back on someone, as I have stirred the pot myself. I find that the ugliness isn't worth it anymore. Maybe I'm getting old.
 
Complaining about complainers complaints has been an ongoing thing for a while now. I guess it is par for the course. There is an ignore feature that comes in very handy for these types of situations, and it works if it is used. Don't let someone else take the joy out of something you find interesting.
 
You get to choose how you react to what people say. So if you get upset, you are choosing to get angry.

Make different choices. If you can't ignore them no matter what you do, take a break from those forums. You'll fee better.
 
Back in 2014, I took a year-long break from bladeforums. Part of the reason (which I didn't mention at the time) was that I was burned out on the same old crap going on in certain forums. When I started participating here more, I found it much easier to just "walk away" from some of the silliness that happens.

Like RevDevil said, don't let the negativity keep you away. I'm on several forums, and there are trolls, bottom feeders and belly crawlers everywhere you go. The mods do an amazing job here keeping them in line, much better than some of those other forums I've been on.

~Chris
 
Sure, but that's par for the course on the internet. Whine and Cheese used to be my favorite subforum, now I quickly scan it to see if there is any real delicious whine and cheese or just people attacking each other. Usually the latter. You just need to take it in stride and not be sucked into it.
 
The Bible's rules for internet forums:

Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him.

Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit.

Proverbs 26:4,5

I believe that it says you're damned if you do and damned if you don't.
 
It gets repetitious around here, and after years of being a regular I find myself logging in less and posting even less than that. I'll come in and lurk only to find myself leaving without posting. Perhaps its an aging thing, together with my life busy doing other things. However, I will continue to pop in from time to time to see whats going on and what is new.
 
This!! +1

orca8589 said:
Like RevDevil said, don't let the negativity keep you away. I'm on several forums, and there are trolls, bottom feeders and belly crawlers everywhere you go. The mods do an amazing job here keeping them in line, much better than some of those other forums I've been on.
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The way I've seen things is that the older you get, the less crap you give about things that - in the end - are just trivial. Let those who have to argue do that. Just take a sip of that coffee and sail on. :cool:
 
A.L. said:
The way I've seen things is that the older you get, the less crap you give about things that - in the end - are just trivial. Let those who have to argue do that. Just take a sip of that coffee and sail on. :cool:
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Absolutely. One thing they don't tell you about getting old is how liberating it can be. You don't have anything to prove to anyone any more. You don't have to tolerate the company of
fools.

Now let me reveal a secret that I realized awhile back. On many forums, especially college fan forums, I read snickering comments about things older people do, like the one about old yankee tourists in the south in shorts with black socks and dress shoes, the implication being that they don't have a clue. They know! They do it on purpose! It's their way of telling the younger world they really don't give a darn what they think.
 
upnorth said:
Do you ever find yourself burnt out/tired from the negativity and fighting that goes on sometimes in some B.F. threads? For myself, I just can't take it anymore. Now if a thread starts going downhill, as so many do, I just walk away. It used to be ego that would drive my need to come back on someone, as I have stirred the pot myself. I find that the ugliness isn't worth it anymore. Maybe I'm getting old.
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As the economy has ground down over the years, I've noticed peoples behavior changing along with it (just like in the past, when the economical outlook seemed hopeless), in stores, on the road, on line, etc. and don't forget, this is an election year, making peoples frustrations spill out everywhere they go.

As in rough seas, roll with the tide and you'll be OK. :thumbup: Because, no one can control the Ocean.
 
Sometimes things just get to you and you feel compelled to react. On the other hand, it is a choice. I try to minimize such behavior. Yes to getting older and putting up with fools. But I have been called a fool too. What goes around comes around.

Just keep it pointed into the wind and keep chugging.

I used to visit the political forum a lot. I just got burnt out on the total topic. I just don't care anymore enough to comment and there is always somebody who asks you for documentation. It's an opinion folks. Live with it.
 
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