Oooh! Chase me!

I have only just picked up on this thread so sorry if Im covering old ground.....It seems to me that a lot of people who have a go at posters, my favourite being the person who asked about leaving debt in the Uk! oh the moral outrage! is that they wouldn't have the guts to argue to peoples faces and be so bloody minded...... They thrive on the anonymity of the puter, they are possibly lacking in social skills?......

Ooh the irony.

I think you are confusing real life with the internet. In real life, people usually converse with friends, family & colleagues. On the internet, people usually talk to complete strangers.

There is a big difference.

Against the better advice of their parents....

i wonder how many posters on here regularly post on other forums?

i think some of the antagonism caused and received is because of a lack of forum savvy and the ability to read between the lines and identify sarcasm, humour etc...

It's called banter/repartee/ribbing imo. Do you never have conversations with people where someone will say something that not the most intelligent and someone else will raise their eyebrows to the sky and remark on the other person's lack of mental skills? A discussion board is no different, other than the person raising the eyebrows is a stranger.

A forum like this one is in part for information and also for general chat and messing around with people who are linked by a common goal. There will be people you hate, people you like, people you couldn't give a monkeys about. God forbid everyone just answered a question with a straight answer, threads would last three posts at the most and there would no entertainment for the majority of posters.

Some posters may go too far, but that, again, is life. If you don't like a post you report it. If you're feeling fragile for some reason, any answer can seem aggressive. If you're feeling aggressive for some reason, some answers can appear pointless.

One person's repartee is another person's aggressive unnecessary post - we are all different. Don't get upset by it, accept it, it's life.

Disclaimer: the mention of 'you' in this post was meant generally, not particularly.

No, I think that was my point, they don't know how to interact....

But point made, I now won't comment further can't be bloody arsed

Go on take your ball home.

you take yours

I brought the jumpers for goalposts.

I thought you weren't posting anymore?

I ain't bovvered and I KNEW you were going to say that!

Are you still here