Why do we do this? We assume that everyone posting on our forums with the same old missguided tripe is an idiot? Perhaps it is us who should adapt to this trend and try to make something a little more positive out of these wayward posts.
Instead of biting back with instant flames, what we really should have done was given some opportunity for this 'possible' talent to have found his level amongst us, he clearly can model - as he offered to do it - we then bit back saying you dont need a whatever.
The point is, when it comes to flames we are lords of the shire, when it comes to trash talking we're kings, and when it comes to intolerance (particularly of the gramatically limited) we're gods on this forum. No other forum I frequent does it as arrogantly as here.
Wake up, we are a BASIC forum, we are one rung up the ladder from Microsoft Access and 4GL programmers. Our numbers include authors of some of the most talentless crap i've ever laid virtual eyes upon, and yet we are arrogant because he doesn't understand our ways - the conventions of our board - as if we know anything!
We cannot expect people to stumble into our community knowing and understanding how it works, yes their plans and ideas are probably way out fom plausability, but unless we learn how to explain what is plausable then all we achieve is frightening away a potential friend, a possible future contributor to our virtual society, and another customer for TGC (not that I particularly care about the financial success of TGC, but as a dweller of their forum I consider it bad form for me to be scaring off their customers).
Pneumatic Dryll
