The official de-rail this post thread!

[Dan Murphy]

Can I say crap lol

Yes you can, but you can't say ****.

 

[nw6675]

Yes you can, but you can't say ****.

My one and only points came from a meme with ****

 

[Dan Murphy]

My one and only points came from a meme with ****

Yes, that'll do it too. I've often received points here, but never for that.

 

[fla4fun]

I have put a lot of people on ignore who are needlessly argumentative, have to have the last word on every topic or talk down to others like they are scolding a small child. No one I know in real life thinks more highly of anyone who behaves that way so no idea why being online should be any different.

I agree with this. I have several people on ignore right now. None of it is about content, but attitude. I actually like to talk to people who have a different point of view to my own. It’s a good way to learn and grow. When I place someone on ignore, it is usually about how they are treating another poster. It is possible to discuss differing points of view while remaining polite and respectful.

 

[Colleen27]

One of the things I like about online forums, as opposed to most social media, is that conversations do evolve and meander a bit more like real life rather than being short, limited, mostly talking-but-not-listening interactions. And since the CB, in particular, is populated with a lot of old-timers, many of whom have fully or mostly moved on from Disney but still hang out here, the whole board is a bit of a de-railed thread. That's why I'm still here but almost never pop over to the Disney-oriented boards any more.

Interesting.

This has me wondering what your thoughts are on the new pitch clock in baseball.

Discuss...

I was totally prepared to hate it. I'm a purist when it comes to all things baseball and learned to appreciate the game riding in a car with an AM-only radio with my grandfather, who railed against the designated hitter until the day he died. But spring training made me a convert. The game really is more watchable without all the fiddling and fidgeting, and I don't think I really noticed how much time that added until they took it away.

 

[Dan Murphy]

my grandfather, who railed against the designated hitter

I wish the NL did not go to the DH. More strategy involved, IMO, without a DH. Now then, I am probably as old as your grandfather was, or maybe older.

 

[Mysterian]

I occasionally get into disagreements with people, and while their arguments are wrong, I still like many of those folks.

 

[Mysterian]

I'll readily admit I don't see any "snark" in the bolded. Is it necessary? No. Is it insulting or a "dig"? IMO, also no.

One thing I've said for years, and I need to remind myself of it often, is you can't read tone in the written word. Something can be written as a joke or totally innocuous, but the reader sees an insult.

I'll also admit I've had some snarky posts. Sometimes it is to make me laugh, sometimes it's to make others laugh, and yes, sometimes it's to get a "dig" in at someone, whether "mean" or "well" spirited. Not really any different than a conversation you'd have with a group of people... especially those you know well.

It does read as a little condescending, but I can imagine the context changes based on the speaker and the audience:

”I'm trying to stay out of your little discussion here…”

 

[Colleen27]

I wish the NL did not go to the DH. More strategy involved, IMO, without a DH. Now then, I am probably as old as your grandfather was, or maybe older.

That would be darned impressive. He'd be 110 if he were still alive today!

But I absolutely agree about the NL. That was one of my favorite elements of interleague play, seeing how the team adjusted to the opposing league's DH rules.

 

[Dan Murphy]

Some time I will have to have my son look at web traffic here. I bet it is a quarter of what it was 15 years ago.

That's just about right, at least for the Community board. 15 years ago, the CB generally had 7-8 pages with new postings every day. These days, there are only about 1 1/2 pages with new postings, even with the about 15 new threads every day from the heavy duty questioners.

 

[mrodgers]

I disagree with the bolded. There are all kinds of disagreements on the board that don't qualify as "political". Look at @fly girl's post about her car getting dinged. There's two sides discussing the appropriateness of school busses vs public transportation. That's not "politics". That's "opinions".

There are lots of subjects that ARE bound by politics that we can't discuss here... but, at the same time, if you (general) are not happy with the way things are run, no one is forcing you to be here. In fact, speaking of the car ding thread, weren't you calling out those who criticized school pickup lines for actually being in the pick up line and helping cause the problem? But it's ok for you to criticize how this board is run, yet you still participate in it. Care to explain that?

I did state and was talking about current events. Not topics of personal nature like that.

Example, and with this example you and I have both had nice discussions of 2 sides with several others in the past. Shootings. We can talk a little about it, but when asked why I would be on the other side of the gun debate, I can't speak of most of my thoughts. One side can chant chant chant all they want and someone on the other side may have reasons they can not state, very important reasons.

And it's discussions everywhere, not specifically this board. Current events are political and in discussions everywhere on the internet only one side can be vocal.

 

[bcla]

I don't know about derail, but one can damage rails pretty quickly with an emergency brake. Some people just wanted to get off a train and caused thousands of dollars worth of damage by pulling the emergency brake handle.

However, this particular forum is for general posts. Some might be related to Disney but most aren't.

 

[HopperFan]

Interesting.

This has me wondering what your thoughts are on the new pitch clock in baseball.

Discuss...

Family member is MLB pitcher and he loves it!

As someone who finds baseball way too slow, I say anything to speed up the game.

 

[sam_gordon]

I did state and was talking about current events. Not topics of personal nature like that.

Example, and with this example you and I have both had nice discussions of 2 sides with several others in the past. Shootings. We can talk a little about it, but when asked why I would be on the other side of the gun debate, I can't speak of most of my thoughts. One side can chant chant chant all they want and someone on the other side may have reasons they can not state, very important reasons.

Example on the other side: the Paltrow trial. Wouldn't that count as "current events"? That had people on both sides and there was no problem there.

And it's discussions everywhere, not specifically this board. Current events are political and in discussions everywhere on the internet only one side can be vocal.

So there is NOWHERE on the vast interwebs that you can say your peace? I find that extremely hard to believe.

It still doesn't explain why, if you don't like the way THIS board is run, that you continue to participate.

 

[_19disnA]

Part of the problem in general with social media are those on the fringes who grab the microphone and try to make it sound like their opinion on whatever the controversial topic is what the majority believes. The one who shouts the loudest/longest isn't necessarily speaking for the majority and generally isn't. I think it is good that more of the sane/rational/intelligent/well-informed are getting wise to that and also starting to be more vocal.

 

[Jangles]

Given the different nationalities, cultures, ages, use of language, I think we all muddle along remarkably well. I don’t see any cliques and no one person or group dominating conversations.

 

[Pea-n-Me]

I occasionally get into disagreements with people, and while their arguments are wrong, I still like many of those folks.

Not unlike family, right?

 

[ronandannette]

That's just about right, at least for the Community board. 15 years ago, the CB generally had 7-8 pages with new postings every day. These days, there are only about 1 1/2 pages with new postings, even with the about 15 new threads every day from the heavy duty questioners.

I loved those days. Remember that epic thread about the mobility-channenged nanny and the elephant-shaped baby humidifier? And we've had many discussions about the demise of CB content. I say the same thing every time: Post threads, people!! Post threads about topics that interest you and there will be interesting topics to discuss (beyond what colour is the fifth car to the farthest left of your line-of-sight out your spare bedroom window is). Some of those make me chuckle just because they're so absurdly banal. How does he even come up with them?

I don't know about derail, but one can damage rails pretty quickly with an emergency brake. Some people just wanted to get off a train and caused thousands of dollars worth of damage by pulling the emergency brake handle.

However, this particular forum is for general posts. Some might be related to Disney but most aren't.

In the case of the CB, I firmly believe the "emergency break" is when posters report other posters for saying something that offends them. Pretty sure that's what gets most of the more robust threads deleted. And in the good old days, threads would just be locked; now they're scrubbed entirely. Grow up everybody and stop trying to "cancel" each other.

 

[Kathryn Merteuil]

Seems to me even controversial things go along exceptionally well here with a nice mashup of very thoughtful differing points of view until someone somewhere gets a whiff of congeniality, doesn't like it, and then dumps gasoline on things because we aren't supposed to get along after all, it doesn't fit the narrative. Then another antagonist feeds the trolls then we have a roaring fire and the mods need to put it out.

If everyone would just ignore the firestarters things would be fine but I now suspect it is on purpose
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SQUIRREL!?

 

[Pea-n-Me]

I'll readily admit I don't see any "snark" in the bolded. Is it necessary? No. Is it insulting or a "dig"? IMO, also no.

One thing I've said for years, and I need to remind myself of it often, is you can't read tone in the written word. Something can be written as a joke or totally innocuous, but the reader sees an insult.

I'll also admit I've had some snarky posts. Sometimes it is to make me laugh, sometimes it's to make others laugh, and yes, sometimes it's to get a "dig" in at someone, whether "mean" or "well" spirited. Not really any different than a conversation you'd have with a group of people... especially those you know well.

Perhaps with more context you would’ve agreed it was snark. (For me there was little doubt.)

Honestly I’d rather have someone tell me outright to F off than to see this type of passive-aggressiveness on threads.

I’ve had many people tell me privately it’s why they don’t post here much anymore.