There are plenty of people on this board that annoy me regularly. But every now and then they post something that makes me think, or see an alternate perspective. I’m sure I annoy plenty of people, myself.
I wouldn’t come here to read/discuss if I felt I knew everything about everything, already.[/quote]
Exactly UCGal. As much as some people think they know it all. They don’t. Each of us learns something new everyday. (or at least I do). That’s the great thing about life. You never stop learning if you keep an open mind and willing to learn.
I’ve been on several boards (some of which I helped moderate) and it’s too boring when everyone has totally homogenous thoughts/posts. It’s almost like everyone is slapping one another on their backs agreeing. That’s many times good but sometimes it just causes “herd mentality” where no one has any differing opinions on anything.
I don’t mind reading people that disagree with me as long as they are disagreeing intelligently and not just diarrhea of the mouth or spam. If they are passionate about why they think the way they do and giving an intelligence discourse then I totally appreciate it. Even if I disagree with them it typically gives me food for thought, even if I still disagree with them.
I don’t always agree with all of BG’s posts, but to me it’s clear she is passionate about the way she feels. She has a LOT of life experiences and clearly an intelligent person. Yes, I have different opinions on some things and don’t always agree with her sometimes but that is ok as well.
The world would be a VERY boring place if we all thought the same thing and acted the same way.
Also, one thing I also learned is some people can’t be changed. They are who they are and they will say what they want to say. They haven’t changed in decades and they aren’t going to change now. I have lots of people I know that are like that and I love/hate them for it. (although sometimes it can get annoying).
So my choices are to (a) accept them as they are; or (b) cut them out of my life. I’ve done both options. On message boards the way to cut people out of your lives is the ignore key.
