Why so rude?

I have Firefox and I don't have that....Is that on your tool bar all the time?

Never mind...I just found it

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Nope- no spell check without Office I think, which I don't have.
I have a very elderly computer with little memory- I did once look into Foxfire but I think I decided it ate too much for me to use.
But thanks for the thought.

I don't have Office on any of the three machines I run FF on. (Two Macs and an XP Dell). All three are set up to spell check.
I spell quite well. I just type lousy.

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What I meant was that Window needs Office to spell check- I think. I have never used Foxfire so I don't know what that has.

Surely you are jesting again.

Yep. Some peeps are just plain ol' rude sometimes.

Hate that.

But here's the thing: If you ask the opinion of, say, a-hundred-or-so people (like the numbers you'd expect to get on internet forums) what they think, or what they think you should or shouldn't do, you are going to get overwhelmed with opinioned people because, well, you asked for it.

I personally consider this THE most down-to-earth and helpful formus on the internet, period. The few times I've asked for help (not opinion!) it has come from well-meaning and knowledgeable people, and it has been gold. I've gotten so much from the Homesteading Today forums from simply reading rather than asking. So much is here. It's an amazing forum full of helpful people.

The anonymity of the internet allows people to project themselves in ways they'd never dare to in real life. It reminds me of TV. I don't take the drama too seriously.

Yep. Some peeps are just plain ol' rude sometimes.

Hate that.

But here's the thing: If you ask the opinion of, say, a-hundred-or-so people (like the numbers you'd expect to get on internet forums) what they think, or what they think you should or shouldn't do, you are going to get overwhelmed with opinioned people because, well, you asked for it.

I personally consider this THE most down-to-earth and helpful forums on the internet, period. The few times I've asked for help (not opinion!) it has come from well-meaning and knowledgeable people, and it has been gold. I've gotten so much from the Homesteading Today forums from simply reading rather than asking. So much is here. It's an amazing forum full of helpful people.

The anonymity of the internet allows people to project themselves in ways they'd never dare to in real life. It reminds me of TV. I don't take the drama too seriously.

FrontPorch,

From what I have seen, it's just another good ol' boy network type thing going on here. It all has to do with your post count. Newbies like me get their posts deleted b/c asking someone which language their username means "friend" in will get deleted and labeld as "calling out" (????? ) > I am left thinking conversation and inquisitiveness is not allowed here.

Me saying I never go to general chat (b/c they are rude and nasty there) gets labeled as "I am going to state X here in this forum instead" (??????!!!) and my post gets deleted. But if the mod had simply asked me what I meant by saying "I don't go to GC"...nope. I am left just scratching my head.

The mod I guess is just overly hyper wary of newbies and just lets the oldies do as they will (which means they get to be nasty and rude). I rarely see a rude post (calling someone stupid) by an oldy poster deleted...reported or not, oldy poster's post stays.

Oh, and referring to multiple literary works within one post is not allowed...that too must be grounds for deletion.

Like I said, this is just another good old boy network...I call 'em like I see 'um and it's as plain as that.

What keeps me here? and handfull of good people.

Good advice right there,
I was a lurker long before i registered .
When i finally registered, general chat magically appeared. I had never realized such nastiness went on here, LOL.
Of course, it was around or before the pres. election so mostly about politics, have not been back so don't know if it has changed.

Hmmm, I like GC quite a lot. THe main reason is the topics, there is always something to learn there. Of course, many times on many posts you can't tell what the subject might be, so I just put my mouse on the topic and I get a short preview of it. If it doesn't interest me, I move on. Just a tip.

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I just edited my previous post to clarify what the nastiness was mostly
about, politics.

There's nothing wrong with thinking that; however, you might consider that you can't see what the moderators can see though and we have the task of keeping things moving steadily along. You have to take care of yourself, read the FAQ section and do your best.
That long established members are occasionally given a little more slack is simply because we know what to expect fron them. (as it happens the only person I've edited in quite a while has a post count in the thousands!) That new members are kept in check a little more tightly is because we know what has happened with a few who are not. Nobody promised you a perfect place to visit, but we do the best we can.

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No, it really hasn't. You'll be happily following a thread for a few posts and pretty soon people are name calling, stereotyping and just generally being icky.
For whatever reason, people think it's okay to be like that in GC.

I've decided Wind in her Hair is right. That place just is not good for the soul.

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Wow- this is just what I have found also.
Plus, I can't count the am't of times I've thought about posing a question & logged on to find someone already has a thread about the very same thing.
Such a wonderful place to be addicted to.

Patty

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I think of these forums (not counting GC, of course) as being a place where I can ask about almost any subject under the sun and somebody will come up with an informed answer. Usually several to many somebodies will chime in and I am helped immensely. We are a bunch of opinionated curmudgeons, it is true. We wouldn't be bucking the consumptive paradigm if we weren't.

I can't remember the last time somebody called me a liberal, treasonous, terrrrist-lover who should go back to wherever I came from...at least not since I stopped bothering with GC...

All you bashing GC...If go and post a topic about politics and religion at the same time. You should expect to get varied answers. I've not been a regular there in a few years tho.

I'm one of those that can be very matter of fact and to the point. To the point of putting off some folks. I've even been know to be... a pain.
But most of us I believe try to help folks out by answering the questions they have.





The poster that was looking for a IE spell checker.

Here you go. http://www.iespell.com/download.php
This works on an old laptop so you shouldn't have an issue.

rude is in the eye of the reader. for instance, I think I mentioned once before that my brother called me..FURIOUS! I was at a loss..said 'WHAT???' he then said I 'demanded to know where he was and what he was doing'. ok..I did send off an email and asked what he had been up to, as I hadn't heard from him for a while. see...it's all in the mood of the reader. he read it nasty, therefore it WAS nasty. words will never replace conversation....and so it's difficult to determine if someone is being evil or just saying what their opinion is matter of fact. sometimes I type...I'm all silly, or laid back, yet it reads to the poster as rude. because they see it that way on their own. sometimes I am cranky...as the post rubbed me the wrong way, and I am someone that vents it out.

then again..there will never...ever...ever be some happy go lucky forum you visit, where everyone is full of sunshine. that's not even................normal.

if I worried about who liked me...or who didn't.........I wouldn't be...anywhere. I have a life, and people on the net don't know me. I do like having internet friends, but I figure I can't control those that form opinions I have no control over. no biggie. I'm just happy in my own little world. lol

I find General Chat to be mild.

But...I've been knocking around 'net boards for over ten years...

About 16 for me.
(Anyone else remember the days of BBS "rooms," usually hosted by a college?)
I don't think GC is particularly bad, only that it is in comparison to the rest of the community.

For the public at large, at an anything-goes type of board, I expect people to be nasty, spiteful, demeaning and full of bigoted comments. There's a reason I avoid boards like that.
From a board like this, that is family-friendly for the most part, I would be appalled if my children happened to read General Chat threads and think it was okay for adults to behave in such a manner...

I'm going to guess I'm not the only one who is just thinking of it in comparative terms to this site itself. Not the boards at CNN or FOX or something...

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I've pretty much given up on General Chat. Instead, sometimes whan I head a rude noise, I get up off the commode, turn around and yell, "Oh yeah?!? Well, you stink!"

Then I can try to use threats, logic or humor on it for five or ten minutes. But, it never changes.

Just like General Chat.

And, I don't even have to turn on my computer.

I just log on in a different way.