Rude HT Posters!

Anybody suffering from this malady can come down to the Ozarks and we will spend the better part of the day splitting firewood...you will be well fed also.
Then everyone will be just fine....................

I think at times people read a lot into a reply when that intent was never there, more or less a misunderstanding but then that turns the heat up and it builds from there.

the written word leaves alot of communication out those subtle nuances that you can pick up on in a face to face conversation like tone,fluctuation,emphisis,facial expressions and body language. even then there are misunderstandings.

somethings people feel very strongly about subjects and they will not wait for the first "punch" to be thrown and their like a pitbull on a porkchop.

unless its out and out name calling or taunting I dont pay to much attention.

the ht forum is really a big melting pot there are so many people from so many walks of life here its incredible. lots that can be learned and shared by all.

I just wish the political stuff could be disscused in a reasonable matter but sooner or later someone sets the barn on fire.

Just finished splitting some, it does a soul good!

I went a visting to the pig forum hoping to see a big "throw down". Read awhile, didn't find anything, did I miss something good?


Daniel

ohhhh, a thrown down in the pig forum! Talk about getting covered with mud and manure.

Those pig people are so touchy.

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Now I'm gettin' real confused! I thought Wind In Her Hair was the one with Cabin Fever!!!

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I don't know nothin' about the pig forum, haven't been there.

I'm 95% in this forum right here, troubling Cabin Fever the most.

I've stayed into the General forum, but it seems like we are bent on flogging each other there, and that really doesn't get anywhere. So I kinda stay away.


I don't really know where I fit in. I operate a pretty small row crop & beef farm. It's too small for me to associate with the big farmers who run a county at a time. I'm using tractors & items they sold off to the scap pile 30 years ago, it's hard to relate back & forth.

It's too big to fit in with you folks.

I'm somewhere in the middle. I use a lot of dad's old ideas, have spruced them up a little to keep up with what is going on in the world. Dad farmed more or less organiclly - because he was too cheap to buy sprays or fertilizer. So I've seen that side of things.

I watch my neighbors & the ag meetings and such - so I understand how the big farms do their thing, and how they got to where they are.

Kinda hard for me to fit in anyplace. I'm in the middle, can't identify with anyone any more. Some days I feel very alone in what I do.

I've gotten into some good discussions in this forum. Sometimes drags out pretty long, and gets kinda nitpicky. Wish it didn't go that way, but once in a while, a person has to stand up for what they believe in, how they understand the world to work.

Don't want to put the other person/side down, but - we get a few black & white words to say what we want to say, we don't get to chuckle and grin & nod silently on a point or 2. Communication is pretty harsh in black & white words. It's hard to disagree but allow for both sides in this type of communication.

Sometimes it seems to get a person down, and especially the end of January and into February. THE internet 'cabin fever' time of year, when everyone feels grumpy & krabby.

On a good day we can brush off the odd comment, the person who obviously just wants to get under someone's skin.

It's so cold (Wind in Her Hair, how have you survived up there, coming from Texas???), it's so little sun, I haven't gotten anywhere with the snowstorms, Christmas season is supposed to be happy & I feel so crummy, food is pretty blah by now, I'm tired of fighting the weather to care for my cattle & cats' I'm tired of walking & driving on ice.

I'm krabby.

Pretty hard to make cheerful messages and be understanding any more. Will winter ever end?

And so - what to do?

--->Paul

I was a member on another forum that was wonderful. Except for one mean old man. He would do nothing but put down the women on the forum, it didn't matter what they said. He put them down constantly and when the women on there complained to the administrator, she told us to ignore him. He wasn't punished the women were. Anyway, the women all left and funny thing was the mean man left too. Now the only ones on there are spammers. I don't think the administrator even knows. She doesn't pay any attention to the place. It's a sad thing. We loved it there but luckily we found a wonderful place. I hope you can work out your problems here. It seems a nice place and I'm sure there are more good people on here than the bad ones. Try to ignore the one who has said hurtful things. It's awful hard to find a new place where you can get the help and companionship that is here. Gail

Rambler...just so you know, I really like your posts and you have been very helpful to me. So my biased opinion is that you fit in perfect here

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i've noticed it in another forum very recently where one poster was called out when the other poster said something to the effect as "so you are on the record as saying...". i'm sure it wasn't meant to be a knock down, drag out confrontation, but the intent to verify the first poster's statement sounded a bit more confrontational than it needed to be. maybe it could have gone..."i see you believe such and such to be, but i feel that..." or "perhaps from your persective and regarding your experience, but i have found that...".

while written text online may not convey the nuance of facial expression or the inflections of vocal speech, it does give one considerably more opportunity to finalize what they say into respectful dialogue. before you hit the "submit" button, sit back and read what you have written to make sure it is actually what you mean to say. if it sounds a bit harsh to you, it will definately sound a bit harsh to others.

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"All that is gold does not glitter..."

You know sometimes you dont realize how your coming across either. A few weeks ago I was in what I thought was a spirited debate with someone in GC with lots of back and forth when after several posts the other party finally asked why I was just picking on her and she really sounded bothered. I was mortified and quickly apologized but as Rambler so ably put it, its hard to convey true temper in black and white.

This is a good site and some misunderstandings are bound to occur but maybe we can all just try and lighten up a little.

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You think you are confused I think i got pig flew :1pig:

I know I'm guilty of being sensitive sometimes ... but, then, I'm a girl.

A girl who also happens to stick her feet in her mouth.

A girl who also happens to occasionally find herself drawn to dangerous sword fights.

I really admire the gentlemen here and, like skillful swordsmen, I appreciate their calm parries.

I recognize them when they show up, and make haste to remove myself pronto.

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i dont like to think tooo much before i speak ... heehee ... i like to be just as surprised as you are.

So I suppose it's all my fault?

Even when I was a little baby, they used to pin everything on me.

*made me giggle*

Okay, I'm outta here (again) ....v-vv-vroom!

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i dont like to think tooo much before i speak ... heehee ... i like to be just as surprised as you are.

Wow, lots of great people and posts here! I was hasty to say the least.

Andreozzie, I remember reading the posts you were talking about, and I remember just shaking my head and moving to another post. It's definitely not the norm for this forum, and thanks Angie for the reminder on reporting posts - I forgot that even though I don't post much and have been a member for a long time, I've been stomped on a few times myself. I have to figure those doing the stomping must have some very unhappy things going on elsewhere in their lives. I stay because I learn SO much from everyone here!!!

MAN Do I ever agree! I can't believe some of the remarks I see on here!! I can't believe how mean and rude some of these folks are! Several times I have read a post by Big Rockpile and some of the answers to him are unreal! May times I have said Good Lord! If you gotta be mean, go slam a cupboard door.............