I may need to leave this website for good.

Send me a check for $500 and I'll have the goon squad talk to the posters that annoy you.

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I think that sometimes new people read things here and maybe they dont realise that some of what they are seeing is just bickering between friends too.

At first, this site seems HUGE and you feel really anonymous. Over time you begin to see that there are certain relationships between the voices here.
If you hang around long enough, you may even become one of them.

A nifty feature of this site is the 'ignore' setting. If you truly are offended by a certain-somebody...you dont have to read what they write. Just put them on ignore!

My advice is to just keep trying to post. We learn and grow by having our buttons pushed.
Getting triggered in the safety of your own home at the keyboard seems pretty safe to me.

Good luck and stay strong.

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I took a quick look at everything you posted (and I may have missed some) but I see nothing that would cause you to be upset enough to declare you are leaving. Now personally I have never understood the declarations of leaving thing. I have left at least once for 2 weeks and the world kept spinning and I doubt if anyone noticed because I left without making a declaration and quite frankly we ALL need our breaks.

I don't like dissent....I leave that to General Chat.....I shy away from some threads. Sometimes I ask myself how someone could hurt someone else's feelings with words they have written.....I would never want to do that....I am sorrowful when someone says they are leaving because they did not get the answers they wanted or had their feelings hurt. The tongue can hurt or bless....I prefer to bless.....or help....

I have no idea the context the OP question was in, BUT I was thinking about this very thing the other day.

I have had the opportunity to join a local group where there are several "elders". The men (and women) of the old school are not ones to talk all the time ,but if you say something to them...or around them, expect a straight forward, sometimes seemingly brash response. A trait from days gone past in many parts f the world.

The truth is many of the old timers, and some young bucks, and many idiots too speak their mind with the absolute certainty of their wisdom. I think it is hilarious and serious at the same time. I miss the directness of my old uncles and grandparents. I wish everyone just outright said what they think. The internet forums of all places should condone, and perhaps even promote this assuming its not so bad that it should be

I wonder if everyone who gets offended on these forums would last ten minutes around some of these old codgers who don't suffer fools. They would probably respond with one of the ...if you cant stand the heat stay out.......... or Don't let the door hit ya where the Good Lord............ or maybe they would just say nothing at all. I kinda liked it though...you always knew where you stood with them. As for idiots just being rude.... well there is no "You have to be this big to ride the ride" sign to post at the entry of the forums, but everyone has the right to enter at their own risk.

Absolutely no offence intended to the OP.

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I didn't see anything either when I looked.

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I guessing that since you just posted your opinion you must've reached that plateau. Atta way.

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"When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands..." tick-tick-tick

To the OP, not sure what happened, but as others have stated, we're like a huge, dysfunctional family. The key word here is "family". Right now you're like the adopted child. Give us a chance to get to know you and for you to get to know us before making any decisions. Those that have been here for awhile have gotten use to those who disagree with us, or even ignore us. But there's always someone here who will listen and respond, you just have to hang around long enough to meet those you have the most in common with. Like Old Vet stated, even the ones who disagree have, generally, come to respect those who hold opposing veiws. But that didn't happen over night.

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It is hard being "new". You can't take things personally. I have felt ignored, ridiculed, etc... for thoughts and opinions, but I have learned more by pushing through than if I had gotten upset and left. Just be patient. It will pay off in time...

I have everyone except myself on ignore. It makes reading threads much faster and more agreeable.

I post less than most and more than some. Some agree with me and say so, some disagree with me and say so. I try not to take offense if the tone seems sharp because some things just aren't the same as in person. I appreciate all the give and take. If I ever decide to leave it will be with no announcement or fanfare but, I cannot imagine that happening.

In a sense when you came here, you married into a family. No family is perfect. No matter how much you know, there's someone here that has more experience in some way or the other. That is what makes it so great. This is literally a global virtual community. There's always going to be a few hard edges. Just don't take it personal. You're a person in your own right. Online communities can be more in your face at times. That doesn't mean anything negative about you unless you allow that into your thoughts. We're all ok and so are you.

Ya know.....if you post an opinion or a question on a forum......you have to be prepared to accept the answers - good and bad. Once you put type to page, you open yourself up to everything from being told you are flat out wrong to being praised. Then there are the times when no one seems to notice that you even posted. Oh well. It's life. Roll with the punches.

Ed, ya got me snickering.

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Are you saying this because you aren't allowed to post on General Chat yet?

Yeah, but he has you on ignore...

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Maingirl, that's life - quite literally. Nobody is the same and it's just as well we're not. Belonging to this forum hasn't always been easy for me (and probably not for other forum members either) as I live on the other side of the world, farm differently, live differently. It leads to some of my posts being ignored (or not commented on), at other times robust discussion and sometimes nearly to arguments. It would have been easy to have tossed it in years ago but I'm a tenancious old bird, stuck it out and have made some good friends. I'll probably never get to meet any of them but that's ok, I know who they are and know where I can get a bed if I finally leave my own shores.

The people we meet in real life are often not those we would want to spend time with but we are polite, smile, acknowledge each other and move on. The forum is the same.

Up to you if you wish to go - but you will be the loser.

Cheers,
Ronnie

I left for another site for the same reason. On that site, there was a creepy guy bothering me. The mods response was that they would talk to him but that was it. They wouldn't do anything about his posts. The only thing I could do was block his private messages. I realized that I would be safer here so I'm back. The lesson learned is that freedom of speech has it's pluses and minuses.

Come on over to the gardening forum: we lob manure balls and spray each other with Roundup if they don't agree with "US"

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Yelp seems as some have nothing better to do than picking Personal Attacks,they like calling people Liars and Stupid and think they are above everyone.

Tried the ignore Button but don't work so just tune them out because I know myself better than they ever will.

big rockpile

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