Why do Fodorites seem so rude to each other on this website?
Aug 22nd, 2005 | 01:34 PM
#41
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<but I'll take enjoyment in the fact that it was guys like me that beat up nerds like you back in high school.>
nice Stu. real nice. and you and StikkyB are on the same side of this little, and I do mean small, debate?
nice Stu. real nice. and you and StikkyB are on the same side of this little, and I do mean small, debate?
Aug 22nd, 2005 | 01:37 PM
#42
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We are constantly "rude" to each other because we have been absolutely EVERYWHERE and we know EVERYTHING there is to know about those places.
Now, if you want to find out THE answer to ALL your travel questions then stick around...otherwise, stay home.
Now, if you want to find out THE answer to ALL your travel questions then stick around...otherwise, stay home.
Aug 22nd, 2005 | 01:43 PM
#45
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<b>StikkyB</b>
By your own admission, you have spent time here "for a while now," gaining the benefit of our collective knowledge base and contributing absolutely nothing in return.
Now, you speak up for the first and only time to tell <i>us</i> that we are being rude? Well then. Let that stand as your only contribution. A worthless, whining complaint.
Don't let the door hit you on the way out.
By your own admission, you have spent time here "for a while now," gaining the benefit of our collective knowledge base and contributing absolutely nothing in return.
Now, you speak up for the first and only time to tell <i>us</i> that we are being rude? Well then. Let that stand as your only contribution. A worthless, whining complaint.
Don't let the door hit you on the way out.
Aug 22nd, 2005 | 01:46 PM
#46
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Hi
I'd like to reply to your post. I've been on here for several years now, the site seems to go through phases. Years ago it was polite and helpful. It then transitioned to a real nasty site, worse than now and I stayed away for a while. I've gone back the past couple of years and though it is occasionally rough, it's nothing like it was a few years back. I like to help people out when they have questions on travel, but it does get somewhat boring when people assume I know what their posting stands for when it is incomplete, refuse to read a guidebook to get some of the available information. On the whole however, I do find this site better for my interests than tripadvisor or lp.
I'd like to reply to your post. I've been on here for several years now, the site seems to go through phases. Years ago it was polite and helpful. It then transitioned to a real nasty site, worse than now and I stayed away for a while. I've gone back the past couple of years and though it is occasionally rough, it's nothing like it was a few years back. I like to help people out when they have questions on travel, but it does get somewhat boring when people assume I know what their posting stands for when it is incomplete, refuse to read a guidebook to get some of the available information. On the whole however, I do find this site better for my interests than tripadvisor or lp.
Aug 22nd, 2005 | 02:33 PM
#50
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All kidding aside... it is unfair to make an example of two recent threads where there is disagreement and lively discussion, while disregarding literally thousands and thousands which are absolutely packed with accurate first-hand information, shared with anyone who cares to read them, by experienced travelers who generously contribute to on this site on a regular basis. Your loss StikkyB.
Aug 22nd, 2005 | 02:42 PM
#52
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Methinks, StikkyB is a new name for a regular poster. Something doesn't compute here.
Shall we take a vote how many of us will miss this poster who never contributed a thing here except this very disagreeble post about people who disagree?
Shall we take a vote how many of us will miss this poster who never contributed a thing here except this very disagreeble post about people who disagree?
Aug 22nd, 2005 | 02:44 PM
#53
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"Bottomline: Don't ever ask anything that has ever been asked before, and never comment on anything negative."
If you never post anything new then we're stuck with the same old opinions about everything. Sure there are people here that have been posting on this board since the Internet began, that's great but there's probably lots of new people too. People with fresh ideas and new perspectives, if we don't ask new questions, we miss out on these.
Many times someone will answer a current question with, "that was discussed back in 1998 and here's the link." Rarely, do I ever follow the link because I'm not really interested in what someone typed 6 or 7 years ago. I want to know what this current group thinks.
About never commenting on anything negative, I admire you for taking the high road.
Certainly, there are some surly posters on this board or some of the posters on this board are surly once in a while. What is taken for rudeness could be sarcasm. Of course, sarcasm is rarely funny when people are strangers.
If you never post anything new then we're stuck with the same old opinions about everything. Sure there are people here that have been posting on this board since the Internet began, that's great but there's probably lots of new people too. People with fresh ideas and new perspectives, if we don't ask new questions, we miss out on these.
Many times someone will answer a current question with, "that was discussed back in 1998 and here's the link." Rarely, do I ever follow the link because I'm not really interested in what someone typed 6 or 7 years ago. I want to know what this current group thinks.
About never commenting on anything negative, I admire you for taking the high road.
Certainly, there are some surly posters on this board or some of the posters on this board are surly once in a while. What is taken for rudeness could be sarcasm. Of course, sarcasm is rarely funny when people are strangers.
Aug 22nd, 2005 | 02:48 PM
#54
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ROTFL, going along with TRSW's comment, StikkyB, if you think Fodor's is rude you should spend time around some Thanksgiving dinner tables!!
This OP thread reminds me of what a family member who was with the PD said. The worse calls they got was domestic arguements/fights.
Family members could be ready to kill each other but let an outsider step in and all the family members were instantly ready to defend their family and attack the PD.
StikkyB, for your first post you sure picked an odd subject. Obviously if anyone does not like the attitude or the manners of the posters here they are free to leave. So what is the problem? As in "don't let the door hit you on the way out". Now, I can be added to the "rude posters".
This OP thread reminds me of what a family member who was with the PD said. The worse calls they got was domestic arguements/fights.
Family members could be ready to kill each other but let an outsider step in and all the family members were instantly ready to defend their family and attack the PD.
StikkyB, for your first post you sure picked an odd subject. Obviously if anyone does not like the attitude or the manners of the posters here they are free to leave. So what is the problem? As in "don't let the door hit you on the way out". Now, I can be added to the "rude posters".
Aug 22nd, 2005 | 03:43 PM
#56
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Oh, the shrewdness of their shrewdness when they are shrewd, And the rudeness of their rudeness when they're rude; But the shrewdness of their shrewdness and the rudeness of their rudeness, Are as nothing to their goodness when they're good.
Author: Amos Bronson Alcott
Author: Amos Bronson Alcott
Aug 22nd, 2005 | 03:53 PM
#57
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This is the most amusing post I've read in ages (or at least since the "how did I gain 5 lbs in Italy" post).
fritzrl, that is a priceless quote which I will shamelessly appropriate for my own.
Faina, Stikky is so far OUT that the Inner Circle is not even visible.
Eleni, LOL, so true, so true, and yet we keep associating with them, don't we?
On a more serious note, Stikky, let me point you towards a few threads that are the opposite of rude. (Since you did not address the quality of the travel information provided here, neither will I.)
What about the woman whose mother fell in Paris and required surgery? A fodorite who happens to be a doctor telephoned France at his own expense to get her valuable information.
What about the Frenchwoman who was looking for a particular bicycle for her daughter for Christmas, and a fodorite carried it all the way to Paris for a complete stranger?
What about the concern for each other when there is a hurricane or a bombing? Post after post asking people to check in, to let everyone know they are ok.
What about the outpouring of support and compassion for our online friends who have fallen ill or are caring for ill loved ones? What about the overwhelming sympathy for the families of those we have lost entirely?
Maybe we find what we are looking for, you think?
fritzrl, that is a priceless quote which I will shamelessly appropriate for my own.
Faina, Stikky is so far OUT that the Inner Circle is not even visible.
Eleni, LOL, so true, so true, and yet we keep associating with them, don't we?
On a more serious note, Stikky, let me point you towards a few threads that are the opposite of rude. (Since you did not address the quality of the travel information provided here, neither will I.)
What about the woman whose mother fell in Paris and required surgery? A fodorite who happens to be a doctor telephoned France at his own expense to get her valuable information.
What about the Frenchwoman who was looking for a particular bicycle for her daughter for Christmas, and a fodorite carried it all the way to Paris for a complete stranger?
What about the concern for each other when there is a hurricane or a bombing? Post after post asking people to check in, to let everyone know they are ok.
What about the outpouring of support and compassion for our online friends who have fallen ill or are caring for ill loved ones? What about the overwhelming sympathy for the families of those we have lost entirely?
Maybe we find what we are looking for, you think?
Aug 22nd, 2005 | 04:21 PM
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L84sky hits the nail on the head with "sarcasm is rarely funny when people are strangers." On this forum, regardless of its wit, I can only appreciate the sarcasm when it is accompanied by a friendly or helpful statement. Otherwise, it just takes up space.
