Are The Fans On Here Good People?

MattCameronKicksButt
MattCameronKicksButt Posts: 4,317
edited June 2007 in A Moving Train
There seems to be a lot of hostility sometimes. (Biffy Clyro/Eddie thread).
It IS a Pearl Jam site AND Terms and Conditions does say at the beginning not to deliberatley cause arguments with people but it is quite easy to sometimes take something out of context here as we don't know each other.

But seriously, we all have a difference of opinion-which is great but we are all PJam fans too. None of us would have waited 24 hours to become a member if we didn't like the band. There is some quite cutting remarks that go back and forth that are quite funny but sometimes some people are just down right rude.

I read the thread with PJam in a chat room and I'm sure Eddie says at the end 'stay friends' or something like that.
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  • catefrances
    catefrances Posts: 29,003
    yeah, i'm good people until you piss me off. ;):D:p

    and i didnt wait 24 hours to become a member of anything let alone anything pearl jam related. :)
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  • Milestone
    Milestone Posts: 1,143
    The world is a hostile place. I wouldn't expect a message board to be any different.
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  • MattCameronKicksButt
    MattCameronKicksButt Posts: 4,317
    Milestone wrote:
    The world is a hostile place. I wouldn't expect a message board to be any different.

    true.
  • hippiemom
    hippiemom Posts: 3,326
    Yeah, things do get a little heated in here from time to time. And yes, there are a few people who don't seem able to debate an issue without resorting to insults and other childish tactics ... but it's pretty easy to figure out who those people are and to ignore their posts.

    BUT .... some of the kindest, most generous people you could ever hope to meet are also to be found here :)
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  • small town beck
    small town beck Posts: 6,691
    hippiemom wrote:
    Yeah, things do get a little heated in here from time to time. And yes, there are a few people who don't seem able to debate an issue without resorting to insults and other childish tactics ... but it's pretty easy to figure out who those people are and to ignore their posts.

    BUT .... some of the kindest, most generous people you could ever hope to meet are also to be found here :)

    Totally agree with you, HM :D I don't post much here on the AMT anymore.. just don't have it in me :p

    I think it is the same as any place else there are always going to be assholes.. and people that are amazing LOL

    I have met some incredibly kind and thoughtful people. Overall I would just say good, good people.
  • Alex_Coe
    Alex_Coe Posts: 762
    I'm an OK person, IRL or in the Pit. But I'm no peacenick. I choose not to censor myself, which at some point will get me banned. But that's okay... If I get banned it won't make me mad.

    ...sometimes I get the feeling that unless you agree with everyone else, you will get in trouble. If you even provide a whisper of dissent, you will (or at least I will) get in a fight. Whatev.
  • Rushlimbo
    Rushlimbo Posts: 832
    Alex_Coe wrote:
    ...sometimes I get the feeling that unless you agree with everyone else, you will get in trouble. If you even provide a whisper of dissent, you will (or at least I will) get in a fight. Whatev.


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  • FinsburyParkCarrots
    FinsburyParkCarrots Seattle, WA Posts: 12,223
    I met a lot of people at Wembley, last Monday, and they were all good. They all post here, too.
  • Alex_Coe
    Alex_Coe Posts: 762
    Rushlimbo wrote:
    You are terribly wrong.


    Piss off, homey. I've provided more than one dissenting voice that did not get a good reaction, because I was the first person to provide that dissent. In at least three cases on the Moving Train (okay, three cases) I was the first person in the thread to disagree with the thread starter, and of course if you do not agree with the thread starter, u are an troll.
  • hippiemom
    hippiemom Posts: 3,326
    Alex_Coe wrote:
    Piss off, homey. I've provided more than one dissenting voice that did not get a good reaction, because I was the first person to provide that dissent. In at least three cases on the Moving Train (okay, three cases) I was the first person in the thread to disagree with the thread starter, and of course if you do not agree with the thread starter, u are an troll.
    That's completely untrue. I've disagreed with plenty of thread starters. It's all in your approach. If you come across like a know-it-all asshole with a bad attitude or like you're stirring up shit just because you like the sight of your own words on the screen (I'm not saying you do, I'm not familiar with your posts so I wouldn't know) then yeah, people will say you're trolling, because you are.
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  • jlew24asu
    jlew24asu Posts: 10,118
    I'm the nicest guy here.
  • Bu2
    Bu2 Posts: 1,693
    Alex_Coe wrote:
    Piss off, homey. I've provided more than one dissenting voice that did not get a good reaction, because I was the first person to provide that dissent. In at least three cases on the Moving Train (okay, three cases) I was the first person in the thread to disagree with the thread starter, and of course if you do not agree with the thread starter, u are an troll.

    or ignore them entirely. But that is their right.

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  • wolfbear
    wolfbear Posts: 3,965
    I've met some of the coolest people from here; and from all different countries. There are always a few bad apples, but I have been lucky in that I've never met one. :)
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  • Alex_Coe
    Alex_Coe Posts: 762
    hippiemom wrote:
    That's completely untrue. I've disagreed with plenty of thread starters. It's all in your approach. If you come across like a know-it-all asshole with a bad attitude or like you're stirring up shit just because you like the sight of your own words on the screen (I'm not saying you do, I'm not familiar with your posts so I wouldn't know) then yeah, people will say you're trolling, because you are.


    I'm sorry you feel that way but I couldn't disagree more. Most thread starters, especially on Moving Train, have an agenda. Be it Liberal, Libertarian, or Conservative, many OP's deliver their opinions so they can find others with like opinions.

    Usually, these threads are a channel to congregate with other Libertarians, Cons, Mods, etc.
  • Alex_Coe
    Alex_Coe Posts: 762
    jlew24asu wrote:
    I'm the nicest guy here.


    Ain't no lie.
  • Purple Hawk
    Purple Hawk Posts: 1,300
    MattCameronKicksButt wrote:
    There seems to be a lot of hostility sometimes. (Biffy Clyro/Eddie thread).
    It IS a Pearl Jam site AND Terms and Conditions does say at the beginning not to deliberatley cause arguments with people but it is quite easy to sometimes take something out of context here as we don't know each other.

    But seriously, we all have a difference of opinion-which is great but we are all PJam fans too. None of us would have waited 24 hours to become a member if we didn't like the band. There is some quite cutting remarks that go back and forth that are quite funny but sometimes some people are just down right rude.

    I read the thread with PJam in a chat room and I'm sure Eddie says at the end 'stay friends' or something like that.

    seriously?

    wanna hold hands and skip around a camp fire and sing koom by yah?

    whatever, i disagree with lots of people here on just about everything but consider them friends...i come here to discuss stuff...if you are scared or uncomfortable around passionate debate, and lack the ability to separate opinion from personal empathy, why not find your way to the swingset...

    nothing personal, but this was probably one of the most pathetic threads i've ever read...:) grow a spine my friend.
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  • jlew24asu
    jlew24asu Posts: 10,118
    Purple Hawk wrote:
    seriously?

    wanna hold hands and skip around a camp fire and sing koom by yah?

    whatever, i disagree with lots of people here on just about everything but consider them friends...i come here to discuss stuff...if you are scared or uncomfortable around passionate debate, and lack the ability to separate opinion from personal empathy, why not find your way to the swingset...

    nothing personal, but this was probably one of the most pathetic threads i've ever read...:) grow a spine my friend.


    find your way to the swingset. ha. thats funny stufff :D:D
  • Purple Hawk
    Purple Hawk Posts: 1,300
    jlew24asu wrote:
    find your way to the swingset. ha. thats funny stufff :D:D

    F U hatemonger :D
    And you ask me what I want this year
    And I try to make this kind and clear
    Just a chance that maybe we'll find better days
    Cuz I don't need boxes wrapped in strings
    And desire and love and empty things
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  • Abookamongstthemany
    Abookamongstthemany Posts: 8,209
    Purple Hawk wrote:
    F U hatemonger :D

    Quit stirring the shit, asshole. ;)
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  • Purple Hawk
    Purple Hawk Posts: 1,300
    hippiemom wrote:
    Yeah, things do get a little heated in here from time to time. And yes, there are a few people who don't seem able to debate an issue without resorting to insults and other childish tactics ... but it's pretty easy to figure out who those people are and to ignore their posts.

    BUT .... some of the kindest, most generous people you could ever hope to meet are also to be found here :)

    *blushes* :)
    And you ask me what I want this year
    And I try to make this kind and clear
    Just a chance that maybe we'll find better days
    Cuz I don't need boxes wrapped in strings
    And desire and love and empty things
    Just a chance that maybe we'll find better days

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