And it is self-evident that you think your nice , friendly posting style is of significant merit and you wear this badge as the “voice of reason slinger” with pride .
Well, that's
of the highest order, isn't it?
You have passed a personal judgement on me without any knowledge of me as a person, just an assumption taken from selective posts of mine that you have read, and possibly understood. I post my opinions, right or wrong, and they are just that, not brilliant nuggets of knowledge dropped at the feet of forum members who should adore and venerate my every word. I'll leave that for others, and we all know who they are. Note I said "right or wrong" that's the big difference.
You may not agree , but to say my generalisation is pointless is absurd . Indeed it is necessary to accept I made a point you do not agree with in order for you to go on to comment as you do in the rest of the post
It is not necessary to accept you made a point, to try to explain why I think you didn't
The point I clearly made and indeed which you responded to was that argument and vitriol that the o/p suggest is unique to the hobby of hifi , is anything but .hifi is not different or unique
If you re-read my first post in this thread you'll see that I refer to my personal experience, after belonging to forums of varied subjects, that only on
hifi forums have I experienced the level of vitriol that the O.P. was talking about. Not hifi in general. You must have read it because it was me that used the word "vitriol" which you have attributed to the O.P. It seems I must have responded before you posted.
It's simple. We are humans, we all think we are unique and brilliant and have a desire to vocalise it.
Perhaps I should have used the word worthless and not pointless when referring to your generalisation? We are all humans, true. We all think we are unique, false. ...and have a desire to vocalise it, false. Unless of course you pretend to know me better than I know myself, and only my wife has ever claimed that to date. And I'm only one human, what about all the others? Hence, worthless. Sorry I called it pointless.
The thing is, if you really believe that to be a viable explanation for the vitriol/arguments/bullshit/etc. then you must allow it to apply to everyone equally. You, me , Marco, etc.
I saw the perfect T-Shirt for you yesterday, it said "
I'm Not Arguing With You, I'm Merely Explaining Why You Are Wrong" If I need to explain why that is not a compliment then I expect to see it replace your Don Quixote quote.
