I think the thing is here that none of this shit means anything or contributes in any way to anyone here. It does read off like mindless blog post or dairy entries. Honestly I don't really care, but there is better places to share this kind of info then a gaming forum. Even though this is the chit chat area, what you are posting doesn't fit the tone of the forum, so don't be shocked if someone expresses disdain over the content of your post.
Really this is the kind of stuff is way better suited for active casual chat in a shout box maybe, or via private messages with people you know better. No one here knows who Donna is, no one gives a f*ck how well you tanned 3 yesterdays ago, or could give a rats ass if you gladly paid someone next Tuesday for a hamburger today, other trivial bullshit, etc. If they say they are interested, they are just lying and being polite trying not to hurt your feelings about it. Mentioning a book you are currently reading is cool, I mean you are sharing meaningful info and turning people onto a good read possibly. But the rest of the stuff, yeah, you could leave it at the door and your forum posting would be better off for it.
You actually bring up some good points, but TBH, this is just the way I am, and I'm uninclined to change. We're talking about a handful of posts here, which Necro seems to have singled out - in all of my posts here, I think about half of the dialogue between us is him insulting me in about 5 different posts, and it's a shame, because some of his posts are quite insightful. But the fact is, in those 5 posts he's just picked up on anything he can to pick a fight for some reason I don't get.
Hell, I'm a regular person, and sometimes I will say stupid things, I'll get my facts wrong, and I'll put my foot in my mouth, but it's really not a large percentage of the time, and it's not like I'm going out of my way to annoy people.
For instance (and I'm not picking a fight here), you say there are better places for this than a gaming forum, but we can't overlook that in a gaming forum, over half your posts are in fighting street. I'm guessing that you've known some of the members for a while or something, but one could argue there's a better place to do what you're doing than a video game forum. Hell there are better video game forums to do that in.
The fact is, if you really find someones posts that boring or inane, there's an ignore button right there, or (and this is what I do) if you don't understand or are not particularly interested in a topic title, just don't click on it. If, however you want to do a little trash talk or try and troll someone, it's easy to jump in there and insult someone. I'd be more inclined to tone it down with a polite PM, but I think everyone knows that.
