And here I was thinking it was jut me who felt this way. Funnily enough I've just said the same thing in another thread. Glad to see someone else gets the feeling that Debate and Serious talk doesn't really have any debate, just stupid personal insults.[CANADA]_Zenmaster wrote:
After posting here several times, I learned that it is not worth my time, and everytime I open DST to peer at what heresay and idiotic opinions are being vented, I shudder and wish I knew better then to click each enticing title.
It is like people here don't understand black and white is a fallacy - e.g. a common ground, a common understanding can be reached. Debate is not simply refusing to admit anything into evidence and venting one's own opinion no matter what opposition is present. That is called being stubborn and ignorant. There is actually very little debate that goes on here.
Most people come in with an opinion and then source out bogus material on some random uncredited, academically bogus website to support their theories, if they even do that. Then someone else says, zomg wtf!! your full of shit, here is my opinion and because it's my opinion I don't have to listen with yours! More people add their opinions like throwing books on a fire, and none of the new posters bother to read what anyone else has said.
Then a flame war ensues, and no doubt someone brings up someones "credentials," as if anyone here has any. Then someone posts some lolcats pictures, and somebody else says "inb4dalock." Now the thread is completely derailed and the next hot topic is brought up and destroyed with more ignorant cess then you can shake your head at.
Also, everyone assumes a counter-argument to someones original argument must be a personal attack, and everyone breaks out the sarcastic remarks and insults in riposte. It's like trying to have a debate with pre-school kids who just want to fight over who gets to play with the wooden blocks first.
Thus, posting anything in DST is simply not worth the time. Reading it however, will teach you how many semi-literate people there can be in the world and will raise some interesting questions, such as "how can these people feed themselves?" etc. I'm pretty sure these parting remarks fit right in with the flamewar that is DST
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