I actually think this forum is pretty tame and actually pretty liberal if I’m honest
I also really enjoy being a very small part of it. This is the only forum of any nature I spend any real time on. Yet I’m certainly not part of any in crowd or whatever.
That said I’m a “vet” of the OCUK forums. If you did your time on there everything else is a gravy train. 😀
First rule of forums is never read too much into other people’s posts or comments. Simple fact is that social etiquette hasn’t quite kept up with the internet age. More importantly there are a lot of people out there having a tough time for one reason or another and sometimes a forum is just a vent for them.
Also, much to the amusement of my friends,I am a great advocate of “smilies”. It’s so, so easy to offend totally unintentionally via a forum/text as it’s hard to get irony/ gentle sarcasm across via such means.
Childish as it may seem to some,a smiley face or a “wink” can make a seemingly explosive comment reveal itself to be entirely benign in intention.
Oh,I also have a love for genuine, well meaning satire which helps on here. 😉
Forums tend to invite you to see your own reflection. To a degree you see what you want to see. This place actually cheers me up in my day to day life. Sure there can be some negativity on here just like there is in real life,I just concentrate on the vast amount of good stuff on here instead.
Lastly, look around you guys. The world’s a mess,I find it hard to get worked up about a comment on a bike forum these days! 😀
Anyway, off to kip now. Got to hug some trees later today. 😀
Enjoy your eggss, beans and bangers in the morning!