And people are becoming far less likely to admit they are wrong and be able to apologise, replacing it with continued agression, and more verbal attacks!!
I'm sick of it... I've unsubscribed from a few lists because of it. And on a more personal level, I find myself prefering the confines of my family and home to going out and having all this thrown in your face. My theory is it's all to do with multimedia! For example, when I grew up life was far less in your face than it is now... TV, Music, Movies are all speeding by with so much happening on the screen (or in the beat, ie, dancey duff-duff type music) that people brains are over stimulated. As a result, it turns to agression and is used in everyday life to keep the high level of stimulation they are used to. What ever happened to people being humble? To be able to say, 'I am wrong'? Nowadays people are more likely to thump you than to admit they made a mistake... or for that matter shoot the crap out of you. I believe that we live in a society that has been changed by TV/movies/games AND music. And our brains cannot keep up with that level of stimulation... techno music, kids cartoons, it's all splashed across our tv sets so fast that it runs into other areas... driving for example? Why do all these people feel the need to speed everywhere?? Don't get me wrong... I'm a guitar playing, Playstation loving, movie nut... These things are all great, but why the need to speed everything up, throw it all at you and over stimulate our minds? Another element, I think, is frustration... how many of you are frustrated as hell if you want to talk to someone at the phone company, or the electricity company etc etc, only to come to a brick wall... the automated phone answering system... isn't that the worst invention ever?? I don't know about you guys... but I'm ready to shove the phone up the phone companies arse by the time I've answered the fourteenth option and waited for 20 minutes! Ok, I apologise... I'll get off my soapbox and stop rambling and raving!! And if you don't agree with me, you can all *!&@ off because I'm right and you are wrong!!!! :^) hehehehe N "C. Hatton Humphrey" wrote: > > Am I the only one to notice that moods and attitudes have gotten way > serious, way personal and way confrontational way fast lately? Not just in > CF-Community, but overall? Maybe it's just me or my surroundings, but since > about the 15th of January things have been rather blunt. For me I've felt > it at the office, at home, on email lists, on IRC... it's like someone took > a massive dump in everyone's wheaties. > > The conversation/argument between Beth and Howie is just one example. The > "visit" by Tom is another. Look back through the messages and there is > always some static tension, but never has it been so blatant. > > It's not only in this email list either. I'm a member of a yahoo group for > a Ham Radio program called I-Link. It was founded by a gentleman from > England and a majority of the members are from England. Yesterday a message > thread was started by some guy that was completely in-your-face calling for > a ban on all US, Canadian and Australian hams from the system. It wasn't > the absurdity of his request, but rather the way he did it and the > completely combatative nature of the whole thread. > > I just wonder what's next. > > Hatton > > ______________________________________________________________________ Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
