Mean People Suck
Apparently I'm uber-sensitive today. I was reading scuba board this morning and came across a couple of threads that really bothered me. They were threads of the 'such and such happened and made me uncomfortable, what would you (more experienced peeps) have done in this situation. I was reading these because I'm pretty new to the sport and if I can learn about what can go wrong and how to fix it before it happens to me (possibly preventing it happening to me at all) then I'm all for it.
In one of them one poster had had similar problems more than once and people were totally flaming him about doing the same thing over and over again and not learning from what they told him (although as far as I can tell it was only twice and he tried to fix the problem but unfortunately a similar thing ended up happening again). Why do people have to be mean? If they think he isn't listening or whatever why don't they just keep their fingers to themselves?
Also, on a regular basis posters will ask questions that people feel has been covered ad nauseam. Instead of posting a link to a previous thread that would really help the poster they say something mean about doing a search. Now searching on scuba board isn't necessarily the easiest thing (thanks Jason, for teaching me how) so I feel bad for people who get flamed thusly. I just don't understand why people can't just be nice.
UPDATE: So in response to my post in the Whine and Cheese section of the board people were of course mean. You make me sad.
In one of them one poster had had similar problems more than once and people were totally flaming him about doing the same thing over and over again and not learning from what they told him (although as far as I can tell it was only twice and he tried to fix the problem but unfortunately a similar thing ended up happening again). Why do people have to be mean? If they think he isn't listening or whatever why don't they just keep their fingers to themselves?
Also, on a regular basis posters will ask questions that people feel has been covered ad nauseam. Instead of posting a link to a previous thread that would really help the poster they say something mean about doing a search. Now searching on scuba board isn't necessarily the easiest thing (thanks Jason, for teaching me how) so I feel bad for people who get flamed thusly. I just don't understand why people can't just be nice.
UPDATE: So in response to my post in the Whine and Cheese section of the board people were of course mean. You make me sad.
posted by Susan at 12:35 PM
2 Comments:
I am a new diver and I enjoy the info I get from scubaboard... HOWEVER I totally agree with you that those guys (stress on the word guys) can be real a-h-s. I've noticed it not just on the internet, but in the shops and on dives. They can be condesending to newbies and to women... at least I won't be a newbie for too long but I'm proud to be a woman and I won't take the crap. Check back on the Whine and cheese forum for my recent encounter at a LDS.
Thanks Burch Family! I don't know why it got to me today, but it did. It seems so easy to NOT say anything if you are feeling crabby. I guess those people need attention any way they can get it? In retrospect I should have followed my own advice and kept my fingers off the keyboard. Anyway, I appreciate your comment, it made me happy. Rock the WomanPower!
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