Why all the negativity???Where is the Motivation?

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  • Otterluv
    Otterluv Posts: 9,083 Member
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  • Ophidion
    Ophidion Posts: 2,065 Member
    OP- I started to read this thread and quit because I saw all of the usual people who feel they must say something sarcastic in order to be one of the cool kids coming out. It really is too bad so many posters are just posting for a reaction.

    Lol. Only difference is I was one of the cool kids, always. And these people never were. That I can 100% guarantee you!

    Alas, the rest of us grew up. And, actually were never that rude or obnoxious to begin with.

    But...whatever.
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  • Lacey_504
    Lacey_504 Posts: 8
    I was scared to join this site because of this.... Well I need motivation too and just hope I can find it...
    I'm here too if you need it... We can do it together..
  • connie_messina
    connie_messina Posts: 495 Member
    so true! i cant stand how arrogant and condescending and mean some people are!
  • connie_messina
    connie_messina Posts: 495 Member
    I was scared to join this site because of this.... Well I need motivation too and just hope I can find it...
    I'm here too if you need it... We can do it together..

    Lacey forget the boards get a few good friends and you will be fine im so grateful for the amazing supportive friends i have! u can add me if u want!
  • zensugi
    zensugi Posts: 76
    Honestly? People get called "bullies" for calling bogus diet trends bogus diet trends. It gets freaking old. "Oh no, how dare you say Fat Flush Water/Detox #112/My 21 Day Water Fast is a load of crap? BULLY!"

    I do not know what prompted your particular rant, and I honestly don't care enough to browse through your posting history or try and read your mind. I've just quit taking these "everyone's sooo mean" threads seriously because as a whole they are posted when someone cannot tell the difference between calling an idea stupid and calling a person stupid.

    New here but I haven't seen any negativity. As a scientist I've seen examples of 'chemophobia' in some of the threads, which mostly show ignorance of basic science. If someone politely corrects those misunderstandings that could hardly be called negativity.
  • akathatoneguy
    akathatoneguy Posts: 38 Member
    Lady Gaga is not cool. :angry:

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    I love this gif, but seriously...Lady Gaga is not cool.

    As to the rest of this thread, bah! BAH, I SAY!
  • bettyann55
    bettyann55 Posts: 87 Member
    I was just wondering the same thing! LOL
  • Ophidion
    Ophidion Posts: 2,065 Member
    I was scared to join this site because of this.... Well I need motivation too and just hope I can find it...
    I'm here too if you need it... We can do it together..

    Lacey forget the boards get a few good friends and you will be fine im so grateful for the amazing supportive friends i have! u can add me if u want!
    You do realize that a very large percentage of people on the main forums are EXTREMELY supportive and more often then not when people are referring to cyber-bullies etc what they really mean are people who generally don't agree with them or call them out on BS or unhealthy lifestyles/diets etc It is a wealth of useful individuals and knowledge...if you remember humility and humor go a long way.
  • MyChocolateDiet
    MyChocolateDiet Posts: 22,281 Member
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  • ashleyisgreat
    ashleyisgreat Posts: 586 Member
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  • ThickMcRunFast
    ThickMcRunFast Posts: 22,511 Member
    Honestly? People get called "bullies" for calling bogus diet trends bogus diet trends. It gets freaking old. "Oh no, how dare you say Fat Flush Water/Detox #112/My 21 Day Water Fast is a load of crap? BULLY!"

    I do not know what prompted your particular rant, and I honestly don't care enough to browse through your posting history or try and read your mind. I've just quit taking these "everyone's sooo mean" threads seriously because as a whole they are posted when someone cannot tell the difference between calling an idea stupid and calling a person stupid.

    New here but I haven't seen any negativity. As a scientist I've seen examples of 'chemophobia' in some of the threads, which mostly show ignorance of basic science. If someone politely corrects those misunderstandings that could hardly be called negativity.

    one scientist to another: Stay out of Food and Nutrition. It will deaden your soul and make you weep for the state of science education.
  • Ophidion
    Ophidion Posts: 2,065 Member
    Honestly? People get called "bullies" for calling bogus diet trends bogus diet trends. It gets freaking old. "Oh no, how dare you say Fat Flush Water/Detox #112/My 21 Day Water Fast is a load of crap? BULLY!"

    I do not know what prompted your particular rant, and I honestly don't care enough to browse through your posting history or try and read your mind. I've just quit taking these "everyone's sooo mean" threads seriously because as a whole they are posted when someone cannot tell the difference between calling an idea stupid and calling a person stupid.


    New here but I haven't seen any negativity. As a scientist I've seen examples of 'chemophobia' in some of the threads, which mostly show ignorance of basic science. If someone politely corrects those misunderstandings that could hardly be called negativity.

    one scientist to another: Stay out of Food and Nutrition. It will deaden your soul and make you weep for the state of science education.
    I know science...
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  • PikaKnight
    PikaKnight Posts: 34,971 Member
    I think the post-count should be removed from people's posts, I see way too much judgement based on post-count alone.

    Two seconds later...
    More often than not, if I see a particularly nasty comment, its from someone with 5000+ posts, who feels entitled to speak in such a way because they've heard it all before.

    :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
  • PikaKnight
    PikaKnight Posts: 34,971 Member
    Hi, I'm Dr. VPetryshyn. I don't know which AP classes I took in high school, Though I know I took a few. One was calculus. I can't tell you my SAT, SATII, ACT, or GRE score. IQ? No clue, though I remember being tested when I was young. Why do I not remember these? Because no one cares, least of all me. It would be pretty sad if the only thing I had to hang on to was the fact that I took more AP classes a billion years ago than some random internet commenter.

    Seriously, The last time someone actually bragged/asked about any of this to me was when I was an undergrad 8 years ago. He got kicked out of my house party for giving everyone the douchechills.

    i'd say you completely missed the point as to why I brought up AP to begin with, but why does that not surprise me. :noway: Never mind.

    Well you just randomly threw it out and then asked about IQ/EQ scores while saying how popular you were in high school. Yeah, I think just about EVERYONE "missed" whatever point you were trying to make because it wasn't there.
  • meerkat70
    meerkat70 Posts: 4,605 Member


    But, but...I will say IQ is not what I would be concerned with. It's EQ that's way more relevant and yet highly missing around here.

    Good luck.

    You could of just said "well yea, but you guys like totally started it"

    Yes, but then I wouldn't have had the pleasure of reading the phrase "highly missing".

    I love these threads. I love the tedious regularity of their appearance. I love the highly charged food fight quality they take on. They produce a soothing predictability in an otherwise capricious world.
  • neandermagnon
    neandermagnon Posts: 7,436 Member
    Honestly? People get called "bullies" for calling bogus diet trends bogus diet trends. It gets freaking old. "Oh no, how dare you say Fat Flush Water/Detox #112/My 21 Day Water Fast is a load of crap? BULLY!"

    I do not know what prompted your particular rant, and I honestly don't care enough to browse through your posting history or try and read your mind. I've just quit taking these "everyone's sooo mean" threads seriously because as a whole they are posted when someone cannot tell the difference between calling an idea stupid and calling a person stupid.

    New here but I haven't seen any negativity. As a scientist I've seen examples of 'chemophobia' in some of the threads, which mostly show ignorance of basic science. If someone politely corrects those misunderstandings that could hardly be called negativity.

    one scientist to another: Stay out of Food and Nutrition. It will deaden your soul and make you weep for the state of science education.

    there were some jokes about conflict resolution in the species Pan paniscus a while back in this thread.... that might help to awaken your soul again and make you stop crying Sheldon tears....
  • EvgeniZyntx
    EvgeniZyntx Posts: 24,208 Member
    Honestly? People get called "bullies" for calling bogus diet trends bogus diet trends. It gets freaking old. "Oh no, how dare you say Fat Flush Water/Detox #112/My 21 Day Water Fast is a load of crap? BULLY!"

    I do not know what prompted your particular rant, and I honestly don't care enough to browse through your posting history or try and read your mind. I've just quit taking these "everyone's sooo mean" threads seriously because as a whole they are posted when someone cannot tell the difference between calling an idea stupid and calling a person stupid.

    New here but I haven't seen any negativity. As a scientist I've seen examples of 'chemophobia' in some of the threads, which mostly show ignorance of basic science. If someone politely corrects those misunderstandings that could hardly be called negativity.

    one scientist to another: Stay out of Food and Nutrition. It will deaden your soul and make you weep for the state of science education.

    Or get out the flamethrower. As a scientist you will perhaps also enjoy that that there is a lot of experiential learning relative to weight loss that is shared here. It's like finding gems among the turds.
  • neandermagnon
    neandermagnon Posts: 7,436 Member
    Honestly? People get called "bullies" for calling bogus diet trends bogus diet trends. It gets freaking old. "Oh no, how dare you say Fat Flush Water/Detox #112/My 21 Day Water Fast is a load of crap? BULLY!"

    I do not know what prompted your particular rant, and I honestly don't care enough to browse through your posting history or try and read your mind. I've just quit taking these "everyone's sooo mean" threads seriously because as a whole they are posted when someone cannot tell the difference between calling an idea stupid and calling a person stupid.


    New here but I haven't seen any negativity. As a scientist I've seen examples of 'chemophobia' in some of the threads, which mostly show ignorance of basic science. If someone politely corrects those misunderstandings that could hardly be called negativity.

    one scientist to another: Stay out of Food and Nutrition. It will deaden your soul and make you weep for the state of science education.
    I know science...
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    yes, but not quite as slutty as bonobos.
  • EvgeniZyntx
    EvgeniZyntx Posts: 24,208 Member
    Honestly? People get called "bullies" for calling bogus diet trends bogus diet trends. It gets freaking old. "Oh no, how dare you say Fat Flush Water/Detox #112/My 21 Day Water Fast is a load of crap? BULLY!"

    I do not know what prompted your particular rant, and I honestly don't care enough to browse through your posting history or try and read your mind. I've just quit taking these "everyone's sooo mean" threads seriously because as a whole they are posted when someone cannot tell the difference between calling an idea stupid and calling a person stupid.

    New here but I haven't seen any negativity. As a scientist I've seen examples of 'chemophobia' in some of the threads, which mostly show ignorance of basic science. If someone politely corrects those misunderstandings that could hardly be called negativity.

    one scientist to another: Stay out of Food and Nutrition. It will deaden your soul and make you weep for the state of science education.

    there were some jokes about conflict resolution in the species Pan paniscus a while back in this thread.... that might help to awaken your soul again and make you stop crying Sheldon tears....

    See, this makes me cry.

    Sheldon used to mean someone - not a TV character.

    We used to write "WWSD" and it meant this guy:
    http://sheldonbrown.com/
    http://sheldonbrown.com/articles.html

    RIP Sheldon Brown - seeker of knowledge of all things bike. Geek of the gear and ghetto single speed.
  • Achaila
    Achaila Posts: 264 Member
    You get enough people together (whether gathered in a room or on an online forum) eventually they will stop playing nice.
  • hookilau
    hookilau Posts: 3,134 Member
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  • PilotX
    PilotX Posts: 233 Member
    My motivation is when I leave work at 8am going to the gym then grocery store to buy some bacon
  • hookilau
    hookilau Posts: 3,134 Member
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