Agree to Disagree and Move On...don't get hostile to posters

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  • BigT555
    BigT555 Posts: 2,067 Member
    RESEARCH PROJECT: Post a comment on social media simply asking people to be nice in posts to others.
    SUSPECTED OUTCOME: Majority of posts will be negative. Results checked after 50 posts.

    OUTCOME: 14% POSITIVE COMMENTS
    68% NEGATIVE COMMENTS
    18% INDETERMINATE

    Thank you for proving my point. And to all the positive posters, don't stop what you're doing. ;-)
    but your post is flawed. do you take every comment that disagrees with you or the OP as negative?
  • QueenBishOTUniverse
    QueenBishOTUniverse Posts: 14,121 Member
    Extra credit for pineapples and cats.

    cat+wearing+pineapple.jpg

    Sharks are better.
    images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRPA6cgETkEPHgwsEqd9iwgT72YS97nGTZC-kXKV-m2a_PftmuN

    ETA: Cause science!
  • deksgrl
    deksgrl Posts: 7,237 Member
    RESEARCH PROJECT: Post a comment on social media simply asking people to be nice in posts to others.
    SUSPECTED OUTCOME: Majority of posts will be negative. Results checked after 50 posts.

    OUTCOME: 14% POSITIVE COMMENTS
    68% NEGATIVE COMMENTS
    18% INDETERMINATE

    Thank you for proving my point. And to all the positive posters, don't stop what you're doing. ;-)
    but your post is flawed. do you take every comment that disagrees with you or the OP as negative?

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  • IHateThinkingOfAUsername
    IHateThinkingOfAUsername Posts: 568 Member
    What the eyes cannot unsee...

    Googling for a cheetah/pineapple pic....

    81069070.jpg

    I win don't I? :laugh:
  • gypsy_spirit
    gypsy_spirit Posts: 2,107 Member
    RESEARCH PROJECT: Post a comment on social media simply asking people to be nice in posts to others.
    SUSPECTED OUTCOME: Majority of posts will be negative. Results checked after 50 posts.

    OUTCOME: 14% POSITIVE COMMENTS
    68% NEGATIVE COMMENTS
    18% INDETERMINATE

    Thank you for proving my point. And to all the positive posters, don't stop what you're doing. ;-)

    Your results have been rejected for the following reason:

    Experimental design does not match stated project.

    Suggested revision:

    Change project statement to accurately reflect the experiment performed. Example: "Post a condescending comment directly criticizing the behavior of others and instruct them on how to act differently in the future."


    +1 :drinker:
  • ruffnstuff
    ruffnstuff Posts: 400 Member
    As I said - I love gifs...

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    Am I the only one mesmerized by this thing?!?!?!
  • daybehavior
    daybehavior Posts: 1,319 Member

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    It's too bad some people don't believe science because it's cool

    I've been staring at this cheetah for so long, I don't even remember what this thread was about.

    LOL I'm with you on this one. I actually remember the National Geography episode on which this was featured. So fascinating!! For the record (I think), that impala got away. Cheetahs (and tigers and all other cats) expend SO MUCH energy within seconds with that sprint to a point that they almost starve to death.

    No they can't starve to death because starvation mode makes them hold on to all their fat :angry:
  • 3dogsrunning
    3dogsrunning Posts: 27,167 Member
    RESEARCH PROJECT: Post a comment on social media simply asking people to be nice in posts to others.
    SUSPECTED OUTCOME: Majority of posts will be negative. Results checked after 50 posts.

    OUTCOME: 14% POSITIVE COMMENTS
    68% NEGATIVE COMMENTS
    18% INDETERMINATE

    Thank you for proving my point. And to all the positive posters, don't stop what you're doing. ;-)

    Damn, I missed the science. I love the science.
  • nancy10272004
    nancy10272004 Posts: 277 Member
    Extra credit for pineapples and cats.

    cat+wearing+pineapple.jpg

    New research project:
    1. Get pineapple after work
    2. Cut pineapple into a cat helmet
    3. Attempt to put pineapple on cat's head

    Projected outcome:
    An ER visit with face, arms and hands scratched to pieces by normally docile cat who has too much self-respect to wear fruit.
  • KseRz
    KseRz Posts: 980 Member
    What the eyes cannot unsee...

    Googling for a cheetah/pineapple pic....

    81069070.jpg

    I win don't I? :laugh:

    If the assignment is real I demand you include this picture. Prominently. Possibly as the cover sheet...

    Dont forget Godwins Law

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  • QueenBishOTUniverse
    QueenBishOTUniverse Posts: 14,121 Member
    What the eyes cannot unsee...

    Googling for a cheetah/pineapple pic....

    81069070.jpg

    I win don't I? :laugh:

    You may have won, but somehow I think we all lost....
  • PikaKnight
    PikaKnight Posts: 34,971 Member
    RESEARCH PROJECT: Post a comment on social media simply asking people to be nice in posts to others.
    SUSPECTED OUTCOME: Majority of posts will be negative. Results checked after 50 posts.

    OUTCOME: 14% POSITIVE COMMENTS
    68% NEGATIVE COMMENTS
    18% INDETERMINATE

    Thank you for proving my point. And to all the positive posters, don't stop what you're doing. ;-)

    You do realize that your opinion is what is determining the outcome.

    Not only that, but her presentation and the overall topic. Telling people to "check themselves" (so to speak) is pretty aggressive.


    ETA: But now this thread could be deemed one created to purposefully incite drama within the community. Way to go OP.
  • deksgrl
    deksgrl Posts: 7,237 Member
    Extra credit for pineapples and cats.

    cat+wearing+pineapple.jpg

    New research project:
    1. Get pineapple after work
    2. Cut pineapple into a cat helmet
    3. Attempt to put pineapple on cat's head

    Projected outcome:
    An ER visit with face, arms and hands scratched to pieces by normally docile cat who has too much self-respect to wear fruit.

    Part 2 of experiment:
    Get pineapple
    Cut pineapple into a cat helmet
    Put pineapple where cat cannot get it, such as in a shoebox on the top shelf of closet.

    Projected outcome:
    Cat will succeed in sticking head in pineapple.
  • Bamboo678
    Bamboo678 Posts: 5

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    It's too bad some people don't believe science because it's cool

    I've been staring at this cheetah for so long, I don't even remember what this thread was about.

    LOL I'm with you on this one. I actually remember the National Geography episode on which this was featured. So fascinating!! For the record (I think), that impala got away. Cheetahs (and tigers and all other cats) expend SO MUCH energy within seconds with that sprint to a point that they almost starve to death.

    No they can't starve to death because starvation mode makes them hold on to all their fat :angry:

    lol not so true for cats...but at the end they would die if they've gone too long without food or don't have enough energy to chase after another prey. According to NG, the dead cats turn into vulture food.
  • SezxyStef
    SezxyStef Posts: 15,268 Member
    You know, the more I try to answer questions on these forums the less desire I have to do it, too.

    But it's mostly because I'm tired of being called a mean, hostile, ignorant, negative, bully, troll.

    Every single helpful poster on these forums is labeled as a mean person eventually.

    So keep fighting the good fight and get us mean people off of your boards.

    I'll be looking for a good plateau thread to post in. There should be 80 or 90 of them to choose from by now.

    x 1000

    PS I do check my attitude btw...imagine if I didn't
  • FraggleRockerFitnessLover
    FraggleRockerFitnessLover Posts: 307
    This one time, at Band Camp...
  • jofjltncb6
    jofjltncb6 Posts: 34,415 Member
    LOLwut?

    :huh:
  • EllieB_5
    EllieB_5 Posts: 247 Member
    I've been an @sshat without even realizing I've been an @sshat. Most commonly, I just don't realize certain words or wording can trigger a hostile response in someone who feels I'm being an @sshat. And yes, I'm working on that.

    Whether I've triggered someone into being an @sshole, or they're simply an @sshat to begin with, I simply block them. There's no use, imo, engaging with a person with whom you can not get along. With some ppl I may try to achieve common ground via conversation but, as stated by OP, too many ppl feel it's a personal attack on themselves if you disagree with their opinion. I'm strongly opinionated but do not think that the entire world needs to share my opinion or be wrong. There's also the ppl who think you deserve to be bashed if you speak certain opinions. I actually saw one woman write that if you say such and such will give you cancer you deserve to be bashed.

    "...deserve to be bashed." This is what is wrong with our world. No one "deserves" to be bullied for holding a different belief.

    Unless you believe in man-boy love; then bring me my bat. :tongue:
  • ThickMcRunFast
    ThickMcRunFast Posts: 22,511 Member
    In for inadvertent trolling. Because you can totally do that.
  • TR0berts
    TR0berts Posts: 7,739 Member

    If the assignment is real I demand you include this picture. Prominently. Possibly as the cover sheet...

    Dont forget Godwins Law

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    Please include this as well. Hitler holding a pineapple. Your "professor" will be fascinated at the results of this groundbreaking study.

    Honestly the cat pineapple helmet experiment sounds like more scholarly research and possibly deserving of a grant...


    Here, I'll help.

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