snobbish on MFP?

That and the nature of the forum to induce pedantry.

OMG! I LOVE pedants!!!! Nothing sets off an open neck shirt and my chest hair like a pedant!

Oh, wait...no, that's a pendant. Um...nevermind.

Swanny, I find your chest hair enchanting.

Oh, Stubby, you sweet talker, you. Flattery will get you EVERYWHERE!

There is no such thing as a dumb question.........

Yes there is. I had a pet rabbit when I was young and a girl I knew (about 14-15 years old) was stroking it and asked, "Is this real rabbit fur?"

Oh, Stubby, you sweet talker, you. Flattery will get you EVERYWHERE!

Well...I'm kind of conflicted right now. Sleeping with angie might get me a promotion. I'll get back to you.

Take the know-it-alls with a grain of salt. If they really did know it all, they wouldn't have had a weight problem to begin with. I prefer the people who have worked hard, learned lots along the way, and share their opinions without being judgmental. The forums are crawling with a lot of mean spirited people, but that's on ANY site. There are SO many supportive people around here. If you're positive, you'll find them.

^ This. Sounds catty, but when someone is climbing up on their "holier-than-thou" soapbox, I remember that they're on this site to begin with and that means they don't know and practice everything they speak. Then I move along and hang out with my cozy friends list of nice people who are just trying to lose weight and support each other.

Ugh. Can someone make me a moderator so I can make threads like these 'disappear'?

:flowerforyou:

Yep there are plenty of us, we can be snarky, snobby, and biotchy. But what it boils down to is finding those you click with and hitting friend request. You don't like our attitudes? Then pass on by....please.

I don't know what you are talking about. I have not seen any of this. Just rainbows and unicorns everywhere.

Keep MFP for tracking your calorie intakes...leave the socializing to FB and Twitter...plain and simple.:bigsmile:

Yes, that I get. However seems like there are a lot more than usual, otherwise I wouldn't have mentioned it.

IMO, the snob thing is simple: there are people here (and everywhere else) who think they know everything, and those people are very annoying to those of us who really do know everything.

In the same vein, those people who think they are somehow superior are a constant annoyance to us select few who really are superior.

And those who have apparently joined MFP merely to show off what they think is is hottest sexy bod ever to grace humankind - me, well, I personally regard them as (mildly) amusing to those of who *know* that we've got the hottest sexy bods ever to grace humankind, right here beneath all the excess poundage we're workiing so hard to lose.

Just to add that, since we're all subject to the human frailties I'm poking fun at above, I figure I might as well let the know-it-alls & better-than-alls persist in their delusions; since to take on every know-it-all* and better-than-all on the internet is a task I could never finish and don't care to begin.

(*Unless some know-it-all claims that I, specifically, am wrong about some specific fact that I have put forth and about which I know that I am right. Then my intellectual honor demands that I make clear just exactly how wrong that person is. But despite my compulsion to do this, I can still acknowledge that is pretty much a dead waste of time. :ohwell: )

Those too sexy for this forum seem to be here mostly to meet others too sexy for this forum, so I might as well just ignore them so that they can run off and do whatever it is that people who are too sexy for the internet do on the internet.

The gist of it is that, unless people's jerky behavior directly affects me, an internet forum is a great place to just ignore them and let them jerk away at each other.

Im not a snob but I know how you feel!! I always have the feeling I am being ignored that is why I don't post as much.

MJ :-)

It's an observation. If your insulted then that's on you.

No, what's insulting is a topic about being snobbish from someone who lacks grammar skills. When I see stuff like this, it tells me you're (take note-- it's "you're" not your--- these are basic concepts taught in elementary school) not all that swift.

Its insulting to everyone when they are being told about poor grammar that they are using from people who refuse to look at themselves first and realize that they themselves aren't perfect when it comes to it. And in the event that you know you aren't perfect, why set that grammar bar so high for others when you don't hold yourself to the same standards? Plus, when no one is perfect and we are all prone to mistakes, its not nice to sling an insult to her intelligence like that because last I checked, Brightstar didn't point fingers at anyone......she made a generalized statement about the overall feeling she got from the board. And I am sorry if you were ever hurt or insulted by any of what she had said--I am certain she didn't mean to. But two wrongs certainly don't make a right.

It’s narrow minded to assume my grammar error is directly linked to my intelligence. Perhaps it was a mistake. Do you feel like an internet tough guy now?

Yep there are plenty of us, we can be snarky, snobby, and biotchy. But what it boils down to is finding those you click with and hitting friend request. You don't like our attitudes? Then pass on by....please.

I don't know what you are talking about. I have not seen any of this. Just rainbows and unicorns everywhere.

This makes me wanna LOL out loud!