Would you respond to a discussion that had nothing to do with you???

The analogy of being at a party is a good one! I like that. Now if I could just figure out how to be as open at a real party as I am on here I would have it made.

vanbuchanan - I love it!! Get a room!!! That's awesome!! Yup, that's how I feel too, it's a public forum, anyone can join :)

blueunicorn - I'm much more outgoing here than in real life too, but I'm working on it!!!

I like it also when you can tell that the person has put some thought into the response - even if they aren't knowledgeable about the topic. At least they aren't just putting "I agree" or something like that!!! Thanks!

If the topic interests me, I reply with what I think, regardless of wether or not I have personal experience with it or it is even relevant to me. If we all stayed in our comfort zone all the time we'd be like little turtles...

I like that "If we all remained in our comfort zones, we'd be like little turtles"

Thanks artemis! Every once in a while I can come up with a good one :)

Yes, we all have our own opinions - weither they're helpful or not we wont know unless we post them. Thanks!

I tried not to be rude in my reply to theirs, but I did want to let them know that I can respond to anything really... At least my response wasn't off-the-wall or anything. Now, that I would understand and have seen before.

Eh, some people are just like that. Then we move on :) See ya!

They need to remove their heads from their...never mind...and get with the real world. Some people are just sour. Don't let it affect you. They are the ones with no life! lol.

Ya know, that's EXACTLY what I told the one person. I told them I was sorry for commenting on their topic, and that I thought it was open to anyone not just people that agreed with it. Thanks!

I think weird is more normal than anything!!

Some people can't handle when someone disagrees with them. To me, though, a disagreement is another chance to dig into a person's mind and find out what leads them to think that when. Then again, I'm just plain weird and think that's what life is all about!

Yeah, I was probably even asking for trouble because the original post was very negative so I should have known what mindset the person was in and expected such a reply. I normally tend to shy away from discussion that start out heated, but sometimes I just have to butt in...

Well, the one discussion that I was kinda slammed for responding to, was pretty banal to begin with... The person was griping because some of their friends don't state clearly what the discussion is about, they just put it in that interest and then talk about it. I know you've seen this before, someone posts a disucssion in the interest "Tommy Boy" which is a movie. Well, that discussion topic and discussion don't reference the title of the movie. Well, this person responds to all the topics through e-mail (which I didn't know you could do because I don't use notify for any of my friends, I just check them all here). Well, the gripe was to have people put a reference to what they're talking about in the topic or discussion so they could respond accordingly. Well, I told them that it doesn't affect me and I had no clue what they were talking about. But, the reason I didn't have a problem with it is because I reply through the web page and can see the interest that the discussion is posted in. So, I didn't have this problem (and I wasn't alone in not having the problem either). Well I was told I obviously had no clue what they were talking about and should have not wasted my time responding (that wasn't the exact words, but probably pretty close). Then last night - now that you mention sports... - I saw a discussion about the whole football/soccer thing. Someone wanted people to stop saying soccer when talking about football and to not call our football football because that's what they call soccer - or something to that effect. Well, again, I don't do sports - some baseball but that's about it. But, I told them I was raised to know that football was with touchdowns and soccer was with goals and I don't think we're going to change our wording because someone else calls it something different. I'm still waiting to see what kinda response I get on that one. But I like to give my input, and that's what I'm here for. I also read through other peoples input because I know we all think differently. It's a GREAT learning experience!!!

For this one discussion (which I did go into more detail on another persons reply) I thought it was kinda neccessary for me to tell them I didn't know what they were talking about because I didn't do things the way they did. I wanted them to know that not everyone does stuff the same so the issue the person had wasn't an issue for me - although we both responded to the original discussion that sparked the issue.

I saw that topic you're talking about, I skipped it since the title seems too negative already for me to post at. I also think that the threadhost has no REAL knowledge of the topic he was trying to discuss, so I didn't waste my time sharing my cent(s) worth. I believe your post is not offensive at all, I believe that they just misunderstood your point since they came from a non-english speaking country..

Hey, I read that post!!! Ya gotta love it!!! Yup, it's a public forum, and when something hits me wrong I like to let the person know that they've gone a bit too far maybe. OK, I'm done plussing for tonight - it's almost tomorrow. I'll catch up with you in a few hours (when I have to get up for work...)

Bayleigh - When you say they didn't really hit the topic that they posted an answer that didn't really address the discussion? Because that's happened to me. Alot. One time when some guy was only answering on what was the first few words, which made him totally off topic, he said he has the right to anwswer whatever he feels like. And then asked if I knew what a netcop was. I guess he was saying I was being one or something.

Exactly Art, they just read the title, or they got only so far into the discussion hit a sour note and then started responding or something. This is how I feel about it, its MY discussion, and I feel that since Im the author of the discussion, I can basically say what Id like, and say who I think shouldnt respond to it. Not like Im going to someone elses discussion and telling someone they had no business commenting there. Which Ive seen on several occasions. I was discussing why God made us the way he did sexually. And someone went off the handle wrote this long a** comment mentioning how wrong it was to be gay, and how you dont wash your a** with a toothbrush and comparing being gay to stuff like that. Im like HUH? The discussion wasnt ABOUT being gay!! And so I comment back saying, they sounded a bit mental themselves, oh because they also mentioned that gay people were considered mentally ill at one time, and I asked them if they were drunk when they wrote this and told them that if they wanted to try and read the discussion again, they could repost without all the garbage they posted with in the first place. Then someone else pipped up and "reminded" me that this was a public forum and that memebers could post when and where they like basically. I told her off too. LOL

Sounds like you like to broaden your horizons also. I like to talk about everything!

Yes, I do. I'm an open minded person. I always like to see something from different angle, sometime things does not looks like it supposed to be.

I usually stick with topics that I'm familiar with, but if I see something that catches my eye I'll read and post on it.

Oh no, this wasn't just to earn a couple pennies - if that were the case I'd have left long ago... The discussion actually stemmed from a discussion that both me and this person responded to. I wanted to let them know that I didn't have the same gripe as them because I didn't use the same process they did. And since not everyone used the same process as them it would be hard for everyone to comply with how they wanted things done.

Yeah, I can see your point. If there is nothing at all in the discussion that you can contribute to then it's kinda dumb to respond. But some topics are foreign to me but I'd like to know more or share my views of what I "think" it is. Then I can get come clarification and hopefully broaden my horizons a bit.

I read a ton of posts that have nothing to do with me - or so it seems in the beginning. And I've learned from responding to them, I've also met some cool people that way too!!! I just felt like this person only wanted people that agreed to respond, not to hear any other possible side of the coin. I usually try to stay clear of those people, but sometimes I fall into the trap!

I think you summed it up pretty good. Thanks for sharing that!