<p>Feel free to follow their lead. I mean; who cares?</p>
<p>This isn’t a discussion on the pros and cons of anonymous online discussion. Everyone is aware that with online anonymity speech is much less restrained and more “in your face”. This isn’t anything new. You seem to be working under the assumption that it should be the equivalent of face-to-face discussion when in reality it is its own beast.</p>
<p>YES, people do interact with less consideration than in real life. They also spin stories, make up stories, or mention being CEOs when it has nada to do with the conversation t hand in attempts to gain gravitas. That’s just the way the web works.</p>
<p>And everyone here has generally been polite. Curt, abrasive at times, yes but that’s on both parts (I seem to remember your bright young OP calling a poster an idiot for simply giving him his opinion).</p>
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<li>And no, we wouldn’t be talking this way in real life. Isn’t the web awesome? :)</li>
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