(04-30-2015, 11:24 PM)Graeham Ridgefield Wrote: In short? Calling people 'whiny' or 'stupid' does little to forge constructive debate or a pleasant atmosphere. I'm sure there's plenty of other sites you can go to if you want a space to spout memes or complain about 'triggering' in threads were it isn't even all that relevant to the discussion at the time of posting.
Speaking as an outsider and newcomer here, I have to agree. It's discourse like this that keeps my toeing the edge of the community instead of jumping in the deep end even though a lot of people here seem pretty cool, tbh.
Probably shooting myself in the shoot by posting this when I'm still brand new, but whatever. It's a little discouraging to see an otherwise decent community with such a strong undercurrent of tension. Like, what do triggers even have to do with anything? Was the out-of-nowhere fist-shaking at some perceived hivemind of oversensitive tumblrina babbys remotely necessary? Punishing personal attacks and other such behaviors that have a consistently negative effect on a community =/= a happiness is mandatory citizen-esque 1984 regime. It's not that difficult to understand - just have a little self-awareness, and some empathy for the other folks behind the keyboard, even if you disagree with 'em.
