Board Thread:General Nerf discussion/@comment-38863250-20190324182829/@comment-38863250-20190325142938

Elliottw wrote: Hogan the Milligan wrote:

I see now that MapleSyrup got banned for being underage. Sorry man, that sucks; and you aren't the first. Guys, don't give your age online, it's not nice for the admins. Let's just say some really young members don't seem to be able to participate in a meaningful way. They don't have the social skills to participate effectively in social media. I leave it to you to define what that cutoff might be. Ya. This brings up an interesting point here, considering some of the events surrounding my introduction to this wiki. I came on right after a guy left the wiki saying he didn't want to wait for the admins to ban him; the story here was something about arguing over LGBT issues or something (I think...). Then I got on and debated with a guy about atheism, which lead to some tense moments for me. ..

So anyhow, I went back and read some of those old threads and stuff; basically it comes down to civility in the end. I was a bit arrogant and I never did back down on anything I said, but I wasn't rude about it. I was at least able to distinguish between a person and a person's beliefs, and so I could argue with his beliefs without attacking him. Most of the internet doesn't seem to be able to make that distinction, especially younger folks. There's really never any place for threatening, mocking or taunting, however subtle you may think it is (anybody under 30 yrs old is incapable of subtlety, btw).

Aaaaaanywaayyy, it was nice of y'all to put up with me.

@Demon  "Krytyereeuh" XD  yes pls pls pls learn to spell y'all. It really is a sign of consideration. It shows that you put thought into your posts.

p.s. there is something to be said for staying on the topic of Nerf, but you do need to able to take an insult without returning one.