In the matter of internet forums (not this one, you mooks are tame), why do people insist on trying to push things beyond the boundaries?

Discuss.

Did Jimmy and Cousin Eddie start a forum somewhere?

^ LOL. No, but it was a cigar forum that brought this question to mind.

^ The Legend?

Not to single out a particular forum. I've seen this at a number of places. Cigar, car, golf, just about any place has it's share of people who like to push it over the line.

I'm gonna take a wild guess here and say that maybe it is human nature to push the envelope.

The Internet gives a barrier of anonymity to engage in behaviors/things being said that would not fly in situations where people are in the same physical location.

It essentially serves as a safety glass barrier.

And lets not forget that alcohol seems to play a big part in cigar forums too. Couple the "loosening of the tongue" that booze can be responsible for along with this safety barrier of the internet and things will be said, or rather typed, that would normally not be.

The problem is Jealousy...

Everybody here hates me cuz I'm beautiful and women adore me..

wheel,

#7 Not to mention trying to compensate for some inadequacies they probably have.

I say don't waste time trying to compensate for inadequacies. Or is ignoring them a form of compensation? No. That's probably coping. On the other hand maybe it's denial. But then, what's wrong with denial? It's the ego's way of maintaining your self esteem in the face of a huge mass of evidence that you shouldn't have any. Of course if you were to let go of your unwarranted sense of self esteem, then the best you could hope for is pity. Pity, that's it, pity is good.

I think I need alcohol to follow that^

me too

Somebody set up a round, I may have to go back up and try to decipher that one after a couple.

PDX has a sense of humor afterall............I like it........

It's cause they have little ones.... Or so I heard...

^14-Chief. It hurts when people misconstrue when I've poured out my soul, my innermost feelings to this compassionate forum and it's misconstrued as mere "Humor". I was very serious. Now I'll have to go hang myself.

^Or worse yet, start posting Wheelrite/Cousin_Eddie-esque threads.

^15. What would having children have to do with feelings of inadequacy? Oh wait...

I'm plenty inadequate. And if anybody says different, they are spoiling for a fight!

^

Judge Smails: "And I'm no slouch myself".

Ty: "Don't sell yourself short Judge. You're a really great slouch".