Does anybody else wish there were more positive threads on Cbid? It seems almost every thread begins another controversial subject that quickly descends into arguments, fights, name calling and polarization.

There are so many good things going on in our country, families and our lives, you'd think we'd have more to discuss than those things that divide us. I mean besides good cigars there is food, hobbies, our family, kids and grandkids, cars & motorcycles, funny and strange things, our last hunting or camping trip, what you're going to do on your vacation, etc., etc.

The problems need to be addressed in the right place, but we don't have to obsess and fight about them day and night on a recreational forum.

Cbid should have some sort of contest for "most positive threads started" . . . . . . or maybe not . . . . . . do you enjoy the constant bikering and complaining?

No

None of your utopias for me please.

Bickering is spelled with a ck instead of just a k BTW.

Yeah, thanks, another typo.

My last post for tonight...

I can basically tell when a thread is going to head downhill. By knowing many of the individual on here for so long, I know who will involve themselves in certain discussions. Some threads end up going downhill because all we have here is communication by typing. There are no emotions or voice tones associated with the letters and numbers put together in this yellow box I am currently typing in. Many times, a person's message may be misinterpreted because one is uncertain how they are using these letters and numbers to convey their message.

What do I do? I just don't even get involved. If I am in a thread where this is happening (which is rare), I don't take it to heart. There are many people who want to defend what they believe, and let them. People wanna fight to the death about what they believe in? Let em...just be mature enough to keep personal attack out of it.

You have to be a certain age to purchase cigars. Thus, anyone who is on this forum should be old enough for rational dicussion. Just my two cents.

Stefan

For years I would post photos of me and my friends in various locations around the world. I would tell funny stories along with them about where the photo was taken, who I was with, what food we ate, and so forth.

I posted a new one every week or so. It was always fun to do.

Then one day I posted about meeting a lovely flight attendant on a flight to London. I described in detail how we met, became friends, and spent a wonderful weekend getting lost in London together with me driving and her navigating. She's a good friend to this day as all of the "adroomi girls" are. However on this thread something different happened. A new group of posters came on board and made fun of me. They called me a liar and made jokes about my receding hairline. They also threatened to shoot me in the head.

If I were to post a picture of me and a friend that I'm hanging out with these days, I'd get the same thing. My friend would be called a whore, prostitute, slut, etc, and I would be accused of being a queer, pimply-faced 16 year old from Mississippi (again).

Look in the mirror friend.

Hahaha! This is so freakin funny. Oh, poor drippy is picked on all the time, LOL! Get a spine or a set of huevos wimp.

Oh, and get some hair & drop the hookers.

I heard your huevos are a lttle bit shriveled from all the roids Tranny. You still shooting up?

For 5 posts this thread stayed "on-topic."

Enter Tranny:

Now it's reduced to one-liner messages of hatred, anger, bullyness, and stupidity.

Do you EVER add anything of value to a single thread you visit Tranny?

Another wimp hiding behind a new screename, LOL!

Uh, drippy I wasnt the one who got banned. Wasnt it you? Quit smoking weed dude, it'll help your memory.

Maybe you should kick his ass?

Can't reach through the computer and do it like you want to? Then by all means, go in the other room and kick your dog.

lmao

I have to agree with Sfraun... but I've gotten sucked in.

I said before that I avoided a lot of political threads because they do degenerate. It becomes nothing more than useless bickering.

But then you think, what would making one comment do? You think someone is blatantly incorrect, so you point it out. Then, out of respect for the people on the thread, you have to address their comments. The next thing you know you're knee deep in the muck.

What's the saying about wrestling a pig?

People can argue and should in a good spirit ,except for me and my wife.

Positive reinforcement only works with children.....adults become opportunistic and overly competitive in that situation. There would be threads with arguing about positive post counts.

No......negative reinforcement is in order. I think CBid should ban anyone who presents controversial information.

what do you think would sell more tickets, two or three guys sitting around chatting about the weather, or a fight.

It's a beautiful day today in Massachusetts.

Bright and sunny, mid 60's, light breeze.

We do expect it to cool down over the weekend, with some light rain on Sunday.

We do need the rain.

I've started some tomatoes indoors from seed, and would like to put them out into the small greenhouse, but the nights are still too cool.

Tuck, when was the last time you looked around?

You seem to find only controversy. Yet, there are plenty of non-controversial threads. You just seem to overlook them.

He started this thread knowing it would be controversial.

Then he could say "Look, even my well-meaning threads end in controversy, it isn't me it is everyone else".

When it is, in fact, him.

Adroomi is another one. Comes in to a thread all 'holier than thou' and 'i'm a better person than you' or 'I'm more worldly' or 'I make more money' or 'I screw more chicks' or whatever... and expects us guys who know how full of **** he is to let it slide???

Not today... not tomorrow...