We at the very least need to balance out the positivity with the negativity here. There's a lot of miserable people that post on these boards and pretend that "telling it how it is" isn't being negative. I feel really bad for the mental state of some people on here who can't seem to enjoy the sport of running for the great entity that it is..
it is time wrote:
We at the very least need to balance out the positivity with the negativity here. There's a lot of miserable people that post on these boards and pretend that "telling it how it is" isn't being negative. I feel really bad for the mental state of some people on here who can't seem to enjoy the sport of running for the great entity that it is..
says the anonymous poster...
Zev wrote:
it is time wrote:
We at the very least need to balance out the positivity with the negativity here. There's a lot of miserable people that post on these boards and pretend that "telling it how it is" isn't being negative. I feel really bad for the mental state of some people on here who can't seem to enjoy the sport of running for the great entity that it is..
says the anonymous poster...
completely agree - stop with the anonymous posts
Zev wrote:
it is time wrote:
We at the very least need to balance out the positivity with the negativity here. There's a lot of miserable people that post on these boards and pretend that "telling it how it is" isn't being negative. I feel really bad for the mental state of some people on here who can't seem to enjoy the sport of running for the great entity that it is..
says the anonymous poster...
And it is the registered poster being negative here unfortunately.
One of the consequences of free speech is that you have to risk being offended in order to engage in free discourse.
If you start tone policing, you are no longer participating in free discourse.
Perhaps the OP is a liberal because liberals don't like free speech. They want censorship so they can censor the truth.
I feel really bad for the people who take these boards so seriously that they can't seem to separate them from their enjoyment in the sport of running, and so seek to find ways to change the boards to their liking.
it is time wrote:
We at the very least need to balance out the positivity with the negativity here. There's a lot of miserable people that post on these boards and pretend that "telling it how it is" isn't being negative. I feel really bad for the mental state of some people on here who can't seem to enjoy the sport of running for the great entity that it is..
F*ck off
it is time wrote:
We at the very least need to balance out the positivity with the negativity here. There's a lot of miserable people that post on these boards and pretend that "telling it how it is" isn't being negative. I feel really bad for the mental state of some people on here who can't seem to enjoy the sport of running for the great entity that it is..
Seems to be an ill disguised call for Censorship
Perhaps we talk about something positive we did today. I cleaned up dishes in the sink so when my wife gets back from New York she will be happy.
Ok popcorrrrnnnn CrispyChicken
Waitwgat wrote:
Perhaps we talk about something positive we did today. I cleaned up dishes in the sink so when my wife gets back from New York she will be happy.
Ok popcorrrrnnnn CrispyChicken
WTFO?
less whining
Crispy, Crispy, Crispy.
What did you do well today? Altruism isn’t dead!
high school xc coach wrote:
less whining
Amusingly ironic.
I've been trying to be more positive for awhile. I don't expect anyone here to change their opinions based on my flawless arguments, so I try to make people laugh at the ridiculousness of it instead. I think I used to take this way too seriously and that was the problem. It's way more fun if you don't take it seriously. Anti-vaxxers gonna anti vax.
it is time wrote:
We at the very least need to balance out the positivity with the negativity here. There's a lot of miserable people that post on these boards and pretend that "telling it how it is" isn't being negative. I feel really bad for the mental state of some people on here who can't seem to enjoy the sport of running for the great entity that it is..
Agreed. It’s all fun and games to insult people who deserve it, such as the “Covid is going to kill 4 billion people overnight” crowd, but insulting runners after good performances is odd to me. We should praise good performances. Like Newbury Park should be receiving praise from everyone.
We should collectively advocate motherhood, apple pie, world peace, message board utopia, and elimination of hunger, disease, and poverty.
Jedsdead wrote:
Zev wrote:
says the anonymous poster...
completely agree - stop with the anonymous posts
Not sure that's really feasible. Even registered posters are anonymous.
CrispyChicken wrote:
I feel really bad for the people who take these boards so seriously that they can't seem to separate them from their enjoyment in the sport of running, and so seek to find ways to change the boards to their liking.
Wait!
Isn’t Runners World positive enough?
Or all the YouTube Runners and other runners and groups on social media?
why does the op put their percived burden of negativism on LR ?
Go find that greener grass ?
Anonymous posting turns a forum into something like an autistic person with hypersensitivities. No matter what you say, someone can take offense and strike out, or just avoid you. It is impossible to have a productive discussion when everybody is so reactive. The forum IS autistic. And it isn't high functioning. It is the opposity of a freely communicating community of like-minded citizens just trying to iron out common ground. So, don't get your hopes up for much civility.