afr0byte

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Yes, but that smiley face could easily be taken as snarky instead of joking.

ryno1ryno

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Who cares. Sarcasm and humor can go hand in hand.

Buy a sense of humor you uptight snobs.

afr0byte

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Well, for one, I consider snarky different from sarcastic. If you look up the definition of snarky it's "Critical; cutting; testy." But, regardless, if someone doesn't think you're joking then a sense of humor is irrelevant.

ryno1ryno

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Okay... I believe its time to just lock this thread... I got exactly the information I asked for.

Hopefully I can keep the thread in my history though for reference. Otherwise I will just save references.

Nevermind, I bookmarked tbe links provided.

I am not going to apologize for other people getting offended.

passedpawn

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Before you run off, you should know:

They are offended by your rude, disrespectful manner. Don't kid yourself that it's anything but that. Can you accept that as constructive criticism?

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This guy is a great addition to the community.

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ryno1ryno

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See... I laughed at that one. I enjoy a good dose of sarcasm.

Yooper

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We don't just lock threads because some one has the information they wanted and moved on. The point of a community is that it's a give and take, and many people who learn things are people that almost never post.

We do tend to remove posts when they go too far off-topic (OT) so that could be happening soon since we are far off of the original topic.

And you certainly don't have to apologize for others getting offended. Being offensive (but not breaking forum rules) has no repercussions at all, except that people who "know" those who annoy them can put them on their ignore list, or simply not answer questions or post to their threads, leaving them without any good advice, er, opinions. If someone thinks someone else is a dick, it's no problem at all. If they didn't actually call anybody a name, or insult them, then it's fine. People think what they think.

It's all good.

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Pilgarlic

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Disproportionate response. Truly disproportionate response. It's what's bad about online communications. Picture yourselves talking this way face to face, and reign it in.

ryno1ryno

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"The scientific method is: "a method or procedure that has characterized natural science since the 17th century, consisting in systematic observation, measurement, and experiment, and the formulation, testing, and modification of*hypotheses.

The chief characteristic which distinguishes the scientific method from other methods of acquiring knowledge is that scientists seek to let reality speak for itself, supporting a theory when a theory's predictions are confirmed and challenging a theory when its predictions prove*false.*"

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_method

In this thread, I was not looking for an opinion initially.

I put a little happy face after the comment about that just so no one would get offended.

Yet, there was still a percentage who took offense.

I chalk that up as a tiny minority of hurt feelings as this has to be the highest traffic home brew website on the interwebs. All in all, the general population of visitors on this website doesn't really care about this thread.