Sporty, sweetheart, muffin… its great that you’re trying. It really is. But we need to talk.

The reason you keep getting attacked is because you seem to keep missing the ability to discern some subtle social cues. This isn’t unusual; lots of people do. And you can learn. Here’s a recent article about online communication:

http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2006/02/70179

3 things to think about:

1. (N)etiquette. You replied to a posting about a recent fatality (or serious injury) by commenting on the importance of helmets. We all know how important they are. In this case it was in bad taste, crude, and thoughtless. Would you recount your grandma’s cancerous decline and death to someone just diagnosed with cancer in attempt to console him?

2. Common Sense. You replied to a posting about beta for 5.12 routes, inappropriately – Re-read harihari’s “Report Card” post in this tread, again, objectively. It offers you some good advice. Take it – it’ll only hurt for a minute. I promise.

3. Your reputation. The climbing community here isn’t very large; a lot of us read your posts. You are going to need people to climb with and to learn from throughout your climbing career. You often misunderstand or write inappropriate posts and you react irrationally and even hysterically when people criticize your opinions. The message you are sending is that you may react the same way when you climb – making you an unsafe partner. Climbers depend on their partners to make good decisions. For obvious reasons.

Take a deep breath, let it out. Repeat as necessary.

Rak,
http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2006/02/70179

I suggest you read up on your link yourself, but oh wait a minute, you did since you are the one that found it.  So learn anything?  Hell no!

And by the way, climbing is not a career since you did not know that.  DUMBASS

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