fandomsecrets | [ SECRET POST #2906 ]

[ SECRET POST #2906 ]

⌈ Secret Post #2906 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

01.

__________________________________________________

02.

__________________________________________________

03.

__________________________________________________

04.

__________________________________________________

05.

__________________________________________________

06.

__________________________________________________

07.

__________________________________________________

08.

__________________________________________________

09.

Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 01 pages, 021 secrets from Secret Submission Post #415.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

I LOVE wank and I think the people who hate it are just bad at debating. If I don't care, I just ignore it. But I think people who do care and consistently have their arguments torn apart are the ones who constantly complain about wank.

I love arguments (and am pretty decent at arguing on the Internet, and even if I wasn't, I've been doing it long enough to know not to take it personal if someone proves me wrong) but there are some times when wank really does just get out of hand and fucking nasty. Especially when it starts to get personal.

There's a difference between fun wank and awful wank, essentially

I can agree that personal attacks are awful. I think they're another sign that the person is a poor debator and they have to go, "You just think that because you're X, Y,Z!" which is an ad hominem at the end of the day.

But when people start complaining about someone "starting up wank again" even though nothing personal has been said, I can't help but think that they're just bitter that they can't back up their points.

No one is FORCING you to participate after all, so I don't see why it would bother someone if other people want rehash old topics.

But, yes, personal attacks suck -- I agree with you there.

In my experience, people usually say that when it's topics that have led to those kinds of awful, acrimonious arguments in the past.

But, yes, you make some valid points.

I'm a little disappointed, I suppose, because I broke into a fandom kind of late and whenever I want to talk about controversial topics. there's always someone complaining about how I'm trying to start up wank again.

It just isn't at all conducive to new fans who don't know the history. And even for people who have been in fandom for a while, after some time, don't you think it's best to let it go?

Yeah, I definitely get where you're coming from, that does super suck. If it's specifically people complaining about old wank, that is definitely pretty weak. I guess I'm just saying that wank can definitely be a bad thing, especially in the moment.