Ordacleaphobia
Shameless Contrarian
Maybe I'm just not going into the right threads, but as one of SSO's token 'conservatives,' I've seen overwhelmingly positive discourse. At least, compared to what you see everywhere else.
I think a lot of that comes down to the 'guitars first' point someone mentioned earlier, that this shared passion kind of acts as a glue to keep everyone together.
I know that even if I think X event is great but Y person thinks it's just awful, at the end of the day, I'm going to be stoked on Y's NGD and he'll be stoked on mine and 5 minutes later in a separate thread we'll be talking about specs and why used Prestiges are the best guitars for the money.
Personally, whenever I find myself in an argument here, even when things get heated (and they do, sometimes), I know that none of you guys are taking shots or getting big-headed and trust that people feel the same about me. From what I've seen, people here tend to err closer to 'debates' than 'arguments,' I see a lot of logic and willingness to accept that we may not know the whole story here. Humility and willing to admit you may be incorrect goes a long way and I've seen a lot of it here.
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Granted, I steer clear of the politics subforum, which is where I'm sure most of the heat is generated.
I think a lot of that comes down to the 'guitars first' point someone mentioned earlier, that this shared passion kind of acts as a glue to keep everyone together.
I know that even if I think X event is great but Y person thinks it's just awful, at the end of the day, I'm going to be stoked on Y's NGD and he'll be stoked on mine and 5 minutes later in a separate thread we'll be talking about specs and why used Prestiges are the best guitars for the money.
Personally, whenever I find myself in an argument here, even when things get heated (and they do, sometimes), I know that none of you guys are taking shots or getting big-headed and trust that people feel the same about me. From what I've seen, people here tend to err closer to 'debates' than 'arguments,' I see a lot of logic and willingness to accept that we may not know the whole story here. Humility and willing to admit you may be incorrect goes a long way and I've seen a lot of it here.
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Granted, I steer clear of the politics subforum, which is where I'm sure most of the heat is generated.