I am a member of various forums and have to remember what is and is not allowed on each one as it varies widely. One which is political and is the wild wild west of forums. We need rules to keep things family friendly, organized and to the point of the site and various forums on this site. But like with Twitter, YouTube etc. rules and the Karens who enforce them there it can get out of control. This place is my primary air gun site, but I have started visiting another as of late. There are a lot of great guys there but some overbearing er. ah, individuals who want to boast about their skills and talk down to you like you're an idiot noob. It didn't take long for me to hurt one's feelings. He brags about his mad skills and very expensive air gun setups, any one of which I would love to have. But given the economy I cannot dump $5K on a rig when my non air gun which cost me about $700 will do everything his Masterpiece can do. My air guns have their space and the powder burners have theirs. That got me a bad boy. Thou shalt not speak of other devices which propel small pieces of lead. Thou shalt not hurt the feelings of a fellow member with a stable of $5K air gun setups, even if he was a bit of a donkey to you. If someone has five plus grand to drop on a rig just to see how far air gunning can be stretched, then by all means have at it. For me air guns let me shoot, do pest control and just have fun where it's far too dangerous to use powder burners, like my back yard. So here I am where the mods are not as strict. I get it. It's their site, they set it up and get to make the rules. I get to go elsewhere and provide view time and interactions stats that help with ad revenue, somewhere else. If someone sez something you don't like or agree with just ignore them unless they are misleading a noob and giving very bad advice, or just being rude, again. But even then, be a little reserved about it. You never know that person may have had a very tough day. If you want to go online and thrash it out over politics etc. there are places where it's a free for all. Here ya best put on your Mr. Rodgers sweater before those fingers hit the key bd. Folks lets self-censor, police, or whatever you want to call it bc if the Mods have to come in the rules will be applied, it's going to cut back on the fun factor having to tip toe to not offend anyone.
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