KTCRIM – Keep the CR Interesting Movement

I concede that a dignified silence may perhaps be a more mature response. But what is apparent is that I’m not alone in my increasingly futile attempts to find a discussion with some of the bite and intelligence I’ve observed in the past, and more importantly, without some of the laughingly incoherent interjections that make the above task so difficult. Case in point, the above post. Frankly, I think a small sigh is the least I’m allowed.

Kvetch over.

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Fair enough.

Although I would like to correct one small assumption of yours. I don’t disappear. I observe regularly, but simply find fewer threads that pique my interest. I’m perfectly willing to concede the fault may lie with myself, but my prolonged absences are not for lack of trying.

And in my shallow defence, my attempts to provoke interesting discussion, both for my own benefit and for the benefit of the significant number of posters who seem to agree with some of my above ‘kvetching’, easily outnumber my occasional kvetches.

But nonetheless, point taken.

#mods4eva #thisisgettingold #hashtagban

You can’t stay in your corner of the Forest waiting for others to come to you. You have to go to them sometimes. AA Milne

This isn’t a call for interesting topics or discussion. There’s plenty.

This is, I hope, the official launch of the Amateur Dramatics Ban.

It seems that many threads, and particularly the most promising, interesting, ones, often turn into an amateur dramatics class. And the reason I specifically say ‘amateur’ dramatics is because that is exactly what they are. Amateur. They are not genuine emotional discussions. It is people claiming offence indiscriminately, at the slightest, or indeed without any, provocation. Anything other than fawning agreement is a slight against one’s personality.

Generally, each post seems engineered to engender as much drama as possible. It’s all about tension and attention. Unfortunately, to name examples would be to point fingers, and to point fingers would be to create more arguments and useless drama.

The end result is every discussion is not about the topic but about the interpersonal disagreements of the participants. And frankly, it’s incoherent and tiring. I am aware that in attacking it and bringing it up, I’m guilty of it too. So let’s just please try and keep the amateur dramatics to a minimum. That way, when somebody is actually offensive and mean, it won’t be the boy who cried wolf.

#KTCRIM #amdramban