Feeding trolls and Christmas cheer

PapaverFollis said:
Well get yer headscarf on and get over there then. Quick smart. Else you are officially the same person don't ya know!
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But I'm in my Christmas PJs (well the only pair of red PJs I possess) and I've had a cheeky little cider, so best not. I could always call in on her tomorrow for Christmas lunch. Do you think she'd mind?
 
Tiddlypom said:
These must be very quiet children at the panto if there's time to post on HHO whilst you're there. I have fraught fond memories of accompanying a whole primary school's worth of kids to Christmas pantos. Full on barely covers it.
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They were absolutely enchanted lol had a ball of a time we are just home and I wasn’t in toilet break duty other than to watch the three that didn’t go to the loo :)

Krankies were funny as always, love a cheesy panto :)
 
DabDab said:
I think a lot of the way these things start does also happen in real life. I think trying to start a discussion with you and your own horse as the opening example is always a bit dangerous unless you have very broad shoulders, because it is hard to have a proper discussion without it feeling a bit too personal.

I think the problem with experienced people responding to certain topics is that their thinking on a subject is generally very established and so they jump to the end point without explaining the line of thought that goes with it because to them, with a wealth of experience behind them, it seems obvious. And that can seem very abrupt to someone who simply hasn't thought through the topic to the same extent. It's something that I'm a bit over aware of because I'm terrible for doing it IRL, particularly at work ('look, this is the answer, obviously, why are you faffing about discussing nonsense' :oops:).

There are all sorts of behaviour on the forum that I wince at (not from my memory ever directed at me though), but I generally just pass on by and don't comment, but it is a very small percentage of posts. There are many many absolutely lovely people on this forum and in general I think it is a wonderful, diverse community.

I don't understand trolls really, but then again it doesn't really bother me that they exist. You get a few Billy bullshits irl too and as long as they are not causing any real harm they tend to be quite entertaining. And on the flipside, I don't particularly understand the people that only ever post on threads of certain topics because they think there may be a troll or some general drama to be had - see a wildfire and dash over to pour some petrol on it sorts.
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This.
I reckon this whole post should appear in a pop-up window whenever anyone posts anything.
Maybe after reading it we could offer each other the patience we try and show to our horses; after all, we are all animals - placid and cobby, defensive and flighty, and shades in between.
 
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