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Message: <blockquote data-quote="hong" data-source="post: 129127" data-attributes="member: 537">In my experience, unless it's on a completely non-controversial topic, this assertion usually fails for any online discussion that goes on for more than about 20 followups. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue    :p"  data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":p" />Well, I don't know about you, but _I_ come here to make jokes about masturbation, hijack threads, and similar stuff. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />I'm not flaming you. Really. I'm just pointing out that if you're having to qualify your posts by saying you're not too defensive or not intending to insult, or whatever, that's usually a sign the discussion's gone on too long. When that happens, it's better to cut your losses and walk away, rather than trying to retrieve the situation.I might also mention that in posting this, I'm violating my _own_ rule of "never explain, never complain". The things I'll do in a spirit of public-mindedness.</blockquote>