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<blockquote data-quote="Ratskinner" data-source="post: 6502828" data-attributes="member: 6688937">I'm not so sure that I blame the internet itself. I can recall vicious arguments between Chevy and Ford supporters in my youth. (I presume their debates rage on somewhere online, nowadays.) Even in the computer-but-before-browsers era, Mac and PC supporters regularly had at each other.Not that there aren't differences, but I think they are to a large degree perceptual because of the constant availability of the argument. If you wanted to find a Chevy vs. Ford fight in 1978, you needed to go to a car &quot;place&quot; maybe an auto parts store, garage, or a races. Nowadays, the fight is always there at the ready. It isn't even in real time, so it waits for you to get back to it. Additionally, we re-expose ourselves to it as we feverishly recheck our message boards and reply counts, etc. You didn't have to hear that Chevy guy repeat himself 50 times in 1978, and when you went home, the argument ended (one way or another).In any case, it is what it is. My only real gripe about it is that it makes it harder to actually glean useful information through discussion.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ratskinner, post: 6502828, member: 6688937"] I'm not so sure that I blame the internet itself. I can recall vicious arguments between Chevy and Ford supporters in my youth. (I presume their debates rage on somewhere online, nowadays.) Even in the computer-but-before-browsers era, Mac and PC supporters regularly had at each other. Not that there aren't differences, but I think they are to a large degree perceptual because of the constant availability of the argument. If you wanted to find a Chevy vs. Ford fight in 1978, you needed to go to a car "place" maybe an auto parts store, garage, or a races. Nowadays, the fight is always there at the ready. It isn't even in real time, so it waits for you to get back to it. Additionally, we re-expose ourselves to it as we feverishly recheck our message boards and reply counts, etc. You didn't have to hear that Chevy guy repeat himself 50 times in 1978, and when you went home, the argument ended (one way or another). In any case, it is what it is. My only real gripe about it is that it makes it harder to actually glean useful information through discussion. [/QUOTE]

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