Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25614818-20150410170303/@comment-995426-20150423120649

...I have to say, though. I gave a double take when you said that "there were many times when the Turtles spoon." First of all...no. They don't spoon lots of times...or really ever. Secondly, you saying "the Turtles must be in a romantic relationships as well" carries a mocking sarcastic tone that comes dangerously close to a personal putdown. I may not necessarily understand where you find your ideas, but I'm willing to assume enough good faith to conceed your logic may come from somewhere, even if I have to step back and reread it to make sure you said what you said. Just because you disagree with my logic doesn't mean you can openly mock me. The closest I came to anything resembling mocking was to suggest your gaydar may be underdeveloped&mdash;but a lot people don't have the keenest gaydar anyway (given that it's intuition that requires enough personal experience in the area to gauge) so it's not really an insult. It's okay to disagree about stuff. It's not okay to put down other users who disagree.

Now, these discussions are usually things I enjoy. I have opinions and make personal observations on good faith drawing from my own conventional wisdom. I discuss these with my friends, and I listen to what my friends have to say, and we bounce all our impressions off each other, and analyze what we find, and discover new and interesting things, and it's a social experience that makes the work of fiction itself all the more enjoyable. I'd rather do that in a positive way, if I can. I'd like to do that here when it's possible. Just...please don't treat other users like they're stupid.