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Did you have to run the gauntlet?

Yes - OMG EVERYONE WAS SUCH AN ASSHOLE

7% (6)

No - What the hell are you talking about?

40% (34)

People had to warm up to me

20% (17)

I had to warm up to the atmosphere on the boards

19% (16)

I don't know. I'm just clicking boxes cause I can.

13% (11)

Total Votes : 84

(last vote on : 1/24/2010 12:52:35 PM)
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RE: Did you have to run the gauntlet? - 1/21/2010 8:21:47 PM

Marc2b

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Good post, Marc!

Thanks.

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Bottom line: Forum membership has a "getting to know you" period, just like any other social venue.

It's Part of our evolutionary heritage. We are a tribal species. We may think that we have moved beyond tribalism but today we simply exist as members of several, inter-linking, tribes (family, school, friends, sport teams, sport team fans, co-workers, political parties, nations, message board regulars, etc, etc). Part of that tribal heritage is an inate suspicion of the outsider.

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