@kalashnikev first off- thank you for weighing in on the discussion. We might not be in agreement on this particular topic but I'm not going to throw sand at you for voicing a contrary opinion either.
That being said- you do have an interesting presence here on the Hide and respectfully I wanted to point that out and maybe share some observations that I noticed and I'm sure factors into the responses you're receiving here which is an aside from the topic of this particular thread.
From what I can personally see (not an admin or mod) you have a 2009 join date. GTG there, that's the same year that the Black Eyed Peas came out with the song "Boom Boom Pow" & Lady Gaga came out with the "Bad Romance" songs... remember those, even if it wasn't your type of music it was all but impossible to escape hearing this play on the radio in 2009.
This part isn't so interesting (to me at least) but you didn't seem to start posting until 2011 which was the year that Japan had that big earthquake in March and Katy Perry came out with "Last Friday Night" and even then you didn't seem to have much to post then (which I at least understand that you may have been testing the waters and dipping your toes into online forums {we've all been there}).
But then... nothing from May 2011 until JAN 2024 (just pointing out that's essentially a baker's dozen worth of years) and then in JAN 2024 you resurface but seem to have... "grown" I'll say in that timespan and came back with a different tone all together from what I can see. And like a "flash in the pan" you seemed to drop off from commenting just as rapidly as your triumphant return to posting started.
Now you're up to 280 posts with an account started 16 years ago and a substantial portion of those posts didn't occur until the last 60 days and the linguistic mechanics of how your account started posting in 2011 compared to how you respond now in 2025 (and the blip in 2024) are... as I said, "interesting" to me.
Again- not attacking you personally but just wanted to take a quick moment to share what I'm seeing (and I'm not the most popular person with some of the regular posters here either) and give some insight of how others may be perceiving how you'v been coming across recently.
Something to think about- but again, appreciate you sharing your thoughts.
-LD
