SmarterThanTheAverageBear
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For some people....message boards are a form of competition. That, coupled with very poor social skills leads to intransigence.
I'm sure the anonymity doesn't help any either.
I find that to be odd. The anonymity leads me to be more forthcoming and makes it easier to admit a mistake. But....for some....the opposite seems true.
It seems as though for many, the anonymity leads them to act more aggressively , which would include aggressively defending their positions no matter that they have thoroughly refuted.
I mean to me, I don't see the big deal. obviously no one could be an expert on every single subject. Mistakes happen.
Of course that leads to another thing, people on here tend to think they know it all, and if someone doesn't know something they are like "hahahahahhaha you dumb fuck you didn't know the GDP of Turkmanistan in 2008?" like a bunch of dorks, which leads people to just get even more defensive and protective of their opinions which are based on untrue facts that they refuse to let go of.