? quoting reaper47

Haha, no civilian can have NV goggles in the USA? That's wonderful irony since I think every 6-year old can wear a gun there.

I know you meant that facetiously, but its also a common belief that the USA still lives in the 1800's and everyone sports a six shooter on their hip.

Although it is quite common to have a sporting weapon in most every household, there are very few people actually toting them around on their person. I mean, actually carrying a gun is very rare... At least among the law abiding portion of the population.

Arkansas prolly has more than its fair share of guns, and to actually see a person wearing one is absurdly rare. I cannot speak for all 50 states, but I travel most of them and have yet to see my first cowboy and his six shooter. " SRC="images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif">

In the end though, I get a bit tired of the misconception that the States are a bunch of gun toting renegades.

? quoting reaper47

you won't likely see people running around with a pistol on the streets.

Especially those killed by said gun. (Sarcasm tag)

Seriously though, the two things that I have had to battle most frequently since my advent unto the internet are:

Every American owns/shoots/has a gun.
Every American by default, is an asshole.

Although, both topics have a percentage of truth, its hardly "Every"

I have noticed that most community members go through a stretching of the wings stage. Some go through it when they first join and some go through it after they have more/less established themselves.

Sadly, the wing stretching part usually coincides with some inflammatory subject matter, that on the whole has absolutely no baring on the site at all.

Stereotypically, its either politically,religiously, or controversially based subject matter. None of which, a gaming site is based upon.

In the end, the wing stretching usually works itself out and each person ends up with their place, but as with people like me, that place is subject to the whimsy of the next new member who wants to establish themselves.

In some cases, the ordeal leaves me with a valued friendship and tis about the only reason I tolerate the transaction. I know with past experiences that I will have someone I can trust after its all finished. I can say with all honesty, I have had many enemies, but I have very few lasting ones.

There are people that I can talk to about anything imaginable, that once upon a time were bitter adversaries.

The funny thing is, although I have had American troublemakers, the vast majority of the people I have had to cross swords with, have never been to America at all. They have been brought up to envision certain thoughts with regards to how Americans are.... And cannot easily see past that concept.

/off topic tangent for the time being.

I think its a fair assessment, as long as you remember that there are exceptions to every rule.

Look at Snarkpit. We have a fairly even distribution of mentalities. The very even tempers are about matched with the more volatile ones. With a great smattering of the in between types.

I consider ourselves lucky that we have such TBH since there are websites completely stifled with the extremes being in the majority. I have visited some sites where the stuffed shirts have stifled all the creativity and imagination out of existence, and I have visited sites where the children rule the roost, thereby reducing the site into chaos... And stifling any creativity for fears of retaliatory first strikes.

I truly have no idea how much of an impact I have been over the last few years, but I am ever so glad that I have been a part of it. Snarkpit will never replace PFL as my favorite site, but since PFL is now defunct... There is no real reason why it cannot be my active favorite. " SRC="images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif">

LONG LIVE SNARKPIT, into 2007 and beyond.