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Originally Posted by The_Jazz
With only a couple of exceptions, my personal thought is that the responses in this thread have been realitively civil. I'd argue that the exceptions are more from frustration that the OP can't seem to understand the majority viewpoint than anything else, and therefore pretty justifiable.
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I would tend to agree. There is no warm and fuzzy way to tell someone they're being a moron. We should keep in mind that this is an adult community. There are no 5 year olds here who's world might be shattered if you tell them they're being stupid. The OP's actions were gloriously stupid, and we told him so, clearly and directly. There's nothing whatsoever wrong with that. If the OP is going to get offended when he does something stupid and then is told that it was stupid, then the OP should not be asking for our opinions on the situation.
As to the comments that some hope this isn't what the TFP is becoming, I would hope the TFP is not becoming a haven for posts which favor asinine political correctness over the plain unvarnished truth.
There is no room in this thread for "not that there's anything wrong with that"
or "I understand where you're coming from." Those bits of verbal pablum might be fun to use on people because it means you don't have to worry about anyone ever getting offended, but in the end the result is that everyone degenerates into a selfish asshole because no one has the guts to tell them they're screwing up.
The OP screwed up. Bigtime. There's nothing wrong with telling him so, and in fact there's something very wrong with avoiding the issue or sugarcoating it.