Post #246818 by DawnTiki on Fri, Aug 4, 2006 12:55 PM

On 2006-08-04 10:44, Humuhumu wrote:
Which brings me to my next point: we were all new to Polynesian Pop at some point -- we didn't magically pop out of the womb to the strains of Les Baxter, with a Mystery Bowl for a baptismal font. Lots of folks have come to very much love Polynesian Pop because they learned about it through Tiki Central. If you go back and look at the first things I posted about, I was way off the mark, the stuff I posted about was crap.

Having a strong opinion on something shouldn't make that person viewed as a dick. I'm sure no one sets out to be a dick when they wake up in the morning. The answer is simple, if you don't want to be treated like one, then don't be one.
Of course most of us know how little we knew when we joined TC. That was the draw to TC for me. Look at this place, with all the fun people and huge amount of information dolts like me now have access to. Paradise!
Obviously anyone can love the Buffet, I'm sure plenty of TC'ers do, but are they shoving their Buffet love down my throat? No. Does the Buffet belong here? No.
It's become too hard to sit here and ignore these stupid posts. I've done it and they aren't going away.
If anything, ignoring them seems to invite more of the same. The more and more parrotheads that feel this is the place to discuss the Buffet, will eventually open TC up as a place to go to to talk about the Buffet.
I am by no means an expert on poly pop or tiki culture, but I do know if people don't want to be treated like they are in the wrong place, trying to drudge up topics that don't belong here.
Then maybe, just maybe, THEY need to make the effort, THEY need to sit back and read, read and read some more. THEY need to take the time to figure out if THEY and their interests belong on this forum before THEY start pushing the Buffet love.

[ Edited by: DawnTiki 2006-08-04 13:01 ]