Post #450061 by woofmutt on Mon, Apr 27, 2009 4:03 PM

"And I was asking WHO here had ever suggested such a thing?" -bigbrotiki-

I think confusion comes from the general internet disinterest in reading text. People like short comments, lots of pictures, and video. Lengthy, well reasoned arguments are generally greeted with the unvoiced thought "That's a lot of words."

Faced with "a lot of words" a good number of those who actually read a lengthy post may just skim it. The quick glance at some "Keep tiki tiki!" type posts might yield the interpretation of your opinions as "If it doesn't have a tiki it's not tiki."

Believe it or not over the past few years I often was a Sven apologist of sorts, explaining to people who misread or misquoted your arguments what you most likely meant or actually said. But I can't recall a time when anyone I spoke with said "Oh, I see what he meant." Instead they just held onto their view of your opinions.

I rarely bother setting the record straight any more but that's largely because there's little need for it. A lot of people just aren't interested in the intellectual arguments about...Well, anything.