Ok, this is why I didn't come into this thread. Still, the conversation was going along fine and everyone seemed to understand what Anc said. Then Muad said something about the acronyms (despite a previous response in which he seemed to know what was being said) then all hell broke loose. Looks to me like you guys were just looking for a fight. Apologize to Anc.
What they were looking for was a chance for Muad and Zombie to have a "who can be the biggest douche" contest. Then Chup jumped in and stole the title from them both.
No apology to me is needed. I put them on ignore fairly quick, not like I'll miss much. The rest of the board however... well... it's up to Maud, Zombie and Chup to figure out for themselves what the right course of action from here is.
Actually the right course of action would be for you to stop being an asshole throwing around your military acronyms, stop acting like a condescending bitch towards other posters and act like a normal poster.
There was nothing unusual about Anc's posts until you and Muad started bitching. And, don't say he was asked politely to clarify, either. He wasn't. Muad made a snide comment (nothing unusual about it - typical wordforge stuff), then you piled on. Can't blame him for getting condescending after that. Heck, I've done the same thing. Not that my responses were well received after that, either. But, then, I've dealt with small children all my life, so I wasn't much bothered by it.
I don't understand why someone would want to make posts that a large percentage of your audience won't understand. It is really rude to post something and expect other people to do research just to understand your point. It is usually up to the author to frame their writing in a way to make it understandable. Refusing to communicate properly in a discussion really does make you seem like an asshole. Not only that, if you don't care enough about your points to make them clear to the majority of your audience, why should anyone care enough to read your posts at all?
my eyes start glazing over with all the military acronyms. then again, i doubt i'd have much more interest even if they were explained to me. i'm not even sure why i'm in this thread. *backs out slowly*
The condescension has been going on for a long time. It didn't start in this thread. Neither did the acronyms. We have several veterans here on the board, yourself included, and I rarely have to ask any of them for a translation or clarification.
1. As I have previously explained, this is a military thread, and I figured those who were interested would know what I was saying. 2. It was what, seven words, not like I typed out an essay of American Foreign Policy all in acronyms. 3. The only person to say anything at first was Apostle's dual. Fuck him. 4. Later other people started being little bitches about it. Fuck them. 5. I. don't. care. Read my post, or don't, no skin off my back. Especially if you are going to be a prick about it. I PMed Aenea a two paragraph break down of Marine and Army Special Operations force structure from the Team level to CJSOTF-A (Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force-Afghanistan) because she wasn't a prick and wanted to know.
All you have to do is ASK you stupid fuck. There is not one poster that is a regular in Camp Wordforge that wouldn't take the time to explain anything you wanted to know about guns. In fact most of us would jump at the chance to teach you (or anyone else). The problem isn't you don't get the gun shit. The problem is that YOU DON'T WANT TO get the gun shit. That would require to change your viewpoint and that would be intolerable to you.