<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (lad @ Aug 15 2008, 12:01 PM)
<{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>1. I made a joke about fighting Mekizo (cause arguments are what seem to happen regularly on the forum) and even posted my photoshoped image to compliment his photoshoped image,
2. but as he either can't take a joke or doesn't understand the difference he comes back with ".............stupid...maybe if you were here longer" etc.
3. Can somebody explain to me the "I've been here forever and you've just got here so your opinion doesn't count" mentality?
1. it's probably because he didn't understand that you were joking. this is an internet forum so it's very easy for people to misunderstand things because all we see are texts, no facial gesture or changes in intonation to tell us that the other party was just joking.
2. hence, he responded with that. the reason for which may be (refer to number 1)
3. as far as i can see, there's no mentality like that here. just that people thought you weren't joking (including me), so it was very easy to perceive things as if you were the one at fault.
it's just the usual case of miscommunication guys. chill out, cheer up! Brno's here