Forums, and why you shouldn't post on them!
I discovered an interesting thing last night. No matter what ideas or opinions you have, there will ALWAYS be someone who strongly opposes them, and then there will be people who see it as a 50% divide between you and the guy that disagrees with you and hence randomly choose a side based on little more than the flavor of the comment. So you will have effectively created a heated argument on both sides that well end up having little to nothing to do with your original concept. I don't really know why I bother since even if everyone magically agreed there would be no great outcome since no one actually cares about forums. Which brings me to my next point. Forums are damn addictive. Once you've made a certain level of commitment to anything, you feel obliged to continue that level of commitment, and sometimes even increase it. This factor, combined with the fact that giving your ideas and opinions on things can be about as irresistible as your favorite food type (say pizza, chocol...