Salty...[comment about tone of posts]

<broadly gestures> it's an internet thing

 

'Negative' is open to interpretation. Someone can disagree with me but I don't find it negative. Snark? Yes. Salty? Sometimes. Welcome to the forum!

 

It is a forum thing really. You should see the old Honda-Tech forums, if you post the wrong thing they will rip you apart!

 

I don't know why, this topic made me chuckle. It has a level of innocence to it that I I think is swell.
If anything, I have found the general tone here quite tame compared with most public forums.

 

Sadly - the good 'ole USA is not nearly as dignified as your beautiful little principality.

 

I would say that most of the folks here are helpful to
a fault. There are a number of questions that get asked over
and over. We do interject a little humor, or what ever you call it.
The search function can save you time and humor. But I can say
I never met a jack and coke I did not like.

 

OP have you been on other car forums? This is actually one of the tamer car enthusiast forums and more objective from my experience. Check out the Taycan forum, they hate Teslas so much they post flat out lies about them. Never seen so much delusion...

 

Please don't tell me that's what you drink during Oktoberfest.

 

Beer tents close at 11:00pm, ya got drink something til the sun comes up.

 

That's when I turn to the 18-year Glenmorangie.

 

Very odd comment. I would have said the opposite. Most Tesla owners find their way, first, to Tesla’s own forums. It’s brutal there. Here, the moderators run a fairly tight ship, and so the commentary is extremely mild compared to any other Internet forum I’ve ever been to.
I understand that slang has different meanings in different geographical regions, but I take “salty” language to be swearing. I’ve never seen that here. Putting that in the subject line, I assumed someone must be trolling, because I’ve never seen “salty” language in this forum.

 

It seems to happen with every internet forum on a technical topic which allows anonymous posting under assumed names. There is a certain amount of arrogance that goes along with a little knowledge on a narrow topi, which becomes toxic when expressed from behind a mask. i recall the early days of the Compuserve forums (yes, i'm that old), when everyone had to register under their real names and could be traced by account number. People were so polite.

 

I’m going to say internet/forum thing. People behind a keyboard will say things they would never in a thousand years say to someone’s face.

Rarely do I ever find myself benefiting from the input of rude/salty commenters, so I just ignore them all together.

 

Wtf guys how has that not been posted yet?

 

The internet is a hostile place these days...

 

It's a bimmerforums redux. All we need is a disgusting off-topic section & we'll be good-to-go.