Ignoring good questions is a sure sign that a formerly good thread has turned into a chat room of yapping jack offs
Perhaps a derth of technical understanding as well...led by a merchandising/marketing-centric company. Part A screws onto Part B...what else is there to know?
I also visited another thread with a very straight forward question regarding fact. The possible answers were, Yes, No and perhaps some shades of grey in between. I was first told that I should be asking something other than what I asked. In reply, I addressed the 'something other' and went on to expand upon my original question a little bit as it was apparent that my simple question was not understood.
I then got a response that on the one hand I was talking about A) what the first respondent had brought up and B) what I originally asked and was essentially mixing apples and oranges. I had to point out that is wasn't I that brought apples into the question, but merely commented on another's attempt to turn my orange into an apple.
A couple of doses of religion were metered out, apparetly for my benefit, though I had indicated no religious preference on any matters. Somewhere in a lecture of religion a possible answer of 'neglegible' to my query came forth. I posted a thanks for one possible answer to my query and that I would leave them to their theology and unsubscribed to the thread. I did recieve an offer of appology via PM and did accept.
...lots of enclaves around this Tower of Babble. Yesterday was a day.
Those were the extremes of yesterday. ...a complete ignoring of a query, even though at least one represntative of the company was activly posting. In the other, seems as if crusades were underway and I was suspect unless and until I declared where my loyalty lay.
I suspect if I asked around in the vicinity of places I more often frequent something like 'Is cotton absorbent?,' I'd get some pretty direct answers and perhaps a little detail on variations.
Too bad it's not listed.
