Just because the internet is open doesn't mean you can frequently shove your love for things down peoples' throats. On this forum and others, that's the purpose of megathread. Bronies and furries keep their content in a megathread and they don't post about it elsewhere. Same thing applies. It's annoying when someone constantly just keeps posting about their passion for birds or other stuff. Yes, it is flaunting it around and of course it is frowned upon.
We aren't telling him to not express himself, we are complaining about him posting bird-related posts everywhere. And really, bully him? You're still on this, holy crap, it's a complaint, not an attack. Ignoring the problem is not a solution, he would just keep repeating the problem without someone stepping in and telling him, y'know what, you shouldn't post about birds everywhere. So yes, he is actively causing problems because he didn't stop.
I suppose it is in the best interests of everyone to keep everything in their respective threads but it really shouldn't have to be that way.
we're not telling him to stop liking birds. we're telling him to stop FLAUNTING his obsession EVERYWHERE. people really have had enough and everybody's sick of it. can't you grasp that?
I do grasp it, I just don't feel like it's as severe as everyone's making it out to be, mainly because he's not being aggressive about it at all.
So everyone is entitled to their opinion except when they're not? Okay.
Everyone is entitled to their opinion, but if someone is not being aggressive to you, you have no right to be aggressive to them.
Whether or not you agree with it doesn't matter. Seeing certain posts/people posting makes people feel bad and thus making it an unpleasant experience.
You should not feel bad because someone is different than you.
Hypocrite.
Care to explain...?
So asking someone to stop doing something that bothers you is being selfish? Okay.
... yes, it is.
Him being a freak doesn't affect us, but him posting about birds every other post does.
I challenge this. Reading words on a page that aren't confrontational in any way should not affect your mental state.
He doesn't have to. We're just asking him to stop posting about it all the time.
And you can ask that of him, but my point is that by telling him he shouldn't post about something you encouraging him to think that he's in the wrong for expressing himself freely, which can lead to a number of social disorders and other problems in the future.
Also, I'd like to add that most of my arguments are assuming that he is in fact innocently posting. It is very possible that he is in fact whoring for attention, in which case the best thing to do in this situation is to ignore him and not give him the satisfaction.
