Originally posted by Tim Wieneke:
Ummm...ok. i just had lunch with another forumite today that I haven't always agreed with and we had a blast.
We even missed Flipper there who I know I vehemently disagree with but frankly have a lot of fun with too. It wouldn't be the first peace smokin' hippie burnout that this gun totin' whackjob redneck has made friends with. ;-)
The choice is yours but this is a thick skin business and our egos our way too big to settle for vanilla posts.
Tim
Instead of JMO - I'd like to say STC (Something To Consider) A lot of new people into REI are considering making a whole lot of money. With money comes lot's of personal people issues... one can be what are you trying to feed with money. Their greedy side? If one considers your response that you must be thick skinned and its necessary to have "ego" then will that influence others that you can't buy and sell houses without feeding and growing ego?
In my experience depositing big checks, I've built and understand the "ego" that developed in myself. I don't know if its the same as yours, but for me, it turned me into something that was feeding the wrong parts of me.
I see the people on here that are posting those vanilla posts. They seem to be excluded from further dialogue, because the other comments are more exciting. I'm not saying one is wrong and one is right, but to consider why we need the "drama" might help us understand what we're feeding within ourselves.