Are you kidding? Creating a poll for these things!!! 🤣🤣

I need to get some expert opinions. I understand if none of you want to touch this with a ten foot pole, but thought I would ask since you seem to be the people I interact with the most. @TNStacker @DarthCoin @cristaiji @Undisciplined @siggy47 @grayruby @TomK @kepford @Public_N_M_E @BitcoinIsTheFuture

Mute and move on. Or don't. I don't think any of our opinions matter more than yours.

I just avoid interacting with people who irritate me, especially if it's about personality more than a difference of opinion.

Oh my... Nobody's a Saint, even here on SN, move on.

Differences in opinion is always a tough one? What was your aim here? To convert them towards your way of thinking? Because that never works. I've never had a bad interaction with you nor bell curve, however I also don't engage in topics that could blow up. Building good relationships can be a very long and difficult process. I wouldn't take it personally, however I would refrain from being the one to call someone an asshole, despite being antagonised it then doesn't paint you in a good light.

I had a conversation with some users (I don't remember the post) about gun control. They had a difference of opinion to mine, however when they became degrading and insulting in their comments I simply told them we were here to discuss a topic not insult each other and that I expected them to keep it that way and show some decorum.

As hard as it is when you're talking about a topic you're very passionate about try not to devolve a discussing into a shit slinging match, keep your head and walk away if you need to. Debates are displays of information and facts, facts don't care who's presenting them. Spiralling into an insults match doesn't do you justice. I can see you became aggravated and that's fine, the real skill in a debate is not to let your opponent under your skin, that way you can think the clearest and ensure all of your points and counterpoints are water tight.

Don't beat yourself up over it either, you did what you could with the skills you had available to you at the time. That's all you can ever do. (Anger takes half of them away and leaves you playing chequers whilst your opponent is playing chess).

Hope this has been helpful.

What happened? Why did that situation end like this? lol

hmm..@Bell_curve sometimes comes off a bit rough off the edges. I do think the poll/survey is a bit extreme, and everyone has the right to not self incriminate. You could do the following: (1) not respond; (2) Mute on SN; (3) Not take it personally; (4) downzap the user. In your case, just mute. Move on, life is too short to be angry. You can effectively make fun of him/her too, get a laugh for both of your sakes and move on. The choice is up to you.

@Bell_curve rubbed me the wrong way at times, doesn't mean he/she was wrong, other times the insight was meaningful. Of course we'd like to stay civil to make sure the message comes across, overall it is part of healthy/heated exchanges of ideas/opinions

What happened??