I'm still a coffee short of being articulate but hopefully I can make sense.. besides telling someone they're wrong in just about every post, is there a way to not seem like a combative jerk and have ill-informed members advice somehow noted with negative rep? I know everyone has had questions at one point of been given some old school outdated advice but I think most intelligent people are willing to learn from mistakes and not essentially cover their ears (eyes) and go la-la-la la-la and then change what needs changed about their snake care and understanding. Besides certain members here. I don't mean this in a way as if I know everything or there's only 1 right way to do things but it makes me cringe when I continuously see the same people anthropomorphizing their pets or refusing to accept Mike at Boxstore was just trying to make a sale and then want to give new members their 2 cents and continue the bad advice. There are people that have had 50 snakes for years and could make husbandry improvements and there are people who have had 1 snake for a year but just continue to research and build their knowledge and understanding of BPs so I don't mean this as a more experience always = better advice. I guess I just mostly get annoyed by people that refuse to learn from mistakes or be open minded enough to accept new information. I know this post is more just a pointless rant since we'll still be answering the same "omg my snake hasn't eaten in 10 days" emergencies but hopefully it made sense to some people. And now coffee.
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