Quote Originally Posted by wilomn View Post
Here's a bit of something to ponder.

If you get offended, by anyone-newb, megayear keeper, the know nothing at the pet shop, it's because you allowed yourself to be offended.

Why care about what someone you have no respect for, will never meet and you have no desire to deal with, thinks? Pick the ones you like, use the criteria for that you are comfortable with and let the rest of them pound sand. Do you have so much free time that you can waste it feeling bad about things strangers say?
If so, maybe you need a new hobby.

Learn, ask questions, grow calluses and learn which battles are worth fighting. We never stop learning. We're never THE best, or THE fastest, or THE most experienced, but some of us are good and quick and experienced. Some share, some don't. So what? Do what YOU feel is right and be good with yourself. I would recommend, were anyone to ask, that you just let the crap go. Unless you like poop on your shoes. If that's the case, then by all means, carry on just as butthurt as you can. But, I promise, there are better ways than that to improve your skills.
I absolutely agree with you, but I don't think its a matter of being offended or being butt hurt.

When newbies ask questions, they don't know if someone is giving them a fact or an opinion. I know it took me a couple of weeks to figure out who gives solid advice and who should be more or less ignored. So when newer posters give complete newbies advice that sounds like fact instead of opinion is when trouble starts. Just to clarify, I'm definitely NOT against newer members helping each other out. Completely the opposite. Just make VERY sure your information is accurate. If your suggestion is an opinion then label is as such.

Like 200xth pointed out, that's how people are horribly afraid of feeding live because "an army of samurai rats is waiting to be deployed into various enclosures so they can slaughter helpless pythons or something". Thank you for that quote 200xth.