Why can people here be so mean? (Update I was wrong)

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@ccookf

it would be nice if more people would channel that WK Zen energy into assuming people generally write things on the forums with good intentions

This is definitely a good way to go about it.

And for the most part, the threads for the scenic route and the fast lane happily co-exist together.

@Daisoujou

I have this feeling that the existence of toxic elements in the “speedrunners” (honestly almost exclusively, personally, encountered OUTSIDE this site) has led to negative associations with the very idea of trying to learn fast.

Yeah, that’s part of it I’m sure.

@Daisoujou

But I mean, ignoring all factors that very reasonably make people unable to, wouldn’t you want to get better faster if you could? Outside of concerns on burnout, sure, but sometimes the pendulum swings too far that the overall opinions seem to swing closer to “if you do more than X amount you are going to burn out and are doing it wrong”… the same problem from the opposite direction.

I think the main thing is that there’s always going to be nuance that’s lost.

Language is an imperfect and wholly inadequate method of conveying thoughts and feelings, but it’s all we have.