and i think "collectively" is the key, because one thing about that board is they all blend in to share one dominant opinion.

watching it from another board, its almost kind of an east berlin situation over there. i think sometimes we forget that it wasn't always this way. pulling wayback archives of the posts by some of these same people from 20 years ago, i think the contrast would be jarring in terms of the energy. what once was positive and optimistic is now angst and rage.*

*except for tiki. he was a true blue loser from day 1.