The Devs need a much needed thanks!

[AwesomeJr44]

I appreciate your courage, AlaineIV. You knew this forum was full of haters, that the haters hate anyone who dares to not hate what they hate, and would therefor direct their hate at you.

It doesn't take courage to post on an online forum. If you think it does, you're a coward. And I say this as someone with a lot of opinions that aren't 'mainstream'. Also, labeling anyone and everyone as a 'hater' if they don't shower Yoshi and his team of devs with constant praise is just trying to invalidate the people who don't think that praise should be a participation trophy. Although if we want to be fair, you're a pretty hateful person yourself Silverbane. Are you sure that you aren't a 'hater'?

My spouse plays FFXIV but doesn't read the forums, except for things like Camie Tsukino's posts that I send her links to. At dinner out tonight, we were discussing glamours, and I mentioned a cash shop item.
My spouse, out of nowhere, said "I should really take a look through Mog Station. I'd like to buy something from it to thank the developers."

And you are free to do this if you wish to. We all do this in the form of our sub. (literally as you need a sub to be on the forums) I know you love going into threads to boast about yourself or your spouse, but this isn't something special to treat as a win over the 'haters'.

Then we tipped the waitress $10 in cash on a $45 total bill, because she'd been very pleasant and professional and we'd enjoyed our dinner. I doubt many of the haters here would have done that. The haters would maybe have thought there was too much ice in the drinks, or that the meal couldn't possibly have cost $45 to make, and used that as an excuse to not tip at all.

Cool. Lots of people tip the waiter even if the food was subpar, primarily because the waiter is typically not the cook. For me to not tip a waiter, they have to actively be rude to me. And I don't say that as if I'm a special case, that's just how it works.

That's their way.

And your way is going into threads about how hard it is to get a house and bragging that you have multiple. Or actually, is your way going into threads where people are asking for more content to fill the content lull between patches, and then deciding to play internet psychologist, make wild guesses at their personal mental health, and diagnose them with an addiction?

Like my spouse, and unlike most forum posters, the devs have brought a lot of fun into my life.
So like my spouse, I cut the devs some slack.

I used to as well, but they've burnt through the goodwill they've built up with me throughout the years. SE is not my friend. They're not my spouse. They're a business, and if they don't treat me, as one of their customers, correctly I will criticize them.