I think the common statement "you think this is toxic? X and Y forum is way worse" is flawed. You're not denying theres a problem your simply saying its worse elsewhere (some would say thats a light confirmation). "You think its violent in in richmond? You should move to X where people die by the thousands everyday" just because its worse somewhere else doesnt mean there isnt a problem. Though some have put together more thorough statements going over the positives of the community, I feel overall many are falling short.

I was raised on a dieing culture where if someone offered you something the only polite responses were "yes please, thank you" or "no thank you". Something like "sure" or "no im good thanks" was rude. This is gone. And I fear for the future youth that gets a majority of their interactions through the internet and forums. Yes we understand they are keyboard warriors who can turn off their basic human decency while shielded behind a monitor. But how long till kids misunderstand it and start treating people face to face the way they were conditions to on the internet?