Aestu wrote:
This would be a case of the mores of the game reflecting that of its constituency. Real life has its own mores which reflect the realities of real life.
You probably wear a suit to work, or something. Wear that suit to a sporting event and someone will make a point of throwing food at you for the lulz. And the funny thing is, he probably wears a suit to work too. Or something. Then you show up for work in sweats and get gawked at even if everyone in the room would rather be in sweats.
Mores are specific to both people and situations and the mores we choose are those a consensus can be built around. The N-word ceased to be acceptable in real life when the mores permitting it became untenable and were changed.
And so here you are in WoW with different mores which are tenable because this is what people want and I have explained why they want it this way.
You seem to be in the minority with your point of view, that this behavior shouldn't be tolerated. Not saying you're wrong, just, you're in the minority. You can't claim that most players conduct themselves as you choose to. And that is why it is as it is.
Fortunately I do not need to wear a suit to work except when presenting to clients.
And I do absolutely agree with you, I am in the minority with my opinion on the forum as in game. You can see that from trade chat, pug raid chat and some guild vents I have joined in the past. That does not stop me from encouraging people to act more decently and respectfully towards one another, however.
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Are you seriously responding to this while driving? Glad they give people $200 tickets where i come from just for talking on the phone. May as well snort 3 rails and drop 5 shots of jack too.
Would never drive and text. Headphones with a mic + droid talk-to-text == win. Notice the lack of capitalization in my previous post.
