Is there something about an online forum that makes people more inclined to kneejerk defensiveness, confrontation and dispute or is this a fair mirror of how people are irl?
Not more argumentative. Are you accusing me? Why would you say that?
I didnât say that. I was just asking? Are they?
Yes you did say it. Look at the title. It clearly suggests that people ARE more argumentative. Your type always play these games.
meds?
Usually itâs because Iâm right and youâre wrong, but you just wonât see it, damn it. Maybe if I repeat my point againâŚ
Forumosa is so much nicer now that I have earplugs. 
On a serious note, IMO this is probably the worst forum Iâve ever frequented of in terms of peopleâs attitudes. The atmosphere of this forum in most threads is just⌠rotten. I think it has something to do with living as a foreigner long enough, itâs so easy to become embittered and disillusioned, and in turn everyone turns on each other here. Almost every other post is either some smart ass quip, or a âlet me tell you why youâre wrongâ. Itâs on one hand a great resource to find out whatâs going on in Taiwan, and on the other hand a major stress to read through. Okay now tell me why Iâm wrong.
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Itâs pretty easy to put the negative, argumentative types on ignore (add to Foes list) if you want to, and the quality of your experience will change. 
Quite true. And doing so does reduce the âstressâ level a bit.
However there are built-in limits as to who can be added to that roster of deemed undesirables.
Pity that.
Yes, but sometimes someone will say something and then when you go âyou said thisâ they will say âno I didnâtâ. And you show them what they said, and they say âI didnât mean thatâ. So you say âYes, but you said it.â And theyâll say âNo, I didnât.â And then you say âyour stupidâ and go to bed.
Not as bad as Daveâs, at leastâŚ
Classic.
Stop. Collaborate and listen. What happens when people live anywhere long enough? Thatâs right, they get old. And old people are cantankerous and crotchety in every country and on every forum. Now get the hell off my lawn.
But you donât have a lawn. Get off my mountain.
But you donât have a lawn. Get off my mountain.[/quote]
You donât have a mountain. Get off my island.
But you donât have a lawn. Get off my mountain.[/quote]
You donât have a mountain. Get off my island.[/quote]
Itâs not your island. Itâs my country.