I'm here for about 1.5 years. At first, I was just foruming, doing few reviews, I even stopped visiting PA for June 2010. Then I started review a lot, getting interested in how PA and forum works, then I began involved in helping site, got into Errors & Omissions team (since Autumn 2009, I think I changed about 600 covers and album info's maybe more), then I began suggestig few artists, then Czech Prog music (quite successfully) and finally, I'm in Crossover Team, prepared to take place in Prog Metal team as well, while still reviewing (and ready to review soon).

Few minutes ago, I finished my 700th review.

So I wonder, asking mostly you, older members who are here for years. How to stay here all the time and not get mad, angry or simply pi$$ed off by various people, things, opinions of other people or even more simply bored by seeing Genesis albums poll for 200th time ?

Open discussion about topics mentioned in this post as well.

EDIT: Responding to first 3 posts.

Re: Rob - I drink water, both fizzy and normal one.

Re: The one 2 months older than me - This is basically correct, when somebody wants to kick your ass, he has to come from USA to Europe, survive horrible bus ride and finally knock on my door. It's not like real life talking. But when you're angry, you're angry as you would be in your real life. You can suspend it, but you can do it in RL as well. That's what confuses me. People often say "get life", but our lives are more and more getting to be virtual ones. A lot of people say it's a bad thing.

Re: The one 5 months older than me - You talk about trolling because it provides new points of view, new horizons to explore and new discussion to began ? It's simply yet another step in your long journey ? Yep, never involved, but for me, it was what I wanted to do. I sometimes were not so active, last winter mostly, for days, taking breaks. Even now I'm "out" for 2-3 days from time to time.

(check their profiles for determining who is who :-D)

This place is big enough to wander off to some section and park yourself in there until you get bored, then wander off to someother section and park yourself in there until you get bored, then wander off to someother section and park yourself in there until you get bored, then wander off to someother section and park yourself in there until you get bored, then wander off to someother section and park yourself in there until you get bored, then wander off to someother section and park yourself in there until you get bored, then wander off to someother section and park yourself in there until you get bored, then wander off to someother section and park yourself in there until you get bored, then wander off to someother section and park yourself in there until you get bored, then wander off to someother section and park yourself in there until you get bored, then wander off to someother section and park yourself in there until you get bored, then wander off to someother section and park yourself in there until you get bored, then wander off to someother section and park yourself in there until you get bored, then wander off to someother section and park yourself in there until you get bored, then wander off to someother section and park yourself in there until you get bored, then wander off to someother section and park yourself in there until you get bored, then wander off to someother section and park yourself in there until you get bored, then wander off to someother section and park yourself in there until you get bored, then wander off to someother section and park yourself in there until you get bored.

JJLehto wrote: Marty McFly wrote: EDIT: Responding to first 3 posts. Re: Rob - I drink water, both fizzy and normal one. Re: The one 2 months older than me - This is basically correct, when somebody wants to kick your ass, he has to come from USA to Europe, survive horrible bus ride and finally knock on my door. It's not like real life talking. But when you're angry, you're angry as you would be in your real life. You can suspend it, but you can do it in RL as well. That's what confuses me. People often say "get life", but our lives are more and more getting to be virtual ones. A lot of people say it's a bad thing. Re: The one 5 months older than me - You talk about trolling because it provides new points of view, new horizons to explore and new discussion to began ? It's simply yet another step in your long journey ? Yep, never involved, but for me, it was what I wanted to do. I sometimes were not so active, last winter mostly, for days, taking breaks. Even now I'm "out" for 2-3 days from time to time. (check their profiles for determining who is who :-D) Given the trolling and 5 months older.....that third one is me? Feel free to call me JJ or Brian if you're feeling adventurous!

Hehe, it always interests me when someone is few months older or younger than me. Someone from 1985, it's just guy I'm talking with, but someone one month younger, that's victory for my old age wisdom ;-)  

or yours in this case.

Just minor victory, but life is made of such little things.

Slartibartfast wrote: I've been here for a few years and the joy of discovering new music keeps drawing me back in.  Yeah, it may sound a little corny, but it's the truth.  I think I was reviewing for about a year before I discovered the forums.  Yeah their full of bad polls, redundant threads, and people posting annoying cartoons (I don't know who I could possibly be referring to )  I just crack jokes and try not to be easily offended.  The occasional burst of manufactured outrage can be fun though.

Your Cartoon thread is the one I visit mostly from Just For Fun section (which I avoid a lot, because it's ..... you know). I think I'll add two cartoon pictures I was watching recently (for hours).

Being "above", in joking nature, that's good goal.

Ben, apathy is one way how to do it, but it's not perfect as well.

5 monther, I thought it was Mickey's job to hijack threads  Remember mickey, don't you ?

Marty McFly wrote: So I wonder, asking mostly you, older members who are here for years. How to stay here all the time and not get mad, angry or simply pi$$ed off by various people, things, opinions of other people or even more simply bored by seeing Genesis albums poll for 200th time ?

do get mad, do get angry, and do get pissed-off