I've had an epiphany. I now totally get Rob's (and others') frustration.

[jaydoc1]

Today it has happened. I'm not going to link to the particular thread, name names, or point fingers but a switch has been thrown in my head.

Before I even opened the thread that did it for me I found my teeth beginning to itch. My jaws clenched. I knew without a doubt before even starting to read that the OP of that thread had just bought a bottom tier rifle, was proud of that fact, and wanted to hear some rousing support for his rifle purchase. Not only that he was going to start with how he had done his research. Had weighed his options. And still had come to the conclusion that he was better off NOT buying a top tier rifle for almost identical money.

I wasn't disappointed.

But then it got worse. He was let off the hook by the guy he was buying the rifle from who didn't hold up his end of the bargain. He had been spared.

So now, certainly, after having read the very polite responses to his initial post that he could have done better than the particular brand he chose, he goes out and spends more on exactly the same brand of rifle.

Seriously WTF?!

I get it Rob. I get it moderators. I get why all you on this site who often have seemed to me to come across as short and terse with people on this site do it. It's stress! Definition? The confusion caused when ones mind overrides the body’s natural desire to choke the living shit out of someone that desperately needs it.

I can't defend them anymore. They ask for it! Much like I asked for it in my early formative time here on M4C. There's no defending it. The info is all there in hi-res pixels in thread after thread and STILL it happens.

So here's to you Rob. Here's to you moderators, SMEs, and Industry Professionals who day after day are (I now realize) choking down all the ranting and raving that must be going on in your heads in response to this stuff.

I really get it.

I also get why you still open and respond to those threads. It's like a car accident. You don't want to slow down and look but yet you have a deep and abiding need to. It's a compulsion.

My absolute honest apologies for any bad thoughts I've had with any of you for what I considered to be mean-spirited replies to what I felt were just honest questions. Everyone has a breaking point. You guys just hit yours well before I ever joined the site 3 years ago.

Whew!