but you get unreasonably incensed when others don't engage with your threads the way you want them to.
Err, what? The one time I recall getting "incensed" was the Nerd Double Standards thread and that was because for some reason people thought it was a My Little Pony topic (when that was just
one of the examples in the OP).
And it wasn't just the people on page one who were mad I said being a man into MLP was no different than being into Kirby. Those people made sense. It was when on page two I provided prompters for other things and people for some reason
still had the idea that all the double-standards had to relate to MLP somehow.
The only other thing I really get mad about is when we were actually saying interesting things then someone goes in a "standard" direction--the afformentioned Eugenics and Wokeness shit (though there are others--any mention of the paranormal will inevitably bring out a Bible-thumper but they tend to not be thread-derailers). The problem isn't me being hyper-picky with engagement, its "guys the entire rest of the forum is already about this, why do you have to shit up
my space?"
I'd rather the topics die entirely than be turned into "Eugenics Topic #056780547" or "Today on the 'Transgenderism Ruined my Life' Show."
Also, the Thunderdome is a containment board for politispergs, if you make a thread there you will get them sooner or later. It's like jumping into a chimp enclosure at the zoo and getting surprised that you're being torn apart by chimps.
.... Petition to rename Autistic Thunderdome to the Monkeysphere submitted.
REALLY makes you think...
Honestly my thought in that case was the person realized "Detective" and "Inspector" were synonyms but hadn't actually seen either show.
Detective Conan is a show that's like an animated version of Agatha Christie, with a focus on mysteries with logic you could possibly solve before Conan does.... Inspector Gadget is about slapstick comedy.
It's literally the difference between "Sherlock Holmes as written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle" and "Tom and Jerry Meet Sherlock Holmes."