I dissapeared from this board (EE, not the entire BYOAC site) for a few months during the last presidential election. Things got too heated and it just became less fun. It's been a really fun board for some time since, but things are starting to get ugly again. A significant number of members here are getting a little too worked up and taking what others say too personally and seriously. We've all got our opinions. There's no point in getting mean spirited and resorting to name calling. The hurricane was terrible, what happened in the aftermath is terrible, stabbing babies is terrible. I think we can all agree on those points. I enjoy discussing the finer points to no end, but there's no reason to get POed and start disliking each other because all of our opinions don't align perfectly.
And just so everyone believes that I was the one who started this thread, here's bit of cheesecake:
-S