Post #705987 by tiki mick on Tue, Jan 28, 2014 7:22 AM

On 2014-01-27 18:47, TikiTacky wrote:
Up to page 8 now (slow going as I take notes and do research). One thing that is readily apparent, and is often one of my gripes about TC: People tend to get upset whenever a "serious" discussion pops up here. There are constant attempts to derail the thread with humor and, less often, insults. I see now why Sven made the allegation about just making Tiki into an abstract "FUN" thing.

Well, not exactly....we often engage in spirited discussions, about a subject we all love (at least we all agree on THAT)...and I recently discussed this with atomic punk tiki at the IMTP event.....people don't see the smiles on our faces when we are typing...they picture us all mad and red faced, slamming at the keyboard in anger....that is REALLY not the case most of the time!
The problem I have always had with Tiki central is that as soon as you bring something up that is not all warm and fuzzy and congratulatory...or you offer a criticism that goes against the herd mentality...you end up getting skewered!

Most of the time, it's all in good fun...though for some of us (like Sven pointed out) Tiki is more about the history and architecture and style than it is the parties and the drinking.....