Board Thread:Community Discussions/@comment-24718406-20150719022232/@comment-5436475-20150720224653

Aravis Tarkheena wrote: ToneTyphoon wrote: Aravis Tarkheena wrote: Please, fandom messages are far too reminiscent of youth camp, where everything is LoTR and SW and if you're disregarded if ignorant. Something neutral, preferably amusing but not because they're crude or depressing (ie. about lack of lives and how bad this place is because really, it doesn't have to be if you don't let it) would be best. I don't see why people give a crap if they understand the reference or not....

Whoa guys, news flash, sometimes you don't watch/read/play/enjoy things someone else does. A shock, I know. It's just totally not necessary to have references in things like this; you don't need to be elite and have your little fandom-wide inside jokes that only a million people around the world understand, and especially not as the welcome message for a chat about something totally different. I know, we have emotes about everything, but that's because we talk about everything once we're in the chat, but when entering that chat, you don't want a totally different and specific topic to be greeting you. A LMBW message about Nashtron or something isn't something that the MLP wiki would have, right? Or, perhaps you'll say "well no one knows what LMBW is," but would the MLP wiki have a greeting message that included LoTR references? I doubt it. Elitist? What the heck makes you see them as elitist?

Do they talk down to people who don't understand? Do they shun you for daring to not engage in their form of entertainment?

Sometimes you don't understand what someone's talking about. It's not a big deal.