It wasn't obvious to me. How ever it is quite obvious, and a common curtesy to provide proof or hard material to demonstrate or counter something else. Throwing empty blank statements out there and presenting it as fact is generally not a very effective debating tactic.
Let's keep it cool, guys. If you can't provide something positive, or different perspective/opinion that you can back up in a presentable manner for others to understand, then don't post at all.
My point, which you seem to have missed, is that if someone is dismissing others with comments like, "Congratulations on having bad taste. I don't care" and "OK Boomer", and claiming that their own comments ought to be read for "insight", then we are already some way beyond the realms of common courtesy, and constructive conversation. I choose simply to point this out, rather than enter an interminable debate with such an attitude.
Yeah, I can see and get alongside with that. It also coincides with what I meant to edit in with a couple of thoughts that struck me during my shower as well.
I wanted to add with that, I often find it's easy to forget that having opinions is fine. It usually derails when someone either forgets or misunderstands and is led into a position where suddenly, having a different opinion is suddenly a problem. It's like somehow, the idea that we don't all need to have identical opinions or preferences is forgotten. What I usually mean is that in discussions about opinions and what something is, just saying "Something was ridiculous, so your opinion is invalid" doesn't go far, because 'ridiculous' is relative. The threshold of 'ridiculous' for me and for you are certainly different. Therefore, adding some tangible, hard examples to refer to specifics help carry an argument, so that you have something to work with.
I could for example claim that threads about ideas/opinions about something is ridiculous by nature. However, that's not a fact just because that's my opinion, and nor is it ridiculous. I just happen to view them that way. However, say that I want to present that opinion in a more productive way, I could contribute some reasons why, specific references to why I feel that way. I could argue that we're not the developers, so our ideas and preferences doesn't matter in regards to the outcome. I could argue that blind speculation is a waste of time, so for example debating whether or not RTWP or TB is best is moot, because we both don't know what it'll be yet, and people have different opinions on that as well. Then, someone else could argue back with our speculations could help the developers know what we want, or give them some ideas. Or, someone could argue that speculation and sharing opinions is simply fun and it's interesting to hear what other people think. I'd say all four points are perfectly valid, but it's highly unlikely everyone is gonna agree with all four of them. My point is that... That's fine.
So the TL;DR is that I don't understand why people have a need to win other people over to their opinion or preference. A discussion becomes so much more productive, and less toxic when everyone recognizes this. That doesn't mean you can't disagree with them. They could sometimes be factually dead wrong. Or perhaps you recognize that someone has misunderstood something, which has misled their preference/opinion towards something that does themselves a disservice. At this point, some people decide to present their thoughts in a constructive manner, and back up their view with examples and references to accurate sources, whilst others resort to lashing out in various less productive ways, because they've basically 'been beat' and doesn't recognize any other way to respond.
In the end of the day, let's try to be constructive
