Toxic community. Why so?

[TomP]

Well, Crap!
Either I'm too stupid to know how smart I am, or I think I'm too smart to realize that I'm actually stupid. What kind of chance does THAT give me?!...and, it get's worse;

Having read that interesting little fact, I think to myself, "Huh. Well, some things I do are pretty smart, but most of that feels like luck..OR IS IT?"
Maybe, I'm actually doubting my own brilliance. Hey, that's pretty awesome!, but now, I'm realizing that being proud of my lack of self-confidence isn't really all that smart ( and I should know, being all smart, and stuff, like I am.)
Oh, no! I'm clearly overrating my mental agility, which brings me right back to:
"Well, crap!"

I know, right?!

It's probably better to consider it like this: are you capable of changing your mind? In other words, bright people are prone to questioning their own beliefs, which leaves them open to reasonable arguments, which in turn will enable them to develop their own understanding. This mental flexibility is brought about by the understanding that one does not 'know everything', and that it is possible that some of the things one thinks one knows may not in fact be right.

Those who intransigently believe in the superiority of their own abilities and decision making will ignore evidence to the contrary, and will usually quickly attack the opposing view in an aggressive and uncompromising manner. I suspect you do not belong in this camp.

Another sign is when people assume that something they personally cannot do is therefore not possible to do. Even when presented with evidence to the contrary, they will continue to deny it. Again, showing a vastly inflated and inaccurate view of their own abilities.

How we rate ourselves is a complex thing. I think I'm pretty good at Elite, but I know I'm not the best at it. I'm okay with this, as I'm flying at a standard which pleases me. On the other hand, when I see a video or explanation of a different approach, I often go and try it, to see if it is better than mine. Often it is better, but not always.

 

[Swan Electro]

Awesome! Crap! Awesome! Crap! Awesome! Crap! Awesome! Crap!...
You Just accelerated the loop. Thanks alot, pal!
heh.
I Felt pretty slick about how I made it through the rotating entrance to a station on my very first try.
But then came that moment two hours later, when I realised the problem with landing was that I'd been repeatedly slamming my ship against the landing pad facing the WRONG WAY.
(I got pretty good at blowing through the entrance slot, though) lol

 

[Kayweg]

The reason for the Toxic?

Some posters post the most inflamatory negative nonsense, click bait.
Atention seekers
Some posters try to undermine Elite, because they themselves idolise a competing game. Which they stupidly believe more peeple would play if Elite didn't exist.
Some dedicated Eve and SC fanboys
Some posters rage quit after falling victim to their own greed and stupidity, then wall text reasons why it's the games fault.
No-Insurance tearbucketeers
Some posters want the best of everything, coz they want to be number 1 or something and whinge and complain when luck isn't with them.
King Kunuter's, Objectivists, Tearsoaked Whingers of RND
Some posters are outraged when they can't have the prize their after without having to work for it.
The lazy, The snobbish, grinding is for my valet not for me, who do think I am, someone that grinds, certainly not. I'm too self important for that.
Some posters are just joyless grumpy types.

Toxicity isn't about disagreeing on a topic or having a passionate argument.
It's about the choice of words being used to dismiss the disagreeable points and shun the poster of such points.
Let's just have a quick look at your choice of words here then:
-whinge
-The lazy
-The snobbish
-joyless grumpy types
-fanboys
-tearsoaked whingers
-tearbucketeers
-own greed and stupidity
-etc.

I think you thoroughly answered the OP's question....in a quite unintentended way

 

[BulletTrev]

Ummm.....TLDNR, anyways wellcome to the bestest Game/Forum on the planet

 

[Fishy]

There is an interesting phenomenon wherein those with low intelligence tend to vastly overrate their intellectual acumen, whereas the brightest tend to harbour doubt as to their own capacity. It's rather well documented.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning–Kruger_effect

 

[[VR] Mad Mike]

Toxicity isn't about disagreeing on a topic or having a passionate argument.
It's about the choice of words being used to dismiss the disagreeable points and shun the poster of such points.
Let's just have a quick look at your choice of words here then:
-whinge
-The lazy
-The snobbish
-joyless grumpy types
-fanboys
-tearsoaked whingers
-tearbucketeers
-own greed and stupidity
-etc.

I think you thoroughly answered the OP's question....in a quite unintentended way

I know. it always makes me face palm when someone posts complaining about offensive posters and by doing it in a most offensive manner.
Nothing grinds my gears more than hypocrites. I have many faults but i try hard not to make that one of them. I sometimes fail

 

[-Joe]

I am pointing out the obvious. My detractors are so consumed by the need to blame anyone else but themselves for their own inadaquacies. When this is pointed out to them they yelp to further to dismiss critisism which they cannot take because they won't backtrack at all because objectivism and false pride.

It makes me want to face palm when the accuser acuses the victim of his own crime!

Anyway... cheer up you joyless grumpy types, it's the Thargoids you should be worried about.

That's not being hypcritical.