Superficiality?

It is not superficial to the person that started the thread. Others are right just start a thread of your own that you think may be of interest.

Doodledog at least you got the smile haha!

Doodledog haha I am rubbish. I wanted to send you a smile emoji and flowers, so here goes, and FLOWERS!

We are all knowledgeable and specialists in our own fields

Mine is procrastination.
However, when my back is against the wall, I can get a shift on.

Are they mixed metaphors?

welbeck

is that a serious question ?

Extremely!

We could get to 1,000 posts debating what is and what is not pedantic.

Re snoring, I once stayed at Melrose Youth Hostel and was in a room with three other women. One of them snored very loudly ALL NIGHT. It was so awful that one of the other women got really distressed and asked me to help her pull her mattress and bedding into a bathroom away down the corridor. She was in a right state, poor thing.

Germanshepherdsmum

Like husbands snoring?

Yes. This is definitely a serious topic. Often leads to separate bedrooms because all the interrupted sleep. ?

Waiting for OP to rejoin the thread she started..

A little more fun would be welcome - almost a thing of the past.

I agree Lucca - why Pedants’ Corner?

Pedants corner ? Why ?

If it was all deep and serious it wouldn’t be GN.

Would OP care to define superficial ?

I think there is a good mix of subjects on GN and I enjoy reading other people’s comments - I’ve even learned a thing of two! Not everything interests me and then I don’t read it, but plenty does interest me. I can’t understand why it’s “superficial”.

Floral3

Just be kind! I do not understand why people cannot be kind to one another.

Absolutely

I think most people are a mixture of superficial and deep. There is no reason why someone can't enjoy both philosophy and Eastenders, or knitting and politics.

GN has something for everyone, which is what I like about it.

Joseanne

We are all knowledgeable and specialists in our own fields, so it is inevitable we take different threads more seriously than others. I am very serious about making mayonnaise or about which bed linen I buy, but to others that might seem very superficial. We don't, however, need to tell everyone on nearly every thread how well educated or highly experienced we are just to prove our seriousness or superiority.
I enjoy everyone's contributions, but I do feel very uncomfortable, even sad, when any poster is made to feel unwelcome or inadequate on a thread.

That's just the point I was trying to make. I also enjoy others contributions; I read a thread and can relate to it but might not have asked the question myself but can take something away from others. comments.
Likewise with "how to" practical stuff, I'm sure we have all learned something from those. The recent thread on alternate uses for everyday items was brilliant!

We are all knowledgeable and specialists in our own fields, so it is inevitable we take different threads more seriously than others. I am very serious about making mayonnaise or about which bed linen I buy, but to others that might seem very superficial. We don't, however, need to tell everyone on nearly every thread how well educated or highly experienced we are just to prove our seriousness or superiority.
I enjoy everyone's contributions, but I do feel very uncomfortable, even sad, when any poster is made to feel unwelcome or inadequate on a thread.

Just be kind! I do not understand why people cannot be kind to one another.

As are derailing threads by people pushing their own agenda on to them because they don't understand boundaries and think themselves too special and important to respect them.

Superficial posters are expert at this, constantly telling others about how good they are.
Usual formats are a series of I would think . . . sentences, or the use of some posters, unsubtle hiding personal digs and always implying that only the poster is right and others are wrong.

As are derailing threads by people pushing their own agenda on to them because they don't understand boundaries and think themselves too special and important to respect them

Hmm. What are you getting at, VS? This is far too vague to mean anything on a thread about superficiality - unless of course it is an allusion to an agenda of your own, or a very badly disguised personal remark?

It depends on your definition of superficial.

Joseanne

* I think that should be lightening the mood, but I can't get too serious about spelling.

Oh yes you can. As Callistemon has pointed out, we are, after all, in Pedants' Corner here.

is that a serious question ?

Why is this in Pedants' Corner?

A trivial question but I am puzzled.

Smileless2012

Exactly Polly what's serious to one may not be serious to another and with so many threads to choose from, if there's anything you don't like or agree with, you don't have to participate.

Agreed

Exactly Polly what's serious to one may not be serious to another and with so many threads to choose from, if there's anything you don't like or agree with, you don't have to participate.

Anniebach

I didn’t think a thread about snoring was serious

It didn't seem serious because of the heading but, believe me, it could be very serious indeed.

It could end in divorce (or worse).

Lots of forum types here:

www.gransnet.com/forums
Perhaps you could start off some interesting discussion threads.