RW: I regret having started posting here and will not make that mistake again. Honest debate is fine. Distortion and straw man arguments are not. Life is too short. I have no incentive to get into that kind of crap, not here, not on twitter, and not anywhere.

Above is needlessly harsh. This is not Twitter or TMF or 'anywhere' created and maintained by a big team of people in a big company. The fact that this message board even exists is nothing short of a miracle. It was created single-handedly by Manlobbi, at great effort and personal expense, purely out of altruism, to give us a chance to continue to interact after TMF moved to the new boards which most people did not like.

Life is too short

Yes, especially for a world renowned composer and musician like Manlobbi who truly has other extremely important things to work on. And yet, he has already put 500+ hours of development effort and continues to spend time on an ongoing basis keeping it operational. He is also selflessly paying for the hosting all by himself. Manlobbi has given us a free wonderful gift and we should all be grateful.

Honest debate is fine.

Debate implies two sides firmly dug in trying to convince the other side they are right. It's not a great reason to post.

I have no incentive to get into that kind of crap

The real incentive to post is that we are not infallible. We need to stress test our ideas. We post to generate discussion and get multiple perspectives. We may disagree or even dislike some of the feedback, but on balance the feedback is very beneficial.

"It ain't what you don't know that gets you into trouble. It's what you know for sure that just ain't so" - Mark Twain.

Above is especially true in investing. Keeping an open mind and an eternal search for truth is the only safeguard.

Since reality itself is constantly changing, the only way to keep up is to continually interact with intelligent and well informed people such as participants on this board. This is why we must all strive to preserve the community, keep posting and help each other out in our eternal search for truth in the financial world.