I read this forum to keep being exposed to randomness. Ok, that sounds strange, but if you do the same thing all the time you get stuck in a rut. It's nice to see what other people are working on, what problems they have, and so on. Occasionally I have a response, and less occcasionally I might have a question, but in all, it's a good way to keep up with things.

I wish other languages had forums as good as this. Sun seems to have a lot of Indian Outsourcers looking for an education from layed off americans, IMHO, and that just rubs me the wrong way. People here want to learn, not get handouts, and I admire that. On the downside, one complaint I do have about PerlMonks is often people take this forum waaaaaaaaay too seriously, and that can make one feel he has to reread his post 5 times over so he won't make a mistake, or wonder if Monk12345 will take him to task for thinking differently. I see a lot of people feeling like they have to strike through their posts and apologize a lot. This has made me want to leave on occasion.

But in all, it's a decent place, and it's very exciting to see what many folks are doing here. I learn stuff here so much more than other web sites I visit (even technical ones), and that says a lot about the quality of content at PerlMonks.

In reply to Re: Why I keep coming back by flyingmoose
in thread Why I keep coming back by Rex(Wrecks)

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