Bad attitudes

[cornmorphs]

Originally Posted by superhannahmarie

Maybe I should have worded my original post differently - I don't personally feel patronised by others comments as such, its more the tone of some peoples replies seem to be rather patronising or sarcastic, and I personally think its quite rude - not towards myself as an individual but just in general.

We are (mostly) all adults I believe, so I was suprised to have a passing comment pedanticly nit-picked at needlessly.

Hannah

again, there is a lot of it... its often from people that have READ the correct way to do things, rather than offering own experiences. at the same time, there are some very knowledgable peeps on here too

[DeanThorpe]

hiya.
the way i see that thread is..

good thread.
Hannah said

Jewelled Lacertas (Proper name for 'Eyed Lizards' - ) are semi arboreal and....

nothing wrong there, sarcastic rolling eyes though... EDIT.. DIDNT SHOW UP..THIS FACE

SO I.. just said

Actually the proper name..if there is such a thing would be Lacerta lepida, the latin name with any other names being common or possibly not so common names

dont think i did anything wrong.

then
wohic said

Actually the PROPER name for eyed lizards is Lacerta lepida , as a 'breeder' you should know this
And they would not lay every three weeks, they average two clutches to four a year.
There is a very good care sheet on thelizardwizard.co.uk
If you are considering 'eyeds' feel free to contact me I am not tring to sell to you (already have a long waiting list !) but I am happy to point you in the direction of good breeders.

which was harsher than what i said but nothing really mean.

the way i see it, you corected someone with rolling eyes... then 2 ppl corected you... i hope thers not a problem there.

Dean

PS- that was the end of it..no other coments or anything on that thread that were argumentative.

i agree in generual ppl here can be arsy, myself included at times... but again in this case no harm was meant.








EDIT...YAY MY NAME HAS BEEN CHANGED AT LAST.. ONLY GOT ROUND TO ASKING TODAY]
THANKS TBO FOR THE QUICK RESPONSE

[weeminx]

hannah u say u lecture in herpetology?? what uni do u lecture at? who did u study under? what scientific papers have u published???

[weeminx]

Originally Posted by superhannahmarie

Apparently, years of reptile keeping and breeding, working at management level in reptile shops, publishing work on reptile husbandry and lecturing in herpetology at a University means nothing if you don't spend hours posting on forums.

on your profile it says u are "a STUDENT" since when do students lecture at uni??? u say u have published work on husbandry.what u mean to say is u wrote a care sheet!

[Nerys]

its not "latin name" either btw.. as not all of them are latin.. they are known as the scientific names..

anyway..

number of posts means nothing.. in fact sometimes i think the more posts you have made the LESS you know.. that certainly holds true on some forums!

Nerys

[scarlettvegetable]

Im sorry to go off topic for a second but Iv just noticed a cheeky little face...again...And have to comment...:

Nerys...I LOVE YOUR SKUNK! But then you hear that alot...But seriously...Gorgeous

[dinofred1]

i did say someone was wrong,when he quoted that the big runners go on the bottom on sliding doors,but he came back later to say he was wrong,

[Art_Gecko101]

its not "latin name" either btw.. as not all of them are latin.. they are known as the scientific names

If you want to be pedantic its called a Binomial name. The 1st word denotes the genus the animal belongs to (and is usually derived from latin) i.e Genus Rhacodactylus, and the 2nd word denotes the name discoverer gave the species. It's usually either after the person or describes a trait that the organism has (again the latter is usually of latin derivative) i.e. ciliatus (derived from cilia which is what their 'eyelashes' look like)

Just continuing reticulatis's reign of pedantry!

[DeanThorpe]

yes Nerys but ofcourse you and everyone knew what i meant so if i call it latin or scientific you know the one im on about.

If I say proper name, you wont necesarily cos its down to opinion surely.

[Dan]

Originally Posted by Art_Gecko101

If you want to be pedantic its called a Binomial name. The 1st word denotes the genus the animal belongs to (and is usually derived from latin) i.e Genus Rhacodactylus, and the 2nd word denotes the name discoverer gave the species. It's usually either after the person or describes a trait that the organism has (again the latter is usually of latin derivative) i.e. ciliatus (derived from cilia which is what their 'eyelashes' look like)

Just continuing reticulatis's reign of pedantry!

WHOOOOOOAAAAA!!!!

Leave me outta this

Oh and it's reticulatUs (not to be pedantic or anything!!)