It can be quite upsetting though, particularly with the vitriolic posts from complete strangers. If it was from someone I'd known for years I would cope with it better because you can just shrug and agree to disagree, no need for real offensiveness in any situation though.

But from complete strangers who are hammering profanity and abuse into their keyboards as hard as they can, that is quite unnecessary and doesn't make for a nice community. If someone was speaking the things some people on here post to my face, I'd be incredibly offended and they wouldn't be the sort of person you'd want to work with, hang around with or even live next door to. But they don't seem to mind typing it????

These posts rear their head in C++ articles and anything to do with OSX it seems. Really disappointing.

I suppose the best way to deal with it is just detach from it for a while, use another forum, go outside, look at the birds or stroke a cat or something.

There's something very therapeutic about picking up a fluffy cat (I have 4 British Shorthairs, great for fussing) or simply watching sparrows and small birds go about their business in the dust or seed feeders. They continue working without worries, but work hard to survive still and seem happy about it (as far as a bird can be happy). I find it a contrast to us sat in yellow-lit offices with deadlines, stresses, possibly incompetent managers/colleagues and concerns about our existence/paying bills etc.