You had BBQs between planes in a hangar???
No wonder they banned it. I would have banned that myself
Next you will be telling me you drained some avgas to get the BBQ started
But, joking apart, I do not think that the level of
technical forum contributions does indeed mirror the wider social scene in GA. My experience, looking at people I know, is that most "serious" pilots do not mix socially, hang around the airport bar, etc. I for sure don't mix locally (there is no social scene where I am based, unless one is a particularly sad case) although I do fly to meet up with loads of pilots, UK and abroad.
Sure there is a lot of hassle in GA, which does constantly grind at one's enthusiasm for flying, but as I said earlier this is not reflected in how many of pilots I know personally have chucked in flying for good. Most haven't. But they have chucked in pilot forums - assuming they were on them to start with, which the majority never were.