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Posted by trippy on 03/24/06 01:46
In article <MPG.1e8cb353447ad332989848@news.isp.com>, Neredbojias took
the hamburger, threw it on the grill, and I said "Oh wow"...
> With neither quill nor qualm, trippy quothed:
>
> > In article <MPG.1e8c1b805128c51c989844@news.isp.com>, Neredbojias took
> > the hamburger, threw it on the grill, and I said "Oh wow"...
> >
> > > With neither quill nor qualm, trippy quothed:
> > >
> > > <snip a bunch of crap>
> > > >
> > > > You're under the impression that I need you for anything. I'll find my
> > > > way just fine without you. Sheeya. Dick.
> > >
> > > That's exactly the point, drippy. Indeed, find your own way with your
> > > best effort and _then and only then_ if you have real problems, ask.
> > > Don't whine about every little thing that might need to be researched to
> > > resolve. Of course, those who prefer posting crass invective in
> > > response to differing opinions probably lack the adroitness necessary to
> > > succeed in any case.
> > >
> >
> > It's not the opinion difference I had the problem with, it's the
> > arrogance that went along with it. Just because people know things, why
> > tease the ones who don't? It's stupid. I've seen some of the sites that
> > come out of here. Some are impressive. And yeah, people asking you for
> > shit all the time gets old. I get that. But I was asking out of genuine
> > curiosity, not because I needed something to happen, or whatever.
>
> Yes, I've seen arrogance here, too. I don't particularly think Alan was
> being arrogant, -a little short maybe, but perhaps we differ in that
> opinion.
>
> I've also seen teasing, some of it probably unintentional, some not.
> And it's sad, even pathetic, certainly juvenile along with the
> arrogance. Fortunately, however, we having a resident "initiator" to
> help inure newbies to the exigencies of alt.html. We try to spread him
> around as much as we can, but shit only goes so far. Anyway, I suggest
> you'd greatly benefit from reading a subset of the plethora of past
> postings authoring by Onideus Mad Hatter and his not-always-willing
> lackeys.
Hatter. Why are you sweatin' him again?
C'mon dude, I've read you before. You're beyond him.
> They give new meaning to pretentiousness (-meaning the posts,
> of course,) and make unaffiliated efforts seem so much more palatable
> than otherwise.
>
Yeah. I really don't have anything to add other than 'Yep. Pretty
much." All the more reason to just wash your hands of him. Poking him
with the stick's only good for a few posts anyway.
> > And I pretty much took it all out on you today. FWIW, that wasn't
> > intentional.
>
> Everybody needs to let off steam occasionally. But how we do it counts
> for something as well as our principles and usual behavior.
>
Well, there's a couple reasons for that. 1 is for effect. Never
underestimate the power of pure profanity in a flamewar. Rocks people on
their heels quick and cuts their legs out from under them by virtue of
the "Oh shit!" factor. Which leads me to reason #2, I don't have the
kind of time for a long, drawn-out flamewar. My schedule has better
things to do, and I actually read the group for info (unlike Hatter),
which doesn't happen when there's a bazillion regs all pissed off and
flaming away.
I've pretty much hung up the flaming, since I've seen the mountaintop
and it looks just like the rest of the mountain, only the view's better.
I've been filling it in with better things to do.
--
trippy
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