Well, ya got a valid point about wasting other people's time. No, didn't occur to me that you all'd see a list of a buncha replies. And I apologize for that. As for wasting my time I was entertained by it.
On an unrelated note, I bookmarked your sig. While I'm at work tomorrow I'll listen to your songs. Got a coupla friends I'll forward it to also. No idea if I'll like the music or not, but it is nice to see a fellow artist getting his work out there.
Not really. If it was I wouldn't be like conversing with ya like I am here. If it were good bait, I'd be sittin here either defending myself or attackin ya.
"The shots in the dark thing is because of the one-dimensionality of everything you do and say, after going through the easy stuff, I have to needle for soft spots."
Yeah, that's something I learned from being picked on. The more you give somebody, the more they have to use against you. For example, you tried a couple of times to imply my girlfriend is a realdoll or something like that. If this convo had happened a couple of years ago, I probably would have spent a lot of time debating that, tellin ya all about her etc. That would have opened you up to winding me up s'more and having that go on endlessly.
"I knew you were ACing me the whole time."
I thought that was rather obvious. The problem with trying to be two people as AC is you run into trouble with two posts showing up within 2 minutes of each other. That's usually a dead giveaway. It's really not even worth trying.
" Now you seem to be coming clean for not my benefit but yours and anyone else reading this."
Like I said, I thought it was obvious that was me the whole time. I don't think you're dumb. Even if I didn't slip up, I was using the same wording in both cases. Overusing the word 'defensive'. It wasn't my goal to use the AC posts to make you think it was somebody else.
"Whenever I've said things here "insightful" or "funny" or "interesting" or "informative" I never get trolled. Not that this commnity of morons knows how to rate things. Must be something about your posting that lends itself to trolling."
I have the opposite results here. When I'm 'insightful' or 'informative', I tend to attract trolls. I think you're right, though, there is something about my posts that attract it. I think part of it is that in a lot of cases I'm not siding with popular view. Lots of people get modded up for saying "SCO sucks". I'm not terribly interested in restating that. I try to come up with an alternative view. Not really to gain points so much, but rather because interesting conversations sometimes pop up. Sometimes, though, it attracts trolls. Not that it's a puzzling occurance. If I'm not saying SCO sucks, then I must be real ignorant, right? *Shrug*
Bait has to be tempting to the fish before it can tempt one. The problem with your insults is that you're taking shots in the dark.
You were on the right track with my little fuckup over the anonymous button. I did something embarrasing, and ya let me off way too easy. One way to really bug somebody in a situation like that is to come up with an obvious and logical assessment of what happened. "That's the kind of mistake an angry guy would have made". That was a good shot. It wasn't true in my case, but if you had found 'supporting evidence' (even by twisting around other comments I made) and presented it like you were making a case to others who are reading this, there's a chance you would have gotten my goat.
Had that happen to me a couple of years ago. I made a reference to Communism and Hitler. Woops. Heh. Nobody would let that go. I was fumin. I think the reason for it was akin to handing your enemy your gun.
I didn't offer you troll advice earlier because I see myself as some master troll. It's because I have been trolled really badly in the past. Thought you'd enjoy a little of my experience from it.
Like I said, insults only work when they're true. Let's be serious for a sec: Can you envision the possibility of anybody making fun of you for having 11 fingers and actually causing you to be upset?
"You want help? Ask me for help. Telling me that it doesn't work based on a CD that doesn't include it is not asking for help."
You are absolutely right. He should have presented himself better. That doesn't mean you couldn't have been more polite. Basically, you risked baiting him into an argument trying to deny a problem that he's witnessing doesn't exist. See my point?
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"Earth is a sealed ecosystem, in that all that comes in is solar energy - this is energy, not matter"
Meteorites.
"Exactly. Explain to me why I still have VHS tapes then? They were doomed to a bad death by DVD future tellers."
DVDs today are $15. You can get a DVD player for $40. Do you really think VHS will be around 10 years from now?
"How scarey would *that* have been to be seen wandering down the highway on Halloween...."
Do you mean "Gives me the creeps!" scary, or "It's gonna fall on me!" scary?
" I mean that opening a door is nothing today..."
It's an experiment, not a product.
Make sure to use a surge suppressor when charging the unit.
Wimpy troll. Keep trying. :)
Well, ya got a valid point about wasting other people's time. No, didn't occur to me that you all'd see a list of a buncha replies. And I apologize for that. As for wasting my time I was entertained by it.
On an unrelated note, I bookmarked your sig. While I'm at work tomorrow I'll listen to your songs. Got a coupla friends I'll forward it to also. No idea if I'll like the music or not, but it is nice to see a fellow artist getting his work out there.
G'nite, and again I'm sorry bout the noise..
I'm off to bed. G'nite man.
Subscribe to Nintendo Power, keep the disc, and send me the mags. :P
Sorry bout that. Didn't think it'd go this long. :)
You're right, they should all be modded down.If that happens, I accept the consequences.
"This is some good tackle I seem to be using."
Not really. If it was I wouldn't be like conversing with ya like I am here. If it were good bait, I'd be sittin here either defending myself or attackin ya.
"The shots in the dark thing is because of the one-dimensionality of everything you do and say, after going through the easy stuff, I have to needle for soft spots."
Yeah, that's something I learned from being picked on. The more you give somebody, the more they have to use against you. For example, you tried a couple of times to imply my girlfriend is a realdoll or something like that. If this convo had happened a couple of years ago, I probably would have spent a lot of time debating that, tellin ya all about her etc. That would have opened you up to winding me up s'more and having that go on endlessly.
"I knew you were ACing me the whole time."
I thought that was rather obvious. The problem with trying to be two people as AC is you run into trouble with two posts showing up within 2 minutes of each other. That's usually a dead giveaway. It's really not even worth trying.
" Now you seem to be coming clean for not my benefit but yours and anyone else reading this."
Like I said, I thought it was obvious that was me the whole time. I don't think you're dumb. Even if I didn't slip up, I was using the same wording in both cases. Overusing the word 'defensive'. It wasn't my goal to use the AC posts to make you think it was somebody else.
"Whenever I've said things here "insightful" or "funny" or "interesting" or "informative" I never get trolled. Not that this commnity of morons knows how to rate things. Must be something about your posting that lends itself to trolling."
I have the opposite results here. When I'm 'insightful' or 'informative', I tend to attract trolls. I think you're right, though, there is something about my posts that attract it. I think part of it is that in a lot of cases I'm not siding with popular view. Lots of people get modded up for saying "SCO sucks". I'm not terribly interested in restating that. I try to come up with an alternative view. Not really to gain points so much, but rather because interesting conversations sometimes pop up. Sometimes, though, it attracts trolls. Not that it's a puzzling occurance. If I'm not saying SCO sucks, then I must be real ignorant, right? *Shrug*
"Giving up so soon? "
I have nothing to prove, so I'm not sitting here reloading every 30 seconds.
Bait has to be tempting to the fish before it can tempt one. The problem with your insults is that you're taking shots in the dark.
You were on the right track with my little fuckup over the anonymous button. I did something embarrasing, and ya let me off way too easy. One way to really bug somebody in a situation like that is to come up with an obvious and logical assessment of what happened. "That's the kind of mistake an angry guy would have made". That was a good shot. It wasn't true in my case, but if you had found 'supporting evidence' (even by twisting around other comments I made) and presented it like you were making a case to others who are reading this, there's a chance you would have gotten my goat.
Had that happen to me a couple of years ago. I made a reference to Communism and Hitler. Woops. Heh. Nobody would let that go. I was fumin. I think the reason for it was akin to handing your enemy your gun.
I didn't offer you troll advice earlier because I see myself as some master troll. It's because I have been trolled really badly in the past. Thought you'd enjoy a little of my experience from it.
Very graphic image you painted there. Care to share more of your experiences with us?
Like I said, insults only work when they're true. Let's be serious for a sec: Can you envision the possibility of anybody making fun of you for having 11 fingers and actually causing you to be upset?
"Well, that means you suck at AC trolling man."
It means I wasn't trying very hard to AC troll.
"Certainly not you. Certainly not you."
Uh huh. Except you're going to reload the page over and over again until I respond. Heh.
"People tend to make foolish, basic errors when they get angry. "
And sleepy.
"Man, if you dont give me anything to go on, I cant do much."
Sorry dude. Been a long day.
" By my estimation you ran out of AC posts for your IP. HAHAHAAHAHAHA."
:)
Nah. But you're right, I did make a mistake, forgot to check the box. Oh well.
"You are bizarrely ineffective at stirring me up at all"
That's why ya keep going, and when I don't reply for a while you reply to my other posts. I think we know who's in control here.
So we've gone from HAHAHAAH to "uh you're boring". Not being fed enough?
"Yo mama" is not a strong rebuttal. Heh.
What, no fake "HAHAHAHAHA" for me this time? Getting sleepy?
He's getting pissed, not satsified.
"You want help? Ask me for help. Telling me that it doesn't work based on a CD that doesn't include it is not asking for help."
You are absolutely right. He should have presented himself better. That doesn't mean you couldn't have been more polite. Basically, you risked baiting him into an argument trying to deny a problem that he's witnessing doesn't exist. See my point?