So, what you're saying is you have no actual context for your comments, have no actual idea what's being discussed and still expect your comments to be taken seriously?
Hey now, let’s not gatekeep the debate on gatekeeping!
So, what you're saying is you have no actual context for your comments, have no actual idea what's being discussed and still expect your comments to be taken seriously?
I don't just resemble this thought, I plan on taping it to my bathroom mirror and using it to shave.Regardless, I know that it is my experience when I think I'm being really clever and arguing all awesome-like on the internet and showing 'em all what-for, it usually means I need to take a deep breath and take a short time out. That's advice I try to remember, even if I can't always follow it.
Or as the classic XCKD strip goes:I don't know what it is about the internet, man, but it's like the whole-
"How did we agree to attack him?"
"All at once"
"And how did we attack him?
"One at a time?"
This is like-
"Self, how am I supposed to use the internet?"
"In a courteous and respectful manner, remembering that I treat others as I wish to be treated."
"And self, how am I using the internet?"
"IMA PROVE THAT THE OTHER PERSON IS A FLAMING LYING HYPOCRITE AND HABITUALLY USES AD FALLACIOUS STRAWMENIEM ARGUMENTS AND WILL NEVER BE RIGHT AND EVERYONE WILL LOVE ME AND SAY THAT I AM THE RIGHTEST PERSON EVAR BECAUSE HE IS SO WRONG AND IF I JUST MAKE 500 MOAR POSTS EXPLAINING THIS ...."
sigh Sometimes I think I need a shock collar, or keyboard maybe?
There is no prize for winning arguments on the internet. You know that right? If you want to have a conversation with people, that's probably not the way to proceed.
If you look at the entirety of the posts and opinions of the other person you are .... engaging with .... in this thread, you might understand that you are, at best, misconstruing what is happening.
Regardless, I know that it is my experience when I think I'm being really clever and arguing all awesome-like on the internet and showing 'em all what-for, it usually means I need to take a deep breath and take a short time out. That's advice I try to remember, even if I can't always follow it.
Dude. Just stop.I admitted earlier I am not being entirely rational in this thread. But to a degree, my instincts say I not give a and focus on destroying him just out of pure spite. Unfortunately, learning to counter trolls in the very same manner Obryn advocates only brought me closer to the primal, predatory side of humanity and left me with some strong tendencies toward being willing to engage and destroy.
That is why Obryn is not in the right with the strategy he advocates. Because it does not do anything good to the people who engage in it.
So, basically, view the entire engagement between us as a demonstration of what I was saying and my strongest argument against engaging trolls. Because I think I aptly demonstrated a very mild version of the same kind of arguments I was warning against getting into. Which is something I had originally planned to do, just not in this manner.