The "I Didn't Comment in Another Thread" Thread

[el-remmen]

Because I don't want to derail a different thread, I am putting this here (regarding the pronunciation of "THAC0:"

My favorite pronunciation of THAC0 is "Fat Gold."

Back in the summer of 1989 when playing D&D with friends before going off to college EPMD's "I'm Housing" played on a lot of boom boxes in the neighborhood. It has the classic line,

Cooling on the scene like a horse in a stable
A brother got ill and tried to snatch a fat cable
I stepped back, like it wasn't no thing
Punched him in the jaw with the fat gold ring

Which led to us at first rapping along with "a THACo ring!" and later when playing referring to THACO as "Fat Gold." Say "Fat Gold" and "THACO" a few times fast.

 

[niklinna]

Part of me is saying that reply really wasn't necessary, and part of me is holding a pillow over that other part's face and going OH YES IT WAS.

 

[Gradine]

Are you sure you're not? Because it really seems like that's exactly what you're here to do.

 

[Evaniel]

 

[Gradine]

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[Alzrius]

A certain someone needs a pointed reminder of that Churchill quote about the definition of a fanatic being someone who can't change their mind and won't change the subject.

 

[Old Fezziwig]

A certain someone needs a pointed reminder of that Churchill quote about the definition of a fanatic being someone who can't change their mind and won't change the subject.

No idea about context, but, really, this is the Internet — just one someone?

 

[Bedrockgames]

No idea about context, but, really, this is the Internet — just one someone?

There is just one guy and he’s ruining the internet for everyone

 

[Old Fezziwig]

There is just one guy and he’s ruining the internet for everyone

We've seen the enemy, and it is us. Or, maybe, him.

 

[Snarf Zagyg]

Apropos of nothing ....

There is a reason for the saying, "Don't wrestle with a pig. You both get dirty, and the pig likes it."

There have been times in the past when I have gotten into extended arguments with people, mostly because they are 1000% wrong. Not the, "This is a matter of opinion," wrong, but "That is a fact, that is readily ascertained, and that I have not only given to you, but provided the source so that you can check yourself," wrong.

Anyway, I always find that when I look back at the argument after some time of cooling off, I realize that it was all unnecessary. That person was never going to budge. And I just come off looking petty and unhinged over time (I mean ... MORE petty and unhinged). Whether or not the person was wrong doesn't matter in the grand scheme of things, and once I made the (indubitably!) correct point, I would have been better off moving on to more fruitful pastures. As is said about banging your head against a wall, the only reason to do it is because it feels good when you stop.

That said, despite repeatedly learning the lesson, I find myself having to re-learn it on occasion. So there's that. I guess I'm like a goldfish in that way.

Look, a castle!
Ten seconds later ...
Looks, a castle!