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TheThaiger
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Why did Gerry get 3 days in the slammer and SJD 3 months?
If Gerry is allowed back, why can't Dick?
If Gerry is allowed back, why can't Dick?
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While it would not bother me if SJD returned his posts were certainly a lot more aggressive and abusive than my one comment - which in fact was to make reference to the age of the young lady, nobody believed for a second that I was truly implying it was his daughter - I mean come on. SJD - if you took it that way then my apologies but it was never my intent.
Lou, Satori and others were all over it - and yet if we look at either of their past posts they should have been banned many times (Satori was I think) but Lou got a bunch of free passes for some nasty comments attacking JB and his business.
I actually enjoyed some of SJDs posts when they were kept light - the post of the year was brilliant IMO.
He also told me I looked like a monkey f*cking a football at the table which I found quite humerous. Some friends and I had a good laugh at that one. At the end of the day if you dish it out you had better expect some in return.
Lou, Satori and others were all over it - and yet if we look at either of their past posts they should have been banned many times (Satori was I think) but Lou got a bunch of free passes for some nasty comments attacking JB and his business.
I actually enjoyed some of SJDs posts when they were kept light - the post of the year was brilliant IMO.
He also told me I looked like a monkey f*cking a football at the table which I found quite humerous. Some friends and I had a good laugh at that one. At the end of the day if you dish it out you had better expect some in return.
Because Gerry was falsely convicted on the flimsiest of evidence. SJD earned his through a virtual crime spree spanning years.
TheThaiger
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Lol. How can that man be banned? I did find it amusing and depressing in equal measure, the board's oldest poster felt the need to chastise us young'uns for our lack of humour.
One man's treasure is another man's trash. We used to have people here who were GENUINELY funny without having to cut other people down to get their laughs. That takes far more brains and social sense.
Know why those people are gone?
Because of people like you who think taking the piss out of people constantly is just all good clean fun.
I guess you forget the time you knocked John Brumback's dvd as pretty much pure thievery because of the price tag. It's because of people like you that people like John rarely participate. I am on a couple other boards where there are a lot of moderators and no people like you. People on those boards also have a community and they joke around but they don't cut each other down for sport.
That's the kind of thing you do, that Lou does, that Dick does, and several others here do. And I have been guilty of taking pleasure in finding a weak spot and twisting the knife in there. But I think that the difference is that my default position is to leave people alone personally and debate the topic as logically as I can whereas yours (and others) seems to be to poke people personally until you get a heated response.
The more others get mad at your put downs the more you chuckle. That's the purest definition of a troll, online and offline. So if you wonder why Dick finally snapped it's because he invited everyone to take shots at him through his demeanor. It's not our lack of humor it's his and your lack of funny.
TheThaiger
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I love this response to nobcitypool's post. Let me see if I understand this reaction correctly:
- So, what you're saying is that the readership who specifically have you on ignore (which I don't, btw) are in essence putting their fingers in their ears / are in denial, and not looking for a solution?
- That you -- and specifically you -- has the solution, so anyone who has you on ignore / doesn't listen to you, is automatically thrown into "the" (or "your") extremist bin of "head planted firmly in the ground"?
Please get me right -- I like to be exposed to the viewpoints of those who definitely don't conform to the status quo. It's refreshing to read viewpoints from an "unconventional" stance. I know I do, and although you may disagree, I actually like reading your opinion and take on things.
But there is that line, and unfortunately (as you discovered several times over), you cross it a lot. When folks put you on ignore, instead of taking offense or replying in a way that adds gasoline to the fire, why not try saying nothing? (Otherwise, you play into the game -- especially with the "peek" comments -- and you lead yourself right onto the bed of coals.)
-Sean <-- fully expects a Tim-classic sarcastic reply
The only solution offered by Thaiger is an affirmative answer to the question "is sterilization to prevent spreading an inferior gene pool justified?"
John:
I think it's even simpler than that. Tim's coming from the "I am representative of 'the rest of the world outside America', and if you don't understand or agree with my stance, you are in essence disagreeing with the rest of the world / planting your head in the sand" stance.
Or even worse, take out "rest of the world" and substitute with "United Kingdom" -- with a superiority complex.
Notice how his posts DRIP IN BUCKETS with "everything having to do with the UK is superior than anything America can muster up"? (I like how he jumps extremes. A good example is his, "the Internet, you know, that thing invented in the UK" [his words] thing, when one puzzle-piece technology might've been invented by a Brit, but he makes the Grand Canyon jump that the entire Internet was invented there.)
Isn't it wonderful how pride colors (or stains, in his case) one's stance on everything? His job here is to stain everyone with the "UK is better than US" "my dog is better than your dog" playground stance.
I really do think it's just that simple.
-Sean
Actually, that may be his as well, in reference to "anyone who is NOT a Brit." Or specifically Americans.
TheThaiger
Banned
My pleasure: TL;DR.
TheThaiger
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Only for trolls, nobcitypool.
Why do people like to associate themselves with things invented in their country? As if saying xx was invented in America makes them a better or smarter person because they happen to be an American.
The internet by the way was created in the United States by the military. The world wide web hypertext protocol was developed by a Brit in Switzerland at CERN. Time Berners Lee invented the http markup language which allows people to easily type in text addresses such as www.jbcases.com instead of 192.254.225.137
Tim do you feel smarter and even more superior now that you know that the creator of the world wide web has the same first name as you?
The internet by the way was created in the United States by the military. The world wide web hypertext protocol was developed by a Brit in Switzerland at CERN. Time Berners Lee invented the http markup language which allows people to easily type in text addresses such as www.jbcases.com instead of 192.254.225.137
Tim do you feel smarter and even more superior now that you know that the creator of the world wide web has the same first name as you?
TheThaiger
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Have you forgotten which forum you have logged on to, B?
You know, I'm actually rather proud of the fact I didn't know the difference between the internet and the world wide web.
I leave details like that for the secretarial staff to deal with, while I concentrate on bigger picture stuff.
Ha! Damn, you actually brought a wry smile to my face. "There's hope for you, yet!"
:thumbup:
-Sean
Your google-fu is a-l-m-o-s-t beyond reproach, John. You're confusing three different people and technologies above, though. Tim Berners-Lee invented HTTP for sure, but he didn't invent the, as you put it, "http markup language which allows people to easily type in text addresses such as www.jbcases.com instead of 192.254.225.137." Those three have nothing to do with each other -- HTTP has absolutely nothing to do with mapping names to addresses. It's a transport protocol, not a mapping protocol. And it's not a markup language (like HTML) either. Paul Mockapetris at the University of California at Irvine in 1983 invented the Domain Naming System (DNS) which maps names to IP addresses and vice-versa (like your www.jbcases.com <--> 192.254.225.137 example).
Tim Berners-Lee invented HTTP by connecting the already-invented/-in-use technologies of HTML linking, Transport Control Protocol (TCP), and DNS, to fill in the picture. Basically, he assembled already-existing parts to create HTTP, which is the foundation by which you're reading this. A very important invention, to be sure, but nothing close to the all-encompassing "invented the entire Internet" that TheThaiger occasionally espouses.
As you know, I deal with this stuff every day -- from an architectural standpoint and not just an end-user standpoint, so it's important to me as a fellow technologist.
Anyway, I agree with your observation of "'xx' invented in my country means I'm a better and smarter person" notion displayed by some people. I think it's a superiority complex, which we all know actually hides a complex on the opposite end of the scale.
-Sean
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Ah, he's back, alright. AZB wouldn't be complete without you, Tim.
-Sean <-- chuckles at Tim's notion of bigger picture stuff.
Thanks and please stop with the Google-fu bullshit. I knew you would know the exact facts. I didn't google anything. Please stop assuming that whatever I say is coming straight from Google.
Thanks and please stop with the Google-fu bullshit. I knew you would know the exact facts. I didn't google anything. Please stop assuming that whatever I say is coming straight from Google.
H-e-y-y-y, you were the one who bragged about your ability to use Google when in a debate! (And not just with me, either.)
It's good to be resourceful. It really is. BTW, "google-fu" is not my term -- it's an industry-accepted colloquial term. May even be entered into the dictionary this year, along with "omg" and others.
-Sean