Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: rbowman Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.sys.mac.advocacy Subject: Re: Apple Is Becoming Dependent On Linux, Too Date: 11 Apr 2026 19:03:59 GMT Lines: 24 Message-ID: References: <10qui03$1m4ih$1@dont-email.me> <10r43l2$36gia$1@dont-email.me> <10rd1hv$1lper$5@dont-email.me> <10rdea5$1pm5d$4@dont-email.me> <69da54eb$3$26$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net BVUcxjEMv6fvW+9mDxWHPgZ3LFY23OgolXpgVGSchgQz7zixM2 Cancel-Lock: sha1:wfq2yJvOnQLpg8bcooA4HkKnakg= sha256:ckDzxwkLWG8Q4oM4e6MrZO794lJmV5PJfOKiYagDmp0= User-Agent: Pan/0.162 (Pokrosvk) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:85686 comp.sys.mac.advocacy:144477 On 11 Apr 2026 14:04:27 GMT, Brock McNuggets wrote: > On Apr 11, 2026 at 5:20:21 AM MST, "The Natural Philosopher" wrote > <10rdea5$1pm5d$4@dont-email.me>: > >> On 11/04/2026 09:42, vallor wrote: >>> (Okay, they're not "enemies", just people we disagree with -- but >>> there is a certain satisfaction in pointing out all the mistakes they >>> are making.) >> >> Trolls come in two flavours., One is there to wind you up by making >> outrageous statements in order to keep you responding in a vain attempt >> to teach them the truth, They don't care about the truth., They just >> want your engagement. I think it is a form of validation for them, You >> have proved that they actually exist. > > I openly admit I fall for this type trolling over and over and over. I > want to believe people are having discussions in good faith even when > the evidence shows they are not. That is on me. Yeah, I should put CtrlAltDel in the bozo bin to prevent rising to the bait. He's good though and can mimic the not-to-bright Linux Mint users. Nothing against Mint but when a distro becomes known as a newbie distro you get a mix of people who genuinely want to learn and the ineducable.