Path: csiph.com!1.us.feeder.erje.net!3.us.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!news.alt.net From: "James Wilkinson Sword" Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy,sci.physics,alt.privacy.anon-server,comp.sys.mac.system,alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.cellular-phone-tech Subject: Re: Smokers are smarter, I say. Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2017 19:03:51 +0100 Organization: ~ Lines: 44 Message-ID: References: <4FwEA.88503$Fv2.19955@fx02.iad> <3UaGA.290784$561.220877@fx42.iad> <8ssmec1o3btcuo4c57q7qtfjtlsr6ojqt6@4ax.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-15; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit User-Agent: Opera Mail/1.0 (Win32) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.advocacy:408408 sci.physics:628996 alt.privacy.anon-server:58794 comp.sys.mac.system:104313 alt.comp.os.windows-10:39306 alt.cellular-phone-tech:870 On Fri, 14 Apr 2017 18:55:52 +0100, Snit wrote: > On 4/14/17, 10:36 AM, in article op.yyo4i0zwjs98qf@red.lan, "James Wilkinson > Sword" wrote: > >> On Fri, 14 Apr 2017 00:42:23 +0100, Sprang wrote: >> >>> On Mon, 10 Apr 2017 12:27:38 +0000 (UTC), Melzzzzz, after 15 edits, wrote >>> this: >>>> On 2017-04-10, James Wilkinson Sword wrote: >>>>> On Mon, 10 Apr 2017 12:59:15 +0100, chrisv wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Sprang wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Snit, after 15 edits, wrote this: >>>>>> >>>>>> *plonk* >>>>> >>>>> So you're plonking him for writing "after 15 edits"? Maybe we should >>>>> all plonk you for daring to use an asterisk? >>>>> >>>> Sprang is flatfish nymshifter... >>>> >>> >>> Wrong. >>> You all think everyone is someone else. >> >> Maybe he can't handle more than one person with the same opinion against his? > > In COLA if you are not someone who is accepted by the "herd" you are called > a sock puppet of someone else (generally me) and then chased out by vicious > attacks. Most just leave. Those that stay do so to either find acceptance by > the herd, to tease them, or to watch the bizarre psychology of it all. > > I do the latter -- watch the psychology -- and also talk about tech, but the > latter is heavily shunned unless before the discussion begins you already > know Linux will "win" on the task or whatever is being discussed. There > always has to be a "winner" -- not just a comparison of pros and cons and > learning. It is odd. It's because most linux users are strange. -- My memory foam pillow has got Alzheimer's! -- Steve Pounder circa 2014