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The More You Know…
There are several posters on this board who have a habit of reposting essentially the same assertions dozens of times in the same thread, as if repetition somehow makes it so, but FinnAgain is just about the worst I’ve ever seen.
Good god. Brevity, man. Soul of wit and all that.
Oh, and while I’m complaining about annoying posting habits, let me also register my objection to certain posters’ habit of characterizing plain text that is neither all caps nor displayed in larger type as ‘shrieking’.
Do carry on.
Stupidity like this is annoying…
The most amusing thing about your stupidity here is that it’s been Leander who’s been reposting the same assertions, again and again and again (generally variations on “You’re crazy!!!”). Meanwhile, I’ve been asking him again and again to actually show how I’m wrong or anything I’ve argued in GD is “crazy”.
But he feels that repetition makes his point and you, well… who knows.
As for making assertions and acting as if repetition makes it so (which, again, leander is doing but you ignore to vomit a bit on me), that’s not what I’ve done at all. That I’ve repeated points is because they’re not actually being addressed.
This is kind of basic, which naturally makes one question how the fuck it escapes you.
OK, so any disagreement with you whatever, even a relatively mild objection to your indisputible habit of logorrhea, makes that person ‘stupid’. Got it. Stupid I am then.
Duderino, look back on this page alone. Leander has posted twice, with a word count of about 100. You have posted at least five times, with a word count of thousands. This is precisely why people are making fun of you. When you look into your heart of hearts, you really aren’t into that whole brevity thing, are you?
That’s fine. Please feel free to write the same thing again, and don’t forget to accuse me of stupidity when you do, because your opinion is extremely important to me. I’m sure this time, despite my gross stupidity, I’ll get what you are going on about. Or, if not this time, the next. Or maybe the time after that. But unquestionably, no fooling, one more time after that should do it. Cheers.
Well, that’s just like, your opinion, man.
I have a tendency to just ignore, FinnAgain when the froth becomes too much to take.
The guy is probably intelligent, but since he doesn’t take criticism of his arguing style very well, I doubt only a few will every appreciate it.
I recommend just letting this thread die. No one is going to change anything about FinnAgain, and he’s not going to change anyone’s opinion about him. Not in any positive way.
I don’t anticipate that anything will change after this post, but I still feel obliged to post it.
(bolding mine)
I think the fact that you read that first post of mine as being in any way angry speaks to the futility of trying to build a bridge between your worldview and reality. And not just angry, but “berserk” and filled with “rage”. It’s confusing, honestly.
See, you still don’t understand even a little bit what I’m saying to you. I’m not defending Red and I’m not saying you can’t express the belief that someone is an anti-Semite. I’m saying that the intensity and frequency with which you indiscriminately apply the Troll-Bigot-Liar gun to anyone who crosses your path is a mix of comical and annoying, as well as disruptive and completely ineffective.
Well, see, it depends on how you do it. Let’s pretend you’re eating Jelly Bellys with someone.
Effective:
You: “Mmm, I think this one is coffee-flavored.”
Friend: “No, I had one of those, I think that’s actually amaretto.”
You: “No, I’m pretty sure it’s coffee, I saw on the bag that the brown speckled ones are coffee.”
Friend: “I’m not so sure about that, let me try another one…”
You: “What do you think?”
Friend: “I’m not convinced, but you may be right.”
Ineffective:
You: “Mmm, I think this one is coffee-flavored.”
Friend: “No, I had one of those, I think that’s actually amaretto.”
You: "No, it’s coffee you fucking liar! Why are you lying about this? Are you trying to make me mad?
Friend: “Calm down, I just don’t think that’s coffee.”
You: “IT’S COFFEE YOU FUCKING ASSHOLE! You’re coffee too! Lying piece of shit coffee bean!”
(in the distance, a dog barks)
You: “GODDAMN IT COFFEE STOP BARKING! YOU LYING TROLLING COFFEE ASSHOLE!! WHY ARE YOU TRYING TO SILENCE ME FROM POINTING OUT COFFEE FLAVORS?? WHAT’S YOUR ANGLE?!”
Friend: (runs away)
Pop quiz: in the second example, does it matter whether or not the Jelly Belly was in fact coffee flavored?
OK. I almost peed my pants reading that, Giraffe. Thanks.
Damn Giraffe, you’re good.
You can’t point out a single factual error or explain what specifically was “off-putting”, or what caused your freakout, you’re just trolling me. Acknowledged.
And again you state that it’s indiscriminately applied without even pretending to mention why it’s inaccurate. And you pretend that you’re not trying to shut down correct claims or defending those against whom they’re leveled, but you can’t come up with a valid reason for trying to shut them down other than that they’re said, and it’s too often (or “off-putting”) for your tastes.
Rather obvious dishonesty, don’t you think giraffe?
Naw, silly me. The discussion we were having really was like whether something is “amaretto” or “coffee”. Why, you probably really did disagree and say that it wasn’t “racism” it was “subconscious prejudice”. It was truly a discussion over nuance, like amaretto vs coffee. I’m sure I can find that post somewhere, since you are an honest kind of guy.
As you are honest, surely the discussion was not whether “someone a racist” or “you’re crazy and have no connection with reality because you said someone is a racist!”
Again if we want to play the accurate analogy game.
You: Hey, this cup of coffee sure is good. I really love a hot cup of coffee i the morning.
Friend: You say coffee a lot. You’re insane, you’re crazy. Coffee coffee coffee!
You: Well, I mean, it is coffee. Can you tell me why you’re saying it’s not?
Friend: Crazy! You’re crazy! I’m not saying it’s not coffee. I don’t care whether or not it even is coffee, but you’re probably wrong and it’s not coffee. Coffee coffee coffee!!! You’re not being effective, you keep referring to coffee as coffee. I’m honestly just trying to be helpful and point out better ways to communicate, YOU ARE CRAZY!!! Listen to how I tell you to talk about things, I am rational, FUCK YOU AND TALKING ABOUT COFFEEEEEE!
You: Okay… so you can’t tell me why I’m wrong to call it coffee, and you’re obviously just trying to give me a hard time since I said the word coffee. Don’t you have anything better to do with your time?
Friend: I am only trying to help you out of the goodness of my heart because YOU ARE CRAZY FOR REFERRING TO COFFEE AS COFFEE and you are crazy to think that I’m trying to shut you up talking about coffee but IF YOU SAY THE WORD COFFEE AGAIN it’ll just prove how CRAZY you are. I don’t even care if it is coffee, the fact that you’re ALWAYS INDICRIMINATELY CALLING BEVERAGES COFFEE, whether or not they are, and I don’t fucking care so they may be, shows how you are CRAZY!!
You: Well, those beverages that you’re freaking out about, while claiming not to care about, really were coffee and… well, forget it. For some reason, I don’t believe you or find you to be a particularly good model of rational thought.
Friend: That’s just what a crazy person like you would say.
You can’t and won’t show that my accusation against Red, which was the cause of your present freakout, was false in any way, shape or form. You freaked out simply because I made the accusation. You don’t even want to try to show how it’s wrong, simply freak out because it’s been made. You claim you’re not trolling me to try to shut down certain comments because they trip some sort of linguistic Freak Mode switch in you and that they’re just “off-putting”, but you can’t identify what a “non-off-putting” way of saying them is, or why if they’re true it sends you into Freak Mode. And you keep claiming that they’re somehow inaccurate or overused without once addressing their factual basis. So any accusation gets you to freak out, whether or not it’s true, simply because it’s made.
Ah well giraffe, I’m done feeding you.
Adios.
We can add the phrase “off-putting” (make sure it’s in quotes) to FinnAgain’s list of magic words and phrases. 4 in that last FinnAgain blast alone. For accuracy, I included “non-off-putting” in the count.
Honestly, the only one I would describe in this whole thread as freaking out is you. If you have a friend, have them read the thread with the author names removed or blacked out. I think you will find any honest, unbiased opinion will conclude that your posts sound like the rantings of a lunatic.
As you’ve left this thread (and I hope you can stick to that), I hope you calm down a bit.
Not me, I find his impression of Yosemite Sam on meth heartily entertraining! Kinda like Gallagher but with foam instead of a watermelon.
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Fuck that made me laugh…
Honestly, FinnAgain, pretty much every post in this thread is an example of what’s wrong with your posting style. It doesn’t matter if you’re right or wrong; if you sound like a raving madman no one is going to care.
Clearly we need a “raving madman” smiley.
I think a priority is the tinfoil beanie smiley, personally. It would work well in the periodic 9/11 Truther threads, and in anything that Le Jac is posting in…
-XT
Ah Frothy is getting the Love again and can’t understand why his calling anyone who disagrees or criticises him a Liar and/or a Troll etc. isn’t convincing.
It’s like performance art - although I have come to believe that he actually does have some clinical problems in the stability / obsession area.
Personally initially I used to be offended by him, but now seeing it’s a bit of wee mental illness, it’s actually amusing (if sad). Yosemite Sam on Meth… hmmm, not quite right on the image Elucidator. Close but a little off.
Anyway, bravo Giraffe, good performance.