If you’re going to be that technical, then why don’t you look at the top, where it says, “NOT POSTED BY ALDEBARAN”
I can’t read that… Can you use a larger font please?..
This pretty much settles it for me.
A) Everybody here is wrong about Aldebaran. He is doing nothing wrong, and everybody posting to his pit threads are all just immature or don’t understand how much more impressive Aldebaran is than anyone else on the message board, A.K.A. The Group.
B) Aldebaran is a condescending asshat.
I usually like to root for the underdog, but my money is on B for this one.
I’m curious as to where anyone said anything about Alpha Centauri’s parentage.
Geez, You still here Aldebaran? Dutchie here. Kindly refrain from making comments on my country. You don’t want me to fall back on the old ‘stupid-Belgian’ jokes, do you? I ignored you at debate, were you chose to write in Flemish. I’ll answer here: Yes, I think the dutch are good in a lot of things. Including spotting a phoney. I have the highest respect for the Belgian people. You are not one of them.
Question remains why? Why are you dissing Americans? Didn’t your parents educate you? Don’t you know we have a lot to be grateful of, regarding the people of the USA?
If your dad is an Iraqi, I can understand your anger, but please note that a lot of the American Straightdope posters are every bit as opposed to the Iraqi war as you seem to be.
Light up a little. Relax. Take a hoegaarden.
*btw: Might Aldebaran be a woman? *
I feel at this point I should apologize toSimonX. Yesterday, Aldebaran started a thread in MPSIMS stating that he got flamed in the Pit. I empathized, as I have been filleted myself. 
However, I did so prior to reading any of his posts or started threads. I’m thinking at this point that he’s called forth the venom upon himself, and instead of simply saying, “I’m sorry I came off that way,” he’s stubbornly sticking to his guns.
Aldebaran, I can only say…these are pretty forgiving people. If you would just take a deep breath, slow down, stop trying to defend your position, and realize that there’s always more than one side to any story. If you’re getting pitted, it’s usually for a reason.
I really hope you find a way to fit in here. Looking at things from a different perspective is a good way to start. But you have to know… there are people here who are a great deal more intelligent than you give them credit for being. They treat each other as equals. As family, in many cases. There is nothing more insulting to an intelligent person than being condescended to. And when so insulted, they…WE… act as a family, and support and defend each other.
Point of order:
The board policy is that posts must be made in English. A note to that effect has just been added to the “Guidelines on posting” FAQ thread in the ATMB forum, which you should all read.
I agree wholeheartedly, and I will try to to refrain from cursing in Portuguese again. I guess I was a little frustrated, and Portuguese just seems to lend itself to creative cursing. For instance: “minha nossa senhora de perpeto soccoro” can be translated as “mine and our lady of eternal help”, and just seems to express general frustration beautifully. However, I do have one question. Does this also apply to threads that are opened specifically to have some fun in a different language like this one: der Faden, wo mann deutsche Unterhaltung hat.? Again, thanks Arnold.
Maureen,
I’m sending dozens of roses, orchids and perfumes to the ladies and Arabian horses to the men…No… We don’t have an automobile industry in my country…
You have questioned why your posts are considered rude. This is a wonderful example of why. We are a community here, but that doesn’t mean that the members of the community think or act as one. We have a variety of posting styles, a billion and one different opinions and perspectives which are unique to every single poster.
Yet you have made repeated comments about how everyone here is a “group” and how we all exhibit any number of negative traits for no other reason than the fact that many people have expressed (repeatedly and in escalating terms) disapproval of the tenor and content of your posts.
Guess what, Aldebaran, you’ve not been treated any differently than any other person who joins this forum. When you posted things which people found unacceptable, they said so. That’s what happens here. That’s why there’s a BBQ Pit. Go through the Pit and you’ll see topic after topic where a member of this community (even one who has been here for years and has thousands of posts) has been called out for saying things which someone deemed inappropriate.
That a number of people have agreed with the initial call outs should be an indication to you that something is wrong. Instead, you’ve seen it as an opportunity to call names, snark about people’s maturity and otherwise refuse to accept that when many people say something, there just might be a bit of validity to it.
There are websites which contain factual material. But whether or not the website is correct or believable is for those who read it to judge. When you make a statement of what you claim to be fact, you can still find something to back up your claims. (And if you can’t, then you might want to consider that it means that there is no basis for your claims.) Because you are using the web and cannot show cites from books or periodicals on the web, you have to find cites online, websites, when asked for cites.
And yes, you will be asked for cites. That’s something that happens here. When you are in a debate, you have to have something to validate your claims. If you’re not prepared to provide support for the things you say when you asked, then you’re not prepared to be a member of this community, plain and simple, because that is an important facet of this community, and a minimal expectation for its members.
All of its members.
You’ve repeatedly claimed that the members of this community aren’t the ones who make the rules, that it’s the job of the moderators and administrators. This is true only when you speak of formal rules. As in any community, there are standards which are unwritten, expectations of behavior which transcend that which has been codified.
For instance, it is not considered appropriate to fight with your spouse in public – it’s not illegal to do so, but when people do it, they face repercussions from those who witness the behavior. (Even if those repercussions are nothing more than disapproving looks.) They’ve acted badly, and the community lets them know it.
Consider this the equivalent, Aldebaran, and work from there.
Thank you twl you posted exactly what I wanted to say.