Go away, Boomer. We don’t want you here. We don’t like you. We’re all laughing at you behind your back.
If you agree with me, just post the above message here and any time Boomer posts. Let’s get rid of this asshole.
You’re right, Dad, he can be an obnoxious little prick, but I doubt if your idea will work. He seems to thrive on controversy, and he has something of a martyr complex. He might just love the kind of response that you suggest.
I think.
Maybe.
I dunno.
I guess it’s worth a try.
Go away, Boomer. We don’t want you here. We don’t like you. We’re all laughing at you behind your back.
Boomer is an enigma… He posts some abrasive trollish nonsense a good percentage of the time, and then, when you least expect it WHAM - a thoughtful post which actually shows some class.
My guess is that Boomer came here wanting to be an antagonist troll, but has slipped from time to time as he witnessed the nature of the posters here (unlike anywhere online, in my opinion), and mow, some of the time he wants to get under someone’s skin, and other times, he wants to be your friend and accepted.
My unsolicited advice to Boomer would be this: Come clean, say you’ve been a bit of a dick at times, but that you really DO want to fit in. Not “agree with the general consensus,” heavens no, but just not be a dick and disagree simply for the sake of it.
Yer pal,
Satan
Satan, I think that you are mis-reading his intentions. If you look at how he spaces his rare “thoughtful” postings among the large amounts of hateful crap, the pattern arises. Just as he has reached the point of pissing off everyone, he tosses off a “rational” post just to calm the waters. I truly believe that he does this only to establish doubt in some people’s minds.
He’s an asshole, but he’s no idiot. He knows just when to throw that bone of reasonableness to the masses, but he still laughing his ass off at us.
Eagles may soar free and proud, but weasels never get sucked into jet engines.
Many people here have given this gentleman more chances than he deserves. I’m used up, and I think many others are too. It’s time for him to say, “My work here is done” and move on.
I dunno.
I think people here have a tendency to overanalyze trolls. As if they’re organized, or even conscious of their trollitude. You assume that they have big intricate plans and stratagems designed for portraying themselves as the exact antithesis of what you dislike. I just think that some people come on here and be themselves, and it turns out that they either desperately need attention or can’t handle the atmosphere.
That said, I’m not sure if Boomer is all that bad. Yes, he can be rude and condescending, but as far as I know he keeps it in the Pit (I may be wrong about this). I think he showed up on this board holding some beliefs that aren’t very popular around here, and when he shared them with you all he got sort of bitch-slapped right away, which caused him to retaliate, and thus we begin the viscious cycle.
While I don’t condone everything he does, I don’t think that his actions warrant the response that he’s getting on this and other Pit threads dedicated to him.
“History will be kind to me, for I intend to write it.” -Winston Churchill
SingleDad–
Which “we” are you referring to? Are you attempting to speak for the board at large? If so, I think that that is a bit presumptuous.
“We” are the people who don’t like Boomer.
Many people seem to agree with my opinion, and I’ve never seen anyone actually support him, not even people who share his underlying views.
Some people (including myself) have said that although he’s usually an idiot or a troll, he occasionally says something intelligent, and thus deserves some slack. That’s a different story, I think he’s used up all the slack and good will that many of us (including myself) have to give.
If my opinion is incorrect, I’m certainly willing to change it. Review the threads he’s posted in. If you and others think he deserves to be a member of this society then I would reconsider my views.
Ah. You are speaking for a particular subset of Dopers. Your OP made me think you were attempting to speak for the board as a whole. Thank you for the clarification.
Just for the record, I too, wish he would go away.
I thought he was using the royal “We.”
Actually, I usually use the voice of the omniscient narrator. However, I will descend to the Imperial “We” on occasion. :rolleyes:
Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.