# Microsoft strikes again!! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 30, 2001, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsoft-strikes-again/70737 "2001-06-30T16:53:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Jeremy\_s\_Evil\_Twin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Jeremy\_s\_Evil\_Twin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeremy_s_Evil_Twin)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2001, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsoft-strikes-again/70737/21 "2001-07-01T21:12:00Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by SPOOFE \* > **I DID read that thread, which is exactly why I feel qualified in saying that you have no idea what real persecution is. Israel? Iraq? You want to compare these countries to your unhappy childhood? Are you serious?** Then you missed my point entirely. I’m not saying that being a Palestinian child in Israel is equal, misery-wise, to my situation…but the PRINCIPLE is the same. In fact, now that I think of it, those Palestinian & Kurdish children DO have friends to play with, don’t they? So in a way maybe they ARE better off… > [@](#): > > \*\*Yeah, you are an idiot. You complain and complain and complain and complain… yet when people tell you how to solve your “problems”, you respond like an asshole. \*\* Nice, very nice. Let’s see, what did **Fenris** say? Oh yeah: _“Somehow telling JET “Fuck you, you’re on your own” is remarkably satisfying!”_ Real helpful there. Yet I’M being the asshole just for being here. Is this another one of those special rules, which applies to me but no one else??? I’m getting sick of that, you know. And people giving me lists of other free email providers doesn’t count as “advice” – that’s like if I had a problem with my Ford Mustang, and everyone tells me to buy a Chevy. WRONG ANSWER, BONGO!! And I don’t _need_ to use Hotmail, obviously. I just _want_ to use Hotmail. And it’s not even about that. It’s about Bill Gates and his evil corporation exerting their influence by making the competition obsolete. ---
**Author:** ![schief2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cab0a1/32.png) [@schief2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/schief2)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2001, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsoft-strikes-again/70737/22 "2001-07-01T21:41:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jeremy’s Evil Twin \* > \*\*I’m not saying that being a Palestinian child in Israel is equal, misery-wise, to my situation…but the PRINCIPLE is the same. In fact, now that I think of it, those Palestinian & Kurdish children DO have friends to play with, don’t they? So in a way maybe they ARE better off… > \*\* So you seriously consider your pathetic, sniveling little problems with accessing your _fucking e-mail_ to be a plight related to that of the Kurds, a people who have been [actively killed](http://jota.sm.luth.se/~d92-amh/halabja.html) by various governments in the Middle East in recent past? Y’know, I read that big train wreck about you in the Pit a few weeks ago, and I almost, ALMOST thought that **Scylla** had a point about you being a decent person deep down. Now I see, however, that he was wrong. Because unlike the school shooters fiasco, I think you’re saying this not so much to get a rise out of people (“trolling”, if you will), but because you legitimately believe your own words. Pardon me while I extend a middle finger in your general direction. Asshole. ---
**Author:** ![London\_Calling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@London\_Calling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/London_Calling)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2001, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsoft-strikes-again/70737/23 "2001-07-01T21:54:01Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jeremy’s Evil Twin \* > I guess you never read [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=62837)…I do know what persecution is like. Just because I never worried about starving to death, or being led into a glass oven, doesn’t make it any different from not being able to order Pepsi at McDonalds, principle-wise. It’s all about having choices taken away from you. > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jeremy’s Evil Twin \* > Then you missed my point entirely. I’m not saying that being a Palestinian child in Israel is equal, misery-wise, to my situation…but the PRINCIPLE is the same. In fact, now that I think of it, those Palestinian & Kurdish children DO have friends to play with, don’t they? So in a way maybe they ARE better off… > \*\* Jeremy’s Evil Twin’s Profile: _Occupation: Unemployed & living off your tax dollars Interests: Death, violence and general mayhem. Oh, and Pearl Jam._ I’ll like to hear a little more about this **Principle** of which you speak because it sure sounds to me like you’re really on to something with this Pepsi thing at McDonalds idea. Care to extrapolate ? Here’s hoping those tax dollars are easing the pain of oppression in Southern California. ---
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2001, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsoft-strikes-again/70737/24 "2001-07-01T22:54:43Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by Jeremy’s Evil Twin \* > \*\* > Nice, very nice. Let’s see, what did **Fenris** say? Oh yeah: “Somehow telling JET “Fuck you, you’re on your own” is remarkably satisfying!” Real helpful there. Yet I’M being the asshole just for being here_\* Nice try, you worm. It’s not that you’re here, it’s that you’re an asshole. You started this thread by saying > [@](#): > > FUCK YOU to all the Gates-wannabes who will undoubtedly flock to this thread telling me I can live without Microsoft products. Someday, Bill will get you too.\*\* Presumably you’re talking to people who understand how a computer works. (Why would Gates-Wannabes tell you to live _without_ Microsoft products, if Gates is trying for “world-domination” anyway? Wouldn’t we tell you that you _couldn’t_ live without MS products?) Think real hard. **Techchick** and I, and many other Dopers often help out our fellow Dopers with technical issues. We’re not helping you. What’s the difference between your obnoxious and insulting demands for help, and the generally polite, if occasionally frustrated requests that most other people post? Hint: The answer is contained in the question. Next time you have a problem, try posting it in GQ, A)without the uneducated, unrelated political bullshit, B)without insulting the people you want help from C)in the form of a request, not a demand I got paid for years to put up with this sort of pissant behavior at work. I’ll be damned if I put up with it on my free time. Fenris ---
**Author:** ![waterj2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/858c86/32.png) [@waterj2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/waterj2)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2001, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsoft-strikes-again/70737/25 "2001-07-01T23:24:49Z")
> [@](#): > > Yes, I have a good side… Bullshit. If you have it, show it. Otherwise, you’re just trolling. Incidentally, most people use their “good side” when asking for help from strangers. Then there’s the pathetic losers like you and Dippymonger who are rude and insulting to those you want help from. How you survive in the real world is beyond me. > [@](#): > > Just because I never worried about starving to death, or being led into a glass oven, doesn’t make it any different from not being able to order Pepsi at McDonalds, principle-wise. It’s all about having choices taken away from you. This is one of the stupidest things I have ever heard. Having a limited selection of soda at a fast-food restaurant is the same thing, in principle, as the holocaust. Holy shit. I can’t even believe that someone could think that. You are completely without any reasonable understanding of ethics and morality. Either that or you just say crap like this for your own amusement and to piss us off. Either way, fuck off. ---
**Author:** ![Starbury](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f04885/32.png) [@Starbury](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starbury)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2001, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsoft-strikes-again/70737/26 "2001-07-02T02:25:40Z")
[QUOTE] \*Originally posted by Fenris \* \*\* > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jeremy’s Evil Twin \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > _Originally posted by Starbury \* > > **Pakistanis in Israel (**_\* > > _Pakistanis_? > > Wha? > > \*\* I just wanted to stop by and point out that this is not actually a quote of mine, despite what it looked like in **Fenris’** post. I know full well that its the Catholics who are being persecuted by the Protestant majority in Israel. ---
**Author:** ![techchick68](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea5d25/32.png) [@techchick68](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/techchick68)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2001, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsoft-strikes-again/70737/27 "2001-07-02T03:21:34Z")
JET is just a big ole whiner. \< haha \> ---
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2001, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsoft-strikes-again/70737/28 "2001-07-02T03:46:36Z")
[QUOTE] \*Originally posted by Starbury \* \*\* > [@](#): > > I just wanted to stop by and point out that this is not actually a quote of mine, despite what it looked like in **Fenris’** post. \*\* Aargh. I _hate_ misattributed quotes. It’s a major pet peeve of mine. Deepest apologies, **Starbury**. (not that you seemed all that worried after this next bit: \*\* > [@](#): > > I know full well that its the Catholics who are being persecuted by the Protestant majority in Israel.\*\* …which had me laughing out loud.) Fenris PS: **Starbury** , e-mail me if you want, and I’ll answer your question. ---
**Author:** ![bdgr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a87d85/32.png) [@bdgr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bdgr)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2001, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsoft-strikes-again/70737/29 "2001-07-02T23:19:00Z")
[QUOTE] \*Originally posted by Jeremy’s Evil Twin \* \*\* [QUOTE] \*Originally posted by Fenris \* \*\* > [@](#): > > \*\* > Have you ever seen a game that ONLY works on Linux?? Or, for that matter, is even AVAILABLE for Linus??? Show me one, and I’ll mow your lawn. \*\* Ok, go [here](http://www.tuxgames.com/) Looks like the got Quake 2 and 3, sin, Dues Ex(kick ass game), SOF, Unreal Tournament and a bunch of others for Linux. I was in a store the other day, and saw a whole section of Linux games. My grass is getting pretty tall, when will you be over? ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2001, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsoft-strikes-again/70737/30 "2001-07-03T04:58:04Z")
> [@](#): > > I’m not saying that being a Palestinian child in Israel is equal, misery-wise, to my situation…but the PRINCIPLE is the same. No. It isn’t. Dumbshit. What’re you gonna do next, compare Bill Gates to Hitler? “He’s the same, in principle!” :rolleyes: > [@](#): > > Let’s see, what did Fenris say? Oh yeah: “Somehow telling JET “Fuck you, you’re on your own” is remarkably satisfying!” Real helpful there. Here’s a little lesson in Long-Term Memory, you little brat: Fenris has it. You don’t. Think back, shit-for-brains… remember the VERY FIRST “help me with my Microsoft problem” thread you were in? Remember how people tried to HELP YOU? Remember how you responded with “fuck you, asshole” to these people? If you don’t like being treated like an asshole, **then don’t act like an asshole** , you brainfart incarnate. > [@](#): > > Yet I’M being the asshole just for being here. Is this another one of those special rules, which applies to me but no one else??? I’m getting sick of that, you know. Oh, boo-fucking-hoo. Get off the Internet - hell, get away from ALL forms of higher technology - and get some fucking counseling. > [@](#): > > And people giving me lists of other free email providers doesn’t count as “advice” – that’s like if I had a problem with my Ford Mustang, and everyone tells me to buy a Chevy. Uh… right. Except a free e-mail service doesn’t cost $18 thousand (that’s why it’s FREE, Einstein!). So, aside from your desire to play the victim, what is keeping you from using a different E-mail account? That’s right. Nothing. So shut the fuck up and sign up over at [email.com](http://email.com). > [@](#): > > And I don’t _need_ to use Hotmail, obviously. I just _want_ to use Hotmail. Why do you _want_ to use Hotmail if it’s so bad? Oh, I remember! Because you’re so full of shit you’d fertilize the Saraha, that’s why! > [@](#): > > And it’s not even about that. It’s about Bill Gates and his evil corporation exerting their influence by making the competition obsolete. You post drivel like this and expect to be taken seriously… kid, you’re gonna be working at McDonald’s for the rest of your life, I guarantee it. Brilliance like yours never moves beyond fast food. ---
**Author:** ![DMC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dmc/32/18049_2.png) [@DMC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMC)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2001, 8:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsoft-strikes-again/70737/31 "2001-07-03T08:24:49Z")
In your last quest for assistance, the thread was titled “Alright you fucking assholes, how do I fix this Windows problem?” This time you chose to amuse us with the following sentence “Well, FUCK YOU Bill Gates, for the umpteenth time, and FUCK YOU to all the Gates-wannabes who will undoubtedly flock to this thread telling me I can live without Microsoft products. Someday, Bill will get you too.” The good news, for all of the believers in karma, is that you will likely one day apply for welfare, unemployment, medicare, etc. I’ll happily give you fitting advice on how to get such assistance. Try this: “Which one of you fat, ugly, stupid-ass biznatches do I have to monkey fuck in the sewer to get some drug money?” Good luck in your future and watch out that that karma doesn’t run you down like the crusty furred, leg-humping toy poodle that you are. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsoft-strikes-again/70737.md?page=1)