# Pitting Max\_S

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-max-s/959074>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [February 8, 2022, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-max-s/959074 "2022-02-08T00:26:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![Max\_S](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/46a35a/32.png) [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2022, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-max-s/959074/49 "2022-02-08T21:42:46Z")

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> [@Riemann](#):
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> My view of your posts is that you seem to have no ability to distinguish between good (or at least reasonable) ideas and obviously stupid ideas, and you embrace both types with equal enthusiasm. You then have no consideration of your audience’s likely attention span when framing a debate or advocating a position. You generate thousands of words trying to present yourself as a Deep Thinker having a Great Debate, exploring _all_ of the political/philosophical/scientific foundations and implications of these ideas in excruciating detail.

I mean, that’s literally why I joined and what I strive to be. It was right there in the ad, “surely there’s value in having to defend your views in open debate, and in having cherished beliefs challenged”, “you could venture any opinion you cared to provided you remained civil”. Yeah, sometimes that is [literally how many angels can dance on the head of a pin](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-is-raising-pets-an-acceptable-alternative-to-raising-kids-take-two/957949/180). And sometimes it is posting about something you wouldn’t normally bother telling other people about, like why you don’t tip, or your concept of race or nation, or whether it is reasonable to be offended by something.

~Max

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