# Technology doesn't work that way - SamuelA's Pit Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 3, 2017, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technology-doesnt-work-that-way-samuelas-pit-thread/803420 "2017-12-03T00:52:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 26
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2018, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technology-doesnt-work-that-way-samuelas-pit-thread/803420/501 "2018-01-04T19:54:52Z")
> [@SamuelA](#): > > They are the ones ignorant, not me. Someone smart reading my posts would realize that. You are obviously not smart enough, so ignoring. Many extremely intelligent posters knowledgeable about the subject matter you have posted on have read your posts and come to the conclusion that you are ignorant. In fact, the main thing you have demonstrated here is that you are too ignorant to even understand the depths of your own ignorance. That, and that you have the social skills of a five-year-old. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2018, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technology-doesnt-work-that-way-samuelas-pit-thread/803420/502 "2018-01-04T19:55:03Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > What was it again… > > “I don’t know, 'bout anybody else > But when I think of you, I ignore myself” You’re going to have to attack his “science”. His computational “knowledge”. His “physics”. DiVinyls won’t do it. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2018, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technology-doesnt-work-that-way-samuelas-pit-thread/803420/503 "2018-01-04T20:02:20Z")
> [@Sunny\_Daze](#): > > You’re going to have to attack his “science”. His computational “knowledge”. His “physics”. DiVinyls won’t do it. ☹ Maybe [Sam Cooke](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4GLAKEjU4w)? ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2018, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technology-doesnt-work-that-way-samuelas-pit-thread/803420/504 "2018-01-04T20:12:06Z")
When I pit you, ignore me. When I pit myself, ignore me harder. ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2018, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technology-doesnt-work-that-way-samuelas-pit-thread/803420/505 "2018-01-04T20:38:46Z")
> [@TroutMan](#): > > You ignore us for a year and a half, then waltz back in, expecting to be promoted to his ignore list just like that? Pay your dues, good sir! Dammit. You’re right. **SamuelA** , I apologize. That was unfair of me. I come across as trying too hard sometimes, especially when I’m excited about something. I appreciate your slowing my roll, and you’re right–we should take things slow. You’re arrogant and ignorant. Can we at least start there? > [@](#): > > (And welcome back!) What up, mang? ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2018, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technology-doesnt-work-that-way-samuelas-pit-thread/803420/506 "2018-01-04T20:41:24Z")
> [@Sunny\_Daze](#): > > I can’t decide at this point. Is he honestly trying to “ignore” us or is he trying to be funny? Ha, ha - ignored another one! I honestly think his ignore list is a post-it stuck to his monitor, right below the yellowed password list from 2013. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2018, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technology-doesnt-work-that-way-samuelas-pit-thread/803420/507 "2018-01-04T20:48:01Z")
Holy crap, while doing [an unrelated search](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=20703114&postcount=58) I found [SamuelA’s ignore filter](https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn2.ettoday.net%2Fimages%2F2608%2Fd2608026.jpg&imgrefurl=https%3A%2F%2Ffashion.ettoday.net%2Fnews%2F949411%3Ft%3D%25E6%2584%259F%25E6%2583%2585%25E5%25A4%25A0%25E5%25A5%25BD%25E6%2589%258D%25E8%2583%25BD%25E9%2580%2581%25EF%25BC%2581%25E9%2580%25BC%25E7%259C%259F%25E3%2580%258C%25E7%25AB%258B%25E9%25AB%2594GG%25E3%2580%258D%25E7%259C%25BC%25E7%25BD%25A9%25E3%2580%2580%25E5%25B0%258F%25E5%25BF%2583%25E8%25A2%25AB%25E5%2591%258A%25E6%2580%25A7%25E9%25A8%25B7%25E6%2593%25BE&docid=lRkXx40KPvcwIM&tbnid=sNx77Kf-ne_wIM%3A&vet=10ahUKEwjj_Jb6lb_YAhWB7YMKHQ5qAdQQMwhwKDEwMQ..i&w=600&h=350&client=firefox-b-1&bih=509&biw=1056&q=%E5%B0%8F%E5%BF%83&ved=0ahUKEwjj_Jb6lb_YAhWB7YMKHQ5qAdQQMwhwKDEwMQ&iact=mrc&uact=8)! ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2018, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technology-doesnt-work-that-way-samuelas-pit-thread/803420/508 "2018-01-04T20:51:36Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > Holy crap, while doing [an unrelated search](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=20703114&postcount=58) I found [SamuelA’s ignore filter](https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn2.ettoday.net%2Fimages%2F2608%2Fd2608026.jpg&imgrefurl=https%3A%2F%2Ffashion.ettoday.net%2Fnews%2F949411%3Ft%3D%25E6%2584%259F%25E6%2583%2585%25E5%25A4%25A0%25E5%25A5%25BD%25E6%2589%258D%25E8%2583%25BD%25E9%2580%2581%25EF%25BC%2581%25E9%2580%25BC%25E7%259C%259F%25E3%2580%258C%25E7%25AB%258B%25E9%25AB%2594GG%25E3%2580%258D%25E7%259C%25BC%25E7%25BD%25A9%25E3%2580%2580%25E5%25B0%258F%25E5%25BF%2583%25E8%25A2%25AB%25E5%2591%258A%25E6%2580%25A7%25E9%25A8%25B7%25E6%2593%25BE&docid=lRkXx40KPvcwIM&tbnid=sNx77Kf-ne_wIM%3A&vet=10ahUKEwjj_Jb6lb_YAhWB7YMKHQ5qAdQQMwhwKDEwMQ..i&w=600&h=350&client=firefox-b-1&bih=509&biw=1056&q=%E5%B0%8F%E5%BF%83&ved=0ahUKEwjj_Jb6lb_YAhWB7YMKHQ5qAdQQMwhwKDEwMQ&iact=mrc&uact=8)! A guy walks into a barber shop, asks "Bob Peters here? " barber replies "Nope. Just cut hair. ---
**Author:** ![SamuelA](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c77e96/32.png) [@SamuelA](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SamuelA)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2018, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technology-doesnt-work-that-way-samuelas-pit-thread/803420/509 "2018-01-04T21:01:59Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > Many extremely intelligent posters knowledgeable about the subject matter you have posted on have read your posts and come to the conclusion that you are ignorant. In fact, the main thing you have demonstrated here is that you are too ignorant to even understand the depths of your own ignorance. That, and that you have the social skills of a five-year-old. Social skills don’t matter, facts do. Those posters were wrong and I showed them. Posters who blithely dismiss signal processing theory, for example. Or posters who admit I was right about nuclear chain of command, and then just say they don’t care. You know, those guys. The fact that you can’t tell who’s correct means you lack the ability to differentiate. I mean, you did read the posts in question, right? You didn’t just jump to your conclusion that I have to be the ignorant one based on a hunch, right? You did properly research it, didn’t you… I see no effort that you have. Just “oh you’re all wrong, I haven’t actually read your posts or if I did, I went by tone and not content”. That’s what I am hearing, which is why I’d add you to ignore if I could, because you deserve it. Reality doesn’t care if you made the right primate signals. Reality uses laws, and those laws are the same independent of observer. ---
**Author:** ![SamuelA](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c77e96/32.png) [@SamuelA](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SamuelA)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2018, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technology-doesnt-work-that-way-samuelas-pit-thread/803420/510 "2018-01-04T21:07:07Z")
> [@andros](#): > > You’re arrogant and ignorant. Can we at least start there? So you’ve reached this conclusion based on…? If you supported it, I’d pay attention. If you just blithely declared this without a reason, I’m going to conclude it means “ooga booga other primates are against this primate, thus I’m gonna throw rocks too”. Which would be ignore worthy behavior. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2018, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technology-doesnt-work-that-way-samuelas-pit-thread/803420/511 "2018-01-04T21:10:36Z")
> [@SamuelA](#): > > So you’ve reached this conclusion based on…? Your ignorance and your arrogance. ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2018, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technology-doesnt-work-that-way-samuelas-pit-thread/803420/512 "2018-01-04T21:10:36Z")
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**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2018, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technology-doesnt-work-that-way-samuelas-pit-thread/803420/513 "2018-01-04T21:27:24Z")
“Social skills don’t matter” LOL. That is literally _the most incorrect thing you said in this thread_, Sams. And _that_ is impressive. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2018, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technology-doesnt-work-that-way-samuelas-pit-thread/803420/514 "2018-01-04T21:28:01Z")
> [@SamuelA](#): > > So you’ve reached this conclusion based on…? Your posts. ---
**Author:** ![SamuelA](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c77e96/32.png) [@SamuelA](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SamuelA)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2018, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technology-doesnt-work-that-way-samuelas-pit-thread/803420/515 "2018-01-04T21:29:40Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > Your posts. You’re a liar and it’s embarrassing that someone trusts you enough to moderate this message board. ---
**Author:** ![SamuelA](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c77e96/32.png) [@SamuelA](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SamuelA)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2018, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technology-doesnt-work-that-way-samuelas-pit-thread/803420/516 "2018-01-04T21:30:40Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > “Social skills don’t matter” > > LOL. That is literally _the most incorrect thing you said in this thread_, Sams. And _that_ is impressive. You willfully failed to read the next 3 paragraphs, which establish conditionally \*when \*social skills don’t matter. You’ve tripped my threshold for ignore. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2018, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technology-doesnt-work-that-way-samuelas-pit-thread/803420/517 "2018-01-04T21:34:16Z")
**Yes! Take that, Troutman!** 😛 ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2018, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technology-doesnt-work-that-way-samuelas-pit-thread/803420/518 "2018-01-04T21:45:06Z")
Welcome to the club! Tripler had the goat, last I saw. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2018, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technology-doesnt-work-that-way-samuelas-pit-thread/803420/519 "2018-01-04T21:46:11Z")
> [@SamuelA](#): > > You’re a liar and it’s embarrassing that someone trusts you enough to moderate this message board. Well, he is a real bird brain. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2018, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technology-doesnt-work-that-way-samuelas-pit-thread/803420/520 "2018-01-04T21:56:10Z")
> [@TroutMan](#): > > Welcome to the club! Tripler had the goat, last I saw. The goat fled inland early this morning. All we have now is a marmoset and an echidna with some sort of sneezing disorder. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technology-doesnt-work-that-way-samuelas-pit-thread/803420.md?page=25) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technology-doesnt-work-that-way-samuelas-pit-thread/803420.md?page=27)