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Grex > Agora56 > #27: michael jackson converts to islam, takes drugs & moves to bahrain | |
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keesan
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response 29 of 79:
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Jan 5 20:18 UTC 2006 |
Rane you are being a jerk. Use a twit filter. Twits like attention.
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twenex
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response 30 of 79:
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Jan 5 20:19 UTC 2006 |
I don't think just pointing out that he's a dope/jerk IS an effective way of
confronting him, or any other dope/jerk.
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twenex
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response 31 of 79:
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Jan 5 20:19 UTC 2006 |
Sindi slipped.
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rcurl
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response 32 of 79:
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Jan 5 20:41 UTC 2006 |
Those are your opinions. I have mine. Why do we need to fight? I'm not
attacking your opinions.
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mcnally
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response 33 of 79:
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Jan 5 22:18 UTC 2006 |
re #28:
> There are two ways to confront jerks. One is to ignore them (as most
> here suggest) and the other is to confront them, which I think is more
> effective.
As an empirical Man of Science, can you offer us any evidence of this
effectiveness you claim?
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scholar
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response 34 of 79:
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Jan 5 22:32 UTC 2006 |
Can anyone with a credulous bone in their body really believe that an old,
weak man responding to jmvm's every post with 'What a jerk' is going to
convince jmvm to stop posting and it's going to annoy people just as much if
not more than his posts?
I like jmvm's posts BECAUSE of the response they receive and because, even
though they might be repetative, they have infinitely more variety than Prof.
Kerl's.
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tod
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response 35 of 79:
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Jan 5 22:51 UTC 2006 |
How do you know he's old or weak?
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scholar
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response 36 of 79:
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Jan 5 22:59 UTC 2006 |
Have you ever seen his age?!
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rcurl
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response 37 of 79:
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Jan 5 23:15 UTC 2006 |
What's this, ageism *and* weakism? scholar has these atrophied mental
images of people.
"repetitive"
My evidence is a number of current Grex users that started out as jerks
but by being reminded of that have become quite interesting participants.
I'm opposed to Sindi's prescription of using twit filters, by the way.
That does nothing to correct the situation since it is the same as not
even being there.
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tod
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response 38 of 79:
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Jan 6 00:20 UTC 2006 |
re #36
I'm sure I'm older than Rane in X-rays.
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keesan
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response 39 of 79:
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Jan 6 04:45 UTC 2006 |
I don't try to convince jerks that they are jerks, I just ignore them.
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bhelliom
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response 40 of 79:
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Jan 6 09:50 UTC 2006 |
And we're all happy knowing you find comfort in ignoring them.Everyone
else will deal with jerks in the manner that makes them comfortable. If
they don't ignore them, deal.
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mary
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response 41 of 79:
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Jan 6 09:51 UTC 2006 |
It would probably be easier to filter Rane than to convince him his "jerk"
comments are compounding the problem.
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bhelliom
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response 42 of 79:
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Jan 6 09:57 UTC 2006 |
If she's already filtering trap, what the hell does she need to worry
about?
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bhoward
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response 43 of 79:
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Jan 6 15:01 UTC 2006 |
It is the usual problem a group of people who care very dearly about
the same thing but who have strong and opposite opinions of how
best to resolve a problem that affects it.
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rcurl
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response 44 of 79:
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Jan 6 15:18 UTC 2006 |
*Solving* the problem, Mary, not compounding it.....
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slynne
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response 45 of 79:
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Jan 6 15:39 UTC 2006 |
But sometimes, you have to admit, we do get into some pretty good
discussions about the best methods for dealing with obnoxious people.
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twenex
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response 46 of 79:
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Jan 6 15:39 UTC 2006 |
Shoot the bastards.
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edina
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response 47 of 79:
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Jan 6 16:00 UTC 2006 |
There would be like *5* people left...seriously, I can think of maybe 3 people
on here who aren't obnoxious from time to time. (And I most assuredly am not
one of them.)
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keesan
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response 48 of 79:
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Jan 6 18:15 UTC 2006 |
I can think of aruba, mcnally, janc, remmers, bhoward, i, srh, jadecat,
polygon and even some grexers not on board or staff who are never obnoxious.
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scholar
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response 49 of 79:
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Jan 6 18:23 UTC 2006 |
I think all of those people (except srh, who the hell is he?) are basically
good people and if I had $500, I would trust any one of them to return it if
I gave it to them.
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mcnally
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response 50 of 79:
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Jan 6 18:32 UTC 2006 |
Although I try to minimize my misbehavior, it would be a significant error
to believe that I am never obnoxious.
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tod
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response 51 of 79:
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Jan 6 18:41 UTC 2006 |
HEAR HEAR!
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jadecat
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response 52 of 79:
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Jan 6 20:22 UTC 2006 |
Yes, what resp:50 read. I generally don't see being obnoxious as serving
any sort of purpose. However, not everything always has to serve a purpose.
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aruba
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response 53 of 79:
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Jan 6 21:49 UTC 2006 |
THat's nice of you to include me, Sindi. I don't *think* I'm obnoxious, but
I'm not sure. I'll add charcat and slynne to your list. But, who one finds
obnoxious is certainly a matter of taste.
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