Originally posted by ThunderClaw
I already posted this in one thread, but since people are going to look here first, I might as well repost it:
Didn't see this until just now.
The following is pretty in depth. If you don't have the intestinal fortitude to read your own books for English classes, I suggest you stop now.
One of the recurring problems with the general population that I find is thier amazing arrogance and unwillingness to ever admit a fault. If you confront people directly and rationally about this, however, they simply put on a happy face and say 'Oh no, I laugh at myself all the time, etc. etc...' you get nowhere. So, before bringing up the point, I use the approach of acting like an even bigger arrogant bastard than they are. This dares them to rise to the challenge and creates a pattern that you can later point out in rational arguments.
Arch0wl is a perfect example in the sense that he's risen to the challenge of dealing with an arrogant troll because he has the arrogance to think he's able to change his mind. I've established a pattern with my lines of argumentation in that he has refused to concede one point to me, no matter how true one particular point may be (this is not to say all my points were good ones--the bullshit factory was running thick).
So now I take off my mask and simply ask if we can agree that he has a problem.
You can pick and tear at the various holes in this plan--I'm well aware there are some--but I've yet to come up with a better idea. If you have a better one, I'm all ears. I don't always get results, but even if the person still refuses to admit it, I at least have given them cold hard evidence of the fault which will remain.
So that's the truth. No, I'm not better than everyone here--in all honesty, people here are probably about equal in most ways, and definately peers in the eyes of society. I may not RESPECT some people, like bballplaya, but that doesn't make me better than him.
The question that's probably festering in your mind is "Why did you come here? Do you go searching for people on the internet?" No. As you guessed, Laharl is the one that showed me these forums to begin with. I checked around them a little bit and found a number of people who seemed to be potential targets. So I came. A job knocked, and I responded. It was as simple as that.
As for your second point, I'm not really hitting on all cylindars recently. I haven't heard from my fiancee in a week (we typically talk every day), and quite frankly, it has me worried sick.
Originally posted by Mwerp
TC, you keep saying you are trying to make a point. Obviously none of us get it. Elaborate please.
Oh, and this looks very familiar to all of your other posts during flame wars. Time to get new material?
Oh, and this looks very familiar to all of your other posts during flame wars. Time to get new material?
The following is pretty in depth. If you don't have the intestinal fortitude to read your own books for English classes, I suggest you stop now.
One of the recurring problems with the general population that I find is thier amazing arrogance and unwillingness to ever admit a fault. If you confront people directly and rationally about this, however, they simply put on a happy face and say 'Oh no, I laugh at myself all the time, etc. etc...' you get nowhere. So, before bringing up the point, I use the approach of acting like an even bigger arrogant bastard than they are. This dares them to rise to the challenge and creates a pattern that you can later point out in rational arguments.
Arch0wl is a perfect example in the sense that he's risen to the challenge of dealing with an arrogant troll because he has the arrogance to think he's able to change his mind. I've established a pattern with my lines of argumentation in that he has refused to concede one point to me, no matter how true one particular point may be (this is not to say all my points were good ones--the bullshit factory was running thick).
So now I take off my mask and simply ask if we can agree that he has a problem.
You can pick and tear at the various holes in this plan--I'm well aware there are some--but I've yet to come up with a better idea. If you have a better one, I'm all ears. I don't always get results, but even if the person still refuses to admit it, I at least have given them cold hard evidence of the fault which will remain.
So that's the truth. No, I'm not better than everyone here--in all honesty, people here are probably about equal in most ways, and definately peers in the eyes of society. I may not RESPECT some people, like bballplaya, but that doesn't make me better than him.
The question that's probably festering in your mind is "Why did you come here? Do you go searching for people on the internet?" No. As you guessed, Laharl is the one that showed me these forums to begin with. I checked around them a little bit and found a number of people who seemed to be potential targets. So I came. A job knocked, and I responded. It was as simple as that.
As for your second point, I'm not really hitting on all cylindars recently. I haven't heard from my fiancee in a week (we typically talk every day), and quite frankly, it has me worried sick.
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