Ok, so do you act like an asshole all the time or do you 'switch' it on when the person you are speaking to (or someone who has responded to you) triggers one of your tripwires? The problem with this approach is that I have no idea how you will respond, are you going to go all controlled-rage on me or give a reasoned reply. I get what you are doing (I think), I'm all about efficiency myself in fact, but don't you run the risk of making your Internet a little darker and meaner by playing the dick card so often?it's not your fault you're an asshole. Me? I do it on purpose to save us both time.
the cold, calculated, reasoned decision - that it's more efficient to be a dick than to not be a dick
There are sixteen footnotes to that essay. You haven't clicked a single one of them. There are six replies to this very discussion from me. You haven't read a single one of them. Give me a reason why I should answer you, considering your "question" is readily and easily answered by material I posted nearly a week ago (and wrote nearly three years ago), particularly when your real "question" is to allege that somehow I'm dragging down the tenor of discussion for people everywhere? You don't get what I'm doing. You want to paint me as the meanie because you lack the attention span to pay attention to the discussion. If you can actually read anything I wrote and still come back with "I have no idea how you will respond" it is a sign that you WILLFULLY don't want to think about how I will respond. Why should I respect that?
Thanks for answering my question though.There are sixteen footnotes to that essay. You haven't clicked a single one of them.
Sweet jesus! Sixteen footnotes! I was hoping this was one of those easy to summarize methods of communication. I don't think I have the time to invest in this one. I'm out.