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    Default Re: A Thank You, on the Occasion of Veteran's -- Armistice Day

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    Wait are you condeming me specifically or making a general declaration? Assuming the former: I reject the implication that I'm fishing for compliments; I fully believe HoreTore is being an idiot and a combination of mental fatigue and uncertainty of his seriousness makes me unwilling to explain the numerous and obvious reasons he is being an idiot. That I have attracted ire while others doing the same thing have gained reverance is disconcerting enough to require comment.
    It's the way you go about it that matters. When you get angry and make serious replies to stupid posts, it makes you seem petty and the very act of engaging with it implies that you are on the same level. When others respond to stupid posts in a much more flippant way, it makes them seem cool and aloof - almost as if they transcend the topic, or that they are too good to engage with it.

    You need to learn how to be cool, man.
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    Default Re: A Thank You, on the Occasion of Veteran's -- Armistice Day

    Quote Originally Posted by Rhyfelwyr View Post
    It's the way you go about it that matters. When you get angry and make serious replies to stupid posts, it makes you seem petty and the very act of engaging with it implies that you are on the same level. When others respond to stupid posts in a much more flippant way, it makes them seem cool and aloof - almost as if they transcend the topic, or that they are too good to engage with it.

    You need to learn how to be cool, man.
    ...Damnit, this again? Ok, fine, I need to suffer fools with less hostility, I get that, but we have Kadagar, total_relism, Fragony and numerous other people popping in and out of this forum saying absurdly offensive and/or stupid things with complete sincerity every other day. I dont mean "trickle down economics work" I mean "women are inferior" kinda stuff. I've come to expect the people I used to consider reasonable turn out seemingly irrational at times, so how am I supposed to know anymore when people aren't being serious about these things when there's no indication of joking?
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    Default Re: A Thank You, on the Occasion of Veteran's -- Armistice Day

    Quote Originally Posted by Greyblades View Post
    ...Damnit, this again? Ok, fine, I need to suffer fools with less hostility, I get that, but we have Kadagar, total_relism, Fragony and numerous other people popping in and out of this forum saying absurdly offensive and/or stupid things with complete sincerity every other day. And by stupid I dont mean "trickle down economics work" I mean "Blacks/women/gays are inferior" kinda stuff. I've come to expect the people I used to consider reasonable turn out seemingly irrational at times, so how am I supposed to know anymore when people aren't being serious about these things when there's no indication of joking?
    The problem is you have stopped being rational and are flying about in a rage lashing out at everybody these days. You need to stand back, take a breath, think about what the other person actually means.

    I'll go with the example of the abortion thread. You got enraged by Fragony's comments, which admittedly seem at first glance to be pretty stupid - most obviously when he said that he knew he was being a hypocrite by adopting a position he didn't really believe in. Now, you opted to take his comments in a literal manner, and as a result got angry, instead of thinking about what he actually meant. This is not the best approach when you are dealing with somebody whose English is not perfect, and who generally is quite cryptic in his writing style.

    By taking a step back and trying to get where Frags was coming from, I concluded that he meant that while from a scientific perspective and a consideration of the wider issues of the mother's health/rights, he could not articulate an argument against abortion; at a more visceral level (gut-instinct perhaps), he found it to be repulsive. Hence him calling himself a hypocrite. And I think it is fair to say that that is not a stupid position to take.
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    Default Re: A Thank You, on the Occasion of Veteran's -- Armistice Day

    Quote Originally Posted by Greyblades View Post
    ...Damnit, this again? Ok, fine, I need to suffer fools with less hostility, I get that, but we have Kadagar, total_relism, Fragony and numerous other people popping in and out of this forum saying absurdly offensive and/or stupid things with complete sincerity every other day. I dont mean "trickle down economics work" I mean "women are inferior" kinda stuff. I've come to expect the people I used to consider reasonable turn out seemingly irrational at times, so how am I supposed to know anymore when people aren't being serious about these things when there's no indication of joking?
    You just don't have the cool-gene.
    Accept your genetical inferiority with dignity and take solace in the fact that you deserve a well-paid job as a white male.


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