aperson Posted March 22, 2014 Let me add that you are also using a red herring. Any ignorant/idiot comments I've made were never directed at anyone I was arguing with. What you are accusing me of is a misrepresentation of my argument. Let me quote a famous philosopher king here. I think his words of wisdom will touch your very soul: "Boo fucking hoo. Do you actually have anything useful to contribute?" You should carefully consider these profound sentiments before you post again. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gormongous Posted March 22, 2014 Nope. Sorry, you don't get to post just a link as some sort of brainless rebuttal then try to get the last word in. I discredited his position with "1, smarm." If you want to read a long rebuttal of his position go read that Gawker piece. (My rebuttal also serves to mock the idea of smarm. So many layers!) Separately I'm pointing out that he doesn't even believe the argument he's making. I'm going to assume (admittedly for no rational reason) that's he's really smart and has put a lot of thought into his position, and hence the fact that he doesn't believe it himself is reason for me not to believe it either. (Oh noes! An appeal to authority!!!) You had the power to move on by posting something relevant to the topic at hand. Instead you decided to continue the shit posting. Only you have the power to prevent shit posting! What's the name of the logical fallacy where people keep making shitty off-topic posts to try to score points? Argument ad typical internet dipshit? Sorry, my Latin's not the best. Or my English, as Tycho so devastatingly pointed out. I'll do this nice and easy for you. 1) It's not a brainless rebuttal to point out that you were using a Tu Quoque fallacy to discredit Zeus' participation in this thread via fallacy, bring up a month-old comment for which Zeus had already apologized. Interestingly, you double down on the Tu Quoque while attempting to argue that you aren't making one, so I'm guessing you didn't even read the link I posted. 2) I don't see how people asking you to stop being an asshole to everyone is "smarm". In the Gawker article, smarm is an effort to seize the moral high ground of a conversation by focusing discussion on the presentation of an idea while discouraging discussion of its content. People here are taking issue with your tone because it's actually preventing them from engaging with the content of your ideas, thereby inhibiting discussion. Commenting to that effect is not shitposting. Shitposting is coming into a thread on games writing and posting a long, contradictory, and sometimes incoherent manifesto about how all games writing is terrible. Clearly you have nothing to add, besides smearing people who like something you don't, so why are you even here? 3) You're officially on my block list now, joining only one other person there in two years of posting. It's unfortunate, because you have interesting comments to add to some discussions, but your attitude is toxic and you are unable to admit being wrong in anything, so it's all for naught in my book. Maybe learn to chill out and treat your fellow forum members as real people with legitimate opinions and we can talk again someday. Let me quote a famous philosopher king here. I think his words of wisdom will touch your very soul: "Boo fucking hoo. Do you actually have anything useful to contribute?" You should carefully consider these profound sentiments before you post again. Christ, forget my reasonable appeal. You are awful. How the fuck did you become the arbiter of who gets to contribute what on this forum and whether it is useful? I don't feel bad about putting you on my block list anymore. I'm sure you'll find some way to mock me for it, anyway. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zeusthecat Posted March 22, 2014 You're a wonderful person aperson. Kind, caring, and insightful. It's been a pleasure having this lovely conversation with you and I wish the best for you. Peace out brother. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
aperson Posted March 22, 2014 Christ, forget my reasonable appeal. You are awful. How the fuck did you become the arbiter of who gets to contribute what on this forum and whether it is useful? I don't feel bad about putting you on my block list anymore. The irony - this is a direct quote from Zeus that I included because it was so ridiculous and distasteful. But I guess I'm blocked now so you can't read this - what a tremendous shame! Being blocked for quoting the person you're defending seems like a pretty good way to go. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tabacco Posted March 23, 2014 It's pretty rare that we step in and lock threads that get out of control, because threads rarely seem to get out of control. Remember: If you don't like someone's opinion, you're welcome to respond and disagree, but there's no call to be either dismissive or insulting while doing so. If that's all you've got, it's probably better to just accept that you don't agree with someone and let it go. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
