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   From: rragnusen@ultred.com   
      
   Am Sat, 24 Mar 2018 12:51:25 -0700, schrieb The Real Bev:   
      
   > Flame wars just ain't what they used to be.   
   >   
   > Oh wait, yes they are :-(   
      
   I have been on Usenet for as long as you have, which is a very (very) long   
   time.   
      
   My model of Usenet is /different/ from yours, which is why I would think   
   you'd generally follow the oft-suggested axim of never arguing with a fool   
   (such as Frank Slootweg showed himself to be) because that fool drop you to   
   his level of fifth-grade silly semantic games and he's far better at it   
   than you are.   
      
   However ...   
      
   There is what I call the "coffee-shop" use model, and the "Q&A" use model,   
   where the fools like Frank Slootweg are fine in a coffee-shop model where   
   people post 95% to other people's threads and only 5% to their own, where   
   what they say is far less important (as Frank reveals often) than who they   
   are.   
      
   In the Q&A model that I use, I post about 95% to my threads and only about   
   5% to other people's threads, where what I say matters far more than who I   
   am (which is meaningless).   
      
   Whenever a fool, such as Frank Slootweg often proves himself to be, comes   
   into other threads as the fool he is, I simply ignore his foolish antics   
   (bearing in mind I read /all/ threads in the newsgroups I am in).   
      
   But when that fool, such as Joerg or Frank shows themselves to be, they   
   will /ruin/ any thread they participate in. They don't ruin the thread only   
   because they're actually too stupid to comprehend the content - but because   
   they have zero intention to be helpful.   
      
   So, just as I swat away an annoying brainless gnat, I swat away the   
   brainless gnats who have no intention whatsoever to be helpful, so as to   
   save the thread for the answer, which is all that matters.   
      
   Over time (for some, like Frank Slootweg, it takes a long time because he   
   long ago proved to all that he doesn't have adult comprehensive   
   capabilities), Frank will learn that he can't play his silly games when he   
   tries his childish antics with adults.   
      
   Does that make sense to you, TheRealBev, who has been on Usenet for quite   
   some time so you can comprehend the veracity of that which I speak?   
      
   It's /different/ than a flame war because I tell facts, whereas those like   
   Frank and Joerg can't back up a /single/ statement they make.   
      
   They're little children who are easily run rings around, but they still can   
   ruin a Q&A thread simply by their childish silly games.   
      
   All they prove is they are children - but they still must be swatted away   
   with about as much thought as it takes to swat away a brainless gnat.   
      
   What's humorous is that it only takes that much energy to prove that they   
   can never prove a single statement they make ... where only they don't   
   realize how low on the DK scale they are.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)