XPost: can.politics, talk.politics.misc   
   From: katt@gmail.com   
      
   On Fri, 20 Feb 2026 11:16:42 -0800,  Alan says...   
      
   > > Only obsessed kooks save the shit.   
   >   
   > So you have no memory...   
      
   Memory of what? Something that doesn't exist? I've got your whole   
   conversation, faggot.   
      
   (and Skeeter... I'm not obsessed... I just like having "evidence" when faggots   
   like Alan Baker try to lie and run away - LOL)   
      
   If I were so inclined to look for such a mythical beast as proof that you ran   
   away, how long do you think that'd take?   
      
   No, psycho... not this White boy, and no one else, for that matter, because...   
   well... your kooky ass ain't worth it. Nope... nuh uh... not gonna do ANYTHING   
   for YOU. If I look something up... it's for ME, you sea-lioning little faggot   
   bitch.   
      
   The Profile of a Sea Lion   
      
   The term comes from a 2014 Wondermark comic, but the behavior has been a   
   staple of Usenet and forum culture for decades. Here is why it fits ski bunny   
   rich   
   boy.   
      
   The "Polite" Demand: They mask their trolling in a veneer of "civil inquiry."   
   By asking you to "show the post," they're pretending they're just looking for,   
   for evidence, when in reality, they are trying to make you do something   
   THEY'VE been asked to do to prove their point. (nope... uh uh)   
      
   The Burden of Proof Shift: They try to force you to do the labor. Instead of   
   defending their "disappearing act," they demand you spend the time digging   
   through   
   archives to find a specific timestamp that likely doesn't exist or doesn't   
   prove what they claim it does.   
      
   The Minutiae Trap: As you noted, they ignore the "big picture" (the fact that   
   they lost the argument or ran away) and obsess over a tiny, peripheral detail   
   to   
   stall the conversation.   
      
   If "Sea lion" feels too modern, here are a few other terms that describe this   
   "narcissistic bullshit artist" energy:   
      
   Logic Chopper: Someone who uses the tools of logic or "demands for evidence"   
   not to find the truth, but to derail a conversation and AVOID ADDRESSING THE   
   ACTUAL POINT.   
      
   Proof-Troll: A subset of trolls who know they've lost on the merits, so they   
   demand hyper-specific documentation for every word you say, knowing the effort   
   to   
   provide it is higher than the value of the win.   
      
   Filibusterer: They aren't trying to be right; they are trying to be the last   
   one talking. By demanding you find a non-existent post, they are just trying to   
   keep the clock running until you give up in frustration-at which point they   
   claim victory because you "stopped responding."   
      
   The Reality Check:   
   He isn't looking for the post. He knows it isn't there. He's just trying to   
   turn his "disappearing act" into a "research assignment" for you. It's a power   
   play   
   designed to make you work for his amusement.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)