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22 Mar 2009, 11:52 am

I've been wondering that for over a year.

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22 Mar 2009, 12:47 pm

the more people will PM the mods about the trolls the less trolls there will be.
it's that simple.

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24 Mar 2009, 8:08 am

What's wrong with debate? And some trolls help lighten the mood at times, and can be very entertaining.

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24 Mar 2009, 10:21 am

roygerdodger wrote:

Since when did this place became all debate and troll happy?

Since more educated and knowledgible people signed up, and started trying to eliminate ignorance and wrong-thinking among the membership, is my guess.

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25 Mar 2009, 12:13 am

sinsboldly wrote:

the more people will PM the mods about the trolls the less trolls there will be.
it's that simple.

Merle

Amen. I get so tired of hearing people complain about trolls, spammers, stalkers, personal attacks, etc. instead of just informing the mods and letting them take care of it. :roll:

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25 Mar 2009, 12:14 am

Fnord wrote:

Since more educated and knowledgible people signed up, and started trying to eliminate ignorance and wrong-thinking among the membership, is my guess.

Wherever there's a person who thinks that aliens could travel to earth - I'll be there.

Wherever there's someone praying to god to solve problems beyond their control - I'll be there.

Wherever there's a child who still believes in Santa Clause - I'll be there.

Psychics and conspiracy theorists beware. :rambo:

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25 Mar 2009, 12:39 pm

Fnord wrote:

roygerdodger wrote:

Since when did this place became all debate and troll happy?

Since more educated and knowledgible people signed up, and started trying to eliminate ignorance and wrong-thinking among the membership, is my guess.

educated adults typically don't come to forums like these. they have better things to do than sitting in front of their computer, debating about the same 3 topics, over and over and over.

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25 Mar 2009, 12:52 pm

ButtCoffee wrote:

Fnord wrote:

roygerdodger wrote:

Since when did this place became all debate and troll happy?

Since more educated and knowledgible people signed up, and started trying to eliminate ignorance and wrong-thinking among the membership, is my guess.

educated adults typically don't come to forums like these. they have better things to do than sitting in front of their computer, debating about the same 3 topics, over and over and over.

So, kid, you've assumed that there are no educated adults that are also WP members?

:roll:

:roll:

I am a 51 year old Aspie (52 in about a week), I've earned a graduate degree in Electrical Engineering, I currently work in the transportation industry, and I earn over 64K$ per year.

There are other members like me, with similar levels of education and career success. Just because you only know people like you does not mean that people like you are the only people that exist.

Some of us have done very well for ourselves.

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25 Mar 2009, 1:26 pm

ButtCoffee wrote:

Fnord wrote:

roygerdodger wrote:

Since when did this place became all debate and troll happy?

Since more educated and knowledgible people signed up, and started trying to eliminate ignorance and wrong-thinking among the membership, is my guess.

educated adults typically don't come to forums like these. they have better things to do than sitting in front of their computer, debating about the same 3 topics, over and over and over.

And, yet ... I do it anyway. Bad, bad habit of mine, lol!

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26 Mar 2009, 12:18 am

Fnord wrote:

So, kid, you've assumed that there are no educated adults that are also WP members?

:roll:

:roll:

I am a 51 year old Aspie (52 in about a week), I've earned a graduate degree in Electrical Engineering, I currently work in the transportation industry, and I earn over 64K$ per year.

There are other members like me, with similar levels of education and career success. Just because you only know people like you does not mean that people like you are the only people that exist.

Some of us have done very well for ourselves.

As I said, educated adults typically don't come to these types forums.

1. Why are you even responding to me?
2. Why are you trying to prove your intelligence to me?
3. Why are you trying to inform me, that you have a graduate degree? And why are you not specific on whether or not it's a Masters or PhD?
4. Why do you feel the need to inform me of how much you make per year?

I believe you misunderstood what I meant, when I used the word, "adult."

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And, yet ... I do it anyway. Bad, bad habit of mine, lol!

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Why are you trying to prove something to me?
Why do you even give a s**t what I think?

What's even more interesting is... . You both feel the need to prove something to me

So, I repeat myself. Educated Adults typically don't come to these forums to discuss the same 3 things over and over.

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26 Mar 2009, 8:10 am

ButtCoffee, can you say the word "troll"?

ah .I thought you could. . .

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26 Mar 2009, 11:58 am

ButtCoffee wrote:

DW_a_mom wrote:

And, yet ... I do it anyway. Bad, bad habit of mine, lol!

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Why are you trying to prove something to me?
Why do you even give a sh** what I think?

What's even more interesting is... . You both feel the need to prove something to me

So, I repeat myself. Educated Adults typically don't come to these forums to discuss the same 3 things over and over.

Hmmm ... well, you missunderstand why I posted. Because I thought it was entertaining to do so. Although, I must admit, most people don't think I have a very good sense of humor

And my idea of "fun" could be warped.

Yes, I know you are a troll. And I know not to feed the trolls. Just, well, sometimes its entertaining to do so.

Think what you want about that.

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26 Mar 2009, 12:04 pm

Actually playing with the trolls is fun for many of us who are often locked away in our own little worlds and environments for long periods of time.
Herrrreeee trollie, trollie, trollie, trollieee.

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26 Mar 2009, 12:09 pm

ButtCoffee wrote:

As I said, educated adults typically don't come to these types forums.
1. Why are you even responding to me?

Because you posted an invalid claim.

ButtCoffee wrote:

2. Why are you trying to prove your intelligence to me?

I am not. Why do you see intelligence as a threat?

ButtCoffee wrote:

3. Why are you trying to inform me, that you have a graduate degree?

To show you why your claim is invalid.

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And why are you not specific on whether or not it's a Masters or PhD?

Why does the level of my education matter so much to you? For the record, it's a "Master of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering."

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4. Why do you feel the need to inform me of how much you make per year?

Because you'll rarely find an ignorant and uneducated person making that much, especially in the current economy.

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Why are you trying to prove something to me?

Why are you asking the same question in different forms? Please refer to the previous answers.

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Why do you even give a sh** what I think?

I don't.

ButtCoffee wrote:

What's even more interesting is... . You both feel the need to prove something to me

Only that the following claim of yours is invalid.

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So, I repeat myself. Educated Adults typically don't come to these forums to discuss the same 3 things over and over.

Actually, many of us Educated Adults come to these forums to discuss the same 300+ things over and over ... and mostly to challenge arrogant and ignorant noobs who post abrasive assumptions without first investigating the facts - in other words, noobs who are Trolling.

Have a nice day!

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26 Mar 2009, 2:30 pm

garyww wrote:

Actually playing with the trolls is fun for many of us who are often locked away in our own little worlds and environments for long periods of time.
Herrrreeee trollie, trollie, trollie, trollieee.

I'm a professional!

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26 Mar 2009, 9:28 pm

garyww wrote:

Actually playing with the trolls is fun for many of us who are often locked away in our own little worlds and environments for long periods of time.
Herrrreeee trollie, trollie, trollie, trollieee.

Trolling the trolls is one of my favorite online pastimes.

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