[ Minor Rant ] I'm ignoring you! Deal with it!

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It does not explain the declaration of leaving followed by posting here for hours.

Actually it does, people leave to get some fresh air when someone like OP says a bunch of stuff diminishing us. Simple as that.

It seems like some people are taking this question much too personally.

What Fnord began this thread was a very general question.


Now it doesn't seem like Fnord was directing this question to a particular person on this board, quite the contrary by his opening thread.

Well s**t Fnord I'm so sorry I never met your standards & never will.

You're ignoring the common denominator in Fnord's anecdotes, which is Fnord. If this behavior is everyone else's fault, please explain.

Every other post I see from Fnord is tearing somebody a new one. It's subtracting from the ability of WP users to help each other.

I can perfectly understand that one can dislike Fnord.
I can't understand why to use time and energy on hanging on a thread of someone one dislikes.

It's amazing to me that you would accuse Fnord of being rude and arrogant - maybe you should re-read what you posted in this thread.

An otherwise interesting thread that for reasons that you won't even explain, decided was about you.

Actually I knew because I was one of the people he mentioned. Fnord asked for an explanation & got plenty. You're making excuses for him because he's appealing to your sense of superiority. I never said I was any better; that was me being respectful.

You know, I still fail to see the explanation in your posts.
You explained why you don't like him and why people may feel hurt interacting with him.
But you didn't explain why you hang here after you declared ignoring this thread.
You didn't explain what you meant by these contradictory signals.
This was the original question.

Last edited by magz on 26 Apr 2019, 2:21 pm, edited 2 times in total.

Where did he mention you?

I'm not making excuses for anybody and I have no reason to insult Fnord in such a way.

"My sense of superiority" only exists in your own head.

You don't seem to actually read people's posts, but reply to whatever you imagine they're saying. I'm starting to wonder if you're not deliberately trying to provoke people here, since you keep attributing us thoughts, feelings and words that aren't actually ours.

Okay, I'm not going to post here any more this evening because I'm going to watch a movie

Direct? Forthright? Not wrapping things in cotton wool? Exasperated, sometimes? A little abrasive in some people's eyes, even? Yes, I can see that. But belligerent or malicious? No, that's not Fnord.


If there were some specific person(s) that Fnord had in mind, he was decent enough to preserve their anonymity and not draw other readers into a personal dispute. Enough people have responded to this thread in the general case, that even if a particular member was the catalyst for Fnord's thoughts, it is now a public discussion of generalities.

Yes, that is why I'm not sugarcoating my criticism.

This.

It puzzles me too. It’s the kind of behavior — displayed by many people on-line and in real life — that inspired me to start this thread. They say they are not going to speak to me anymore, and then they keep on speaking to me.

What’s up with that?

Note that I am addressing the behavior, which is display by many people, and not just any one person.

You just got your answer, now you're choosing to ignore it. That's disappointing.

You lack theory of mind & it reflects poorly on you when people don't have the energy to put up with your inconsiderate style. You also continue to challenge people who don't wish to interact with you, dragging them back into your narrative.

I disagree with an opinion that this behavior is all about the person at which it is directed.
I have observed it in totally different circumstances, directed towards totally different people (not even me). The common denominator seems to be offence.
Lack of mind theory explains one can be much more likely to unintentionally offend others. However, it does not explain this particular reaction to perceived offence - this is on the offended one's side.
Therefore, I stick to my original explanation.

Well as long as we're just here to ascribe blame, it's all our fault. All hail dear leader Fnord.