Cowology wrote:It's not that simple. Like it or not he's very good at toeing the line and while the pattern of behavior establishes him as a toxic contributor, it's difficult to look at any one individual post as being particularly problematic. It's the continuous needling that gets people and that is much harder to regulate. Especially when he knows when to back off.Exit 9 wrote:MotorCade2 wrote:
I blocked him the first day I made my account
He's cool with the mods so they let him do whatever he wants, then as soon as others start to engage his attention-starved ass, THEN it becomes a problem and threads get locked, warnings issued etc etc.
It's obvious to all who frequent this board except those in charge I guess.
Ah well, back to minding my own MF'n bidness..
I've gone at him several times recently, but I don't have any real power any more. I just call him on his b.s. when I see it.
For what it's worth our mods do an outstanding job, especially compared to pretty much every other board. This isn't a police state; people are allowed to be pompous ****, even if we don't like it.
See? There you have it. All fully explained. Barely staying inside the rules is still staying inside the rules. Sarcasm and pomposity are not violations of the TOS.
Now, like Eddie Murphy said on stage once, it's not like I come in here, say a few swear words and leave, or all of my posts are trying to dress someone down for presenting a bad argument. I've got nearly 67,000 posts; I can assure you that not only is it statistically impossible for me to be a dick in EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM, but it's simply not true. And all you who read this board and have any problem with me know it whether you'll admit or not. There's a lot more contribution to the topics than me playing acerbic stand up comic and yankin' chains. Don't make bad arguments then get riled up when I say "That's a bad argument, and here's why." Because I can assure you I'm going to continue to do it. We all do here, every day, and I'm no different.
You call me toxic, I call the ruffled feathers a sign of insecurity. It's words on the internet yet some of you guys act like I'm playing grab ass with your ladies or something. How anyone could be actually upset about anything I write is beyond me; I get a kick out of all of it. There IS a block button here; use it. I probably endure as many or more insults as anyone on this board and that's fine; it's words on a screen. Hell, you personally attacked me using the logic of "And I know you're just going to insult me, passive aggressively do blah blah blah, so I'll just address it now" as a response to my LACK OF response. And I didn't even respond the THAT post. I mean, if we're going to air it all out...really? Seriously, dude.
So lighten up, Francis-es. Have fun with it. And yes, the mods here DO do a good job comparatively speaking. If you think I'M a real headache, go visit the General Board sometime.
