From: Dave Frightens Me on 30 Jul 2006 13:25 On Sun, 30 Jul 2006 18:02:21 +0100, "JohnT" <johnhillriseDONOTSPAM(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >"Miguel Cruz" <spam(a)admin.u.nu> wrote in message >news:spam-7FBF4A.23485230072006(a)localhost... >> Mxsmanic <mxsmanic(a)gmail.com> wrote: >>> Too many people here are more concerned with attacking me than they >>> are with finding out the truth. They are like schoolboys on a >>> playground, ready to rumble but without a clue. Look it up _first_, >>> then speak only if I've clearly made a mistake (which is rare). You >>> see, I _do_ look things up. >> >> You make plenty of mistakes, and your version of "looking things up" >> often amounts to having a recollection of reading something once upon a >> time. >> >> However, you spend so much time surgically editing the messages you are >> replying to in order to create the impression that people are saying >> different things from what they actually were, that you are frequently >> able to declare victory to your own satisfaction. To onlookers it >> appears ridiculous, but I think there's a certain lack of self-awareness >> at work here. > > >Or perhaps it is due to Aspergers Syndrome. The last description someone posted of that sounded very, very like Mixi. Is it another trait to not want to seek treatment? -- --- DFM - http://www.deepfriedmars.com --- --
From: Dave Frightens Me on 30 Jul 2006 13:26 On Sun, 30 Jul 2006 23:48:52 +0800, Miguel Cruz <spam(a)admin.u.nu> wrote: >Mxsmanic <mxsmanic(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> Too many people here are more concerned with attacking me than they >> are with finding out the truth. They are like schoolboys on a >> playground, ready to rumble but without a clue. Look it up _first_, >> then speak only if I've clearly made a mistake (which is rare). You >> see, I _do_ look things up. > >You make plenty of mistakes, and your version of "looking things up" >often amounts to having a recollection of reading something once upon a >time. > >However, you spend so much time surgically editing the messages you are >replying to in order to create the impression that people are saying >different things from what they actually were, that you are frequently >able to declare victory to your own satisfaction. To onlookers it >appears ridiculous, but I think there's a certain lack of self-awareness >at work here. I think that constitutes a personal attack, so he won't reply to you. -- --- DFM - http://www.deepfriedmars.com --- --
From: JohnT on 30 Jul 2006 13:59 "Dave Frightens Me" <deepfreudmoors(a)eITmISaACTUALLYiREAL!l.nu> wrote in message news:rnqpc21d9j3gahe5mor0tar70p7b4542ns(a)4ax.com... > On Sun, 30 Jul 2006 14:55:25 +0200, Mxsmanic <mxsmanic(a)gmail.com> > wrote: > >>Dave Frightens Me writes: >> >>> Mainly? It seems to me you consider air con the sole means of dealing >>> with heat. >> >>Ultimately, it is. > > What about putting your feet in a bucket of cold water, and switching > a fan on? What about him putting his head in a bucket of cold water? JohnT
From: mrtravel on 30 Jul 2006 16:07 Mxsmanic wrote: > Dave Frightens Me writes: > > >>Indeed, if they had been properly educated about how to deal with the >>heat, they needn't have died from it. > > > An education would not have helped without the actual tools, such as > air conditioning. Nonsense. There are plenty of ways to not die if it gets as hot as it was in Paris.
From: mrtravel on 30 Jul 2006 16:09
Mxsmanic wrote: > mrtravel writes: > > >>What follows is an example of the same test I did it high school. >>I wasn't referring to the common toilet/sink draining rhetoric > > > Yes, you were. Then you googled, hoping to find that you were right > and I was wrong. Then you discovered that you were wrong, but you > tried to extract anything you could from the page you mention that > would allow you to save face somehow. I googled what? I found a statement that matched the high school lab experiment that I suspect millions of Americans are familiar with. |