Yet more problematic stuff

[Cunt]

Another irony is the number of times he accuses us of reading only from sources that agree with our views while just about all his links point to the usual right wing sites, Breitbart, Crowder etc ad nauseam.

If you want to trust other sources more than you trust Breitbart, Crowder (a COMEDIAN) etc., you are welcome to. I don't see a lot of reason to trust them any less than I trust most other news sources.

Of course, you are one of those who can't joke about your overlords, so I'll try to be gentle.

[Hermit]

Of course, you are one of those who can't joke about your overlords, so I'll try to be gentle.

Until you tell me who my overlords are, I won't know who I can't make jokes about. Be courageous. Name names.

[Svartalf]

given the quality and general interest of said contributions, I just ended up putting him on ignore after giving him his chance.

[Hermit]

given the quality and general interest of said contributions, I just ended up putting him on ignore after giving him his chance.

For the purpose of discussing stuff with our member from Yellowknife the value of his contributions is negligible. This is not surprising, for he is not interested in discussing anything. He just makes assertions. When they are queried he moves on to another topic. Fake discussion, better recognised as a tool for his real interest - playing games. That explains his stream of personal remarks, sardonic comments and sarcasm (which I must admit he is getting increasingly skilled at). He is the second genuine troll I have encountered in this forum. (The other one posted under the alias of Chuck Jones, and he got trolling down to a fine art.)

Nevertheless, I am not tempted to put him on ignore. He is too interesting a specimen to study his behaviour of. Unfortunately, he is not quite as forthcoming about his personal life as Seth used to be, so it's a bit difficult to work out how this Gordian knot of neurosis came about and how it grew. At this stage I only have a vague inkling that his upbringing was, to understate, sub-optimal. Joe is right. Our member from Yellowknife is not particularly self aware. He compensates for the damage done to him in fairly typical and predictable ways, and his attempts to hide his pain are successful only as far as he himself is concerned. To me his pain sticks out like a sore thumb. People like Animavore would treat him with a bit more compassion and empathy if they saw him for what he is: like Seth, a pathetic victim of his upbringing.

[Svartalf]

I find your scientific curiosity laudable, but I'm bored enough as it is without spending my scant concentration powers on the likes of him.

[Hermit]

I find your scientific curiosity laudable, but I'm bored enough as it is without spending my scant concentration powers on the likes of him.

I'm not scientific about our member from Yellowknife. Being a mad cat-person I caught their disease. It will kill me one day. I shall keep exploring until it does.

[Brian Peacock]

In my experience some individuals literally cannot relate to other people who aren't being shitty to them, and so they're constantly looking to create those conditions in order to make a connection with others - even when that connection is fundamentally and inevitably twisted and broken. Trying to troll others to be shitty to you is a kind of cry for help - a way to get others to confirm one's own views about oneself, the view that one is basically, well, a bit of cunt.

[Seabass]

So, Cunt just needs more hugs?

[Hermit]

So, Cunt just needs more hugs?

Possibly too late for that. Old dog, new tricks.

While we're indulging in some amateur psychological speculations, I think Brian Peacock is onto something, there. Sort of, anyway. I can speak from personal experience when I say that obnoxious behaviour can be rewarding. When I was around 12 ot 13 years old my school teachers got together and summoned both my parents to a conference. Apparently, I was a bit of a class clown at the time, and many of them, especially my maths teacher, thought I was taking things a bit too far. Could have something to do with the fact that when he slapped in the face one day, I slapped him right back. It was a reflex reaction. Honestly. I remember my arm swinging as if it were controlled by someone else.

The upshot of the conference was that I had become unacceptably disruptive. Hearing this made me happy. Making waves at such young age... The best part came when my mother quoted one of my teacher saying that not only did I poison the atmosphere of my class, but I poisoned that of the entire school. It was probably hyperbole, but it made me feel immensely joyful. Just imagine a boy in 6th class affecting an entire school, which in Germany went up to class 13. RESTECP! Right? RIGHT?

The phase did not last much longer. Apparently there's a pattern, especially noticeable in boys as they hit puberty, of the frontal cortex not keeping pace with physical changes. A child's body morphoses into adulthood before the brain gets similarly rejigged. By year 8 I had definitely adjusted for the better.

Perhaps the rewiring of the frontal cortex is not as thorough or complete with some people. Or it is, but the behavioural pattern has become so ingrained that it perseveres despite the changes in the brain. Conditioning, both reward and aversion therapy, is a powerful thing. By the time you are in your forties, which is where I guess our member from Yellowknife can be found, it will be immensely difficult to change course, especially when neither motivation from within nor conditioning from without is present.

[Cunt]

given the quality and general interest of said contributions, I just ended up putting him on ignore after giving him his chance.

For the purpose of discussing stuff with our member from Yellowknife the value of his contributions is negligible. This is not surprising, for he is not interested in discussing anything. He just makes assertions. When they are queried he moves on to another topic. Fake discussion, better recognised as a tool for his real interest - playing games. That explains his stream of personal remarks, sardonic comments and sarcasm (which I must admit he is getting increasingly skilled at). He is the second genuine troll I have encountered in this forum. (The other one posted under the alias of Chuck Jones, and he got trolling down to a fine art.)

Nevertheless, I am not tempted to put him on ignore. He is too interesting a specimen to study his behaviour of. Unfortunately, he is not quite as forthcoming about his personal life as Seth used to be, so it's a bit difficult to work out how this Gordian knot of neurosis came about and how it grew. At this stage I only have a vague inkling that his upbringing was, to understate, sub-optimal. Joe is right. Our member from Yellowknife is not particularly self aware. He compensates for the damage done to him in fairly typical and predictable ways, and his attempts to hide his pain are successful only as far as he himself is concerned. To me his pain sticks out like a sore thumb. People like Animavore would treat him with a bit more compassion and empathy if they saw him for what he is: like Seth, a pathetic victim of his upbringing.

I know you are, but what am I?

This is WAY funner than the dry, academic shit

[Cunt]

Of course, you are one of those who can't joke about your overlords, so I'll try to be gentle.

Until you tell me who my overlords are, I won't know who I can't make jokes about. Be courageous. Name names.

I think I'll stop treating you fairly, because of the following...

genuine troll

So you ARE a genuine troll, and will not be more, in my eyes. Consider yourself suspended, or irrelevant, or whatever.

All your psychological speculating about me, just because I don't like the new 'gender pronoun' games you all want to play? Look, I don't mind what you do behind closed doors, but it doesn't affect reality unless you start singing showtunes about it or something, so why not just admit it.

Men are men, women are women, and people can use whichever pronoun they deem suitable for others.

[JimC]

So, no clarification about Hermit's overlords, then.

I'm betting you see them as a deep conspiracy between lefty liberals, greenies, radical feminists and jihadists, with the elders of zion as a possible team member...

[Cunt]

So, no clarification about Hermit's overlords, then.

I'm betting you see them as a deep conspiracy between lefty liberals, greenies, radical feminists and jihadists, with the elders of zion as a possible team member...

The lefties will come for both of you. That's the thing with the circular firing squad political model they have fallen into. I'm not progressive enough, so the left attacks. You certainly aren't, either, so they'll come attack you.

As to the overlords, you both support hate speech laws, so I hesitate to guess which words you feel the need to be protected from.

For your 'overlords', you will have to consult your local human rights laws, to see who has access to special rights.

Here, it's basically the D.I.E. religion. The chant 'diversity, inclusion, equity/equality' is working its way into funding applciations, research grants and everywhere else the progressives in power think it should fit.

I mean, since it's pushed by the government, it MUST be right though...

[Cunt]

I just noticed something.

All of the active threads on this forum are political, largely talk about US politics, and you guys seem to have a technique for chasing away anyone who is in favour of a certain side of the political divide...hmmm...could it be that everyone is wrong but you five are right?

[Joe]

So, no clarification about Hermit's overlords, then.

I'm betting you see them as a deep conspiracy between lefty liberals, greenies, radical feminists and jihadists, with the elders of zion as a possible team member...

Hermit's Overlords? Sounds like a biker gang.