Chill out John Simmons
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I don't mean to ruffle feathers, but I don't see why people pick on Link and vote down his posts, and tell him he is a nuisance. Some of his posts may be inane, but I have never seen anything malicious about them. Is he the focus of ridicule simply because he's a little different?
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Richie308 wrote:
Is he the focus of ridicule simply because he's a little different?
I think the majority of it is people following the crowd. As for me, the posts I don't like of his are the inappropriate ones. Outside of that I don't vote his stuff down. He's gotten much better about it, but only recently. I think it got bad because for a while everyone was saying chill out with the improper crap he was spewing but he didn't listen. I reckon it just got to the point where we all just unleashed, and I don't think people are done having their fun yet.
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led mike wrote:
Never saw that coming
:-D
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I don't mean to ruffle feathers, but I don't see why people pick on Link and vote down his posts, and tell him he is a nuisance. Some of his posts may be inane, but I have never seen anything malicious about them. Is he the focus of ridicule simply because he's a little different?
-------------------------------- "All that is necessary for the forces of evil to win in the world is for enough good men to do nothing" -- Edmund Burke
Richie308 wrote:
Is he the focus of ridicule simply because he's a little different?
It's the historically sustained human behavior of picking on the odd one :-)
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Richie308 wrote:
Is he the focus of ridicule simply because he's a little different?
I think the majority of it is people following the crowd. As for me, the posts I don't like of his are the inappropriate ones. Outside of that I don't vote his stuff down. He's gotten much better about it, but only recently. I think it got bad because for a while everyone was saying chill out with the improper crap he was spewing but he didn't listen. I reckon it just got to the point where we all just unleashed, and I don't think people are done having their fun yet.
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Jeremy Falcon wrote:
As for me, the posts I don't like of his are the inappropriate ones.
Yep, same here. Those "why doesn't she love me" threads he had running a few weeks ago were pretty much insane. And he did overdo the Youtube postings :-) But outside of that, he definitely seems harmless. Though he seems to have a strong insult-proof personality :-) I don't think a JohnSimmons-MichaelMartin combo would have much effect on Link.
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Jeremy Falcon wrote:
As for me, the posts I don't like of his are the inappropriate ones.
Yep, same here. Those "why doesn't she love me" threads he had running a few weeks ago were pretty much insane. And he did overdo the Youtube postings :-) But outside of that, he definitely seems harmless. Though he seems to have a strong insult-proof personality :-) I don't think a JohnSimmons-MichaelMartin combo would have much effect on Link.
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Currently working on C++/CLI in Action for Manning Publications. Also visit the Ultimate Toolbox blog (New)Nishant Sivakumar wrote:
I don't think a JohnSimmons-MichaelMartin combo would have much effect on Link.
And if you mix all three of those into one personality, hmm... Let's just say I'd be afriad, very afraid of what the result would be. :-D
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Nishant Sivakumar wrote:
I don't think a JohnSimmons-MichaelMartin combo would have much effect on Link.
And if you mix all three of those into one personality, hmm... Let's just say I'd be afriad, very afraid of what the result would be. :-D
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Jeremy Falcon wrote:
And if you mix all three of those into one personality, hmm... Let's just say I'd be afriad, very afraid of what the result would be.
:laugh:
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Richie308 wrote:
Is he the focus of ridicule simply because he's a little different?
I think the majority of it is people following the crowd. As for me, the posts I don't like of his are the inappropriate ones. Outside of that I don't vote his stuff down. He's gotten much better about it, but only recently. I think it got bad because for a while everyone was saying chill out with the improper crap he was spewing but he didn't listen. I reckon it just got to the point where we all just unleashed, and I don't think people are done having their fun yet.
Jeremy Falcon A multithreaded, OpenGL-enabled application.[^]
Jeremy Falcon wrote:
I reckon it just got to the point where we all just unleashed
I don't recall "reaching the point." I just started in right away. :) Marc
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I don't mean to ruffle feathers, but I don't see why people pick on Link and vote down his posts, and tell him he is a nuisance. Some of his posts may be inane, but I have never seen anything malicious about them. Is he the focus of ridicule simply because he's a little different?
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Richie308 wrote:
Is he the focus of ridicule simply because he's a little different?
Different? What, like most of us can't identify with being lovesick and bored? Please. To the extent he gets teased, it's because he throws out these inane posts and then proceeds to ignore any serious or compassionate replies, instead focusing on the joking or insulting ones. To borrow a term from those ever-scatological Brits: he's just an incorrigible "piss-taker".
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Jeremy Falcon wrote:
I reckon it just got to the point where we all just unleashed
I don't recall "reaching the point." I just started in right away. :) Marc
People are just notoriously impossible. --DavidCrow
There's NO excuse for not commenting your code. -- John Simmons / outlaw programmer
People who say that they will refactor their code later to make it "good" don't understand refactoring, nor the art and craft of programming. -- Josh SmithMarc Clifton wrote:
I just started in right away.
Sounds like you're optimized for efficiency. :rolleyes:
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Sorry I didn't see your earlier posts until now, you kept suggesting FPS titles to challenge me, but didn't you know I'm Fatal1ty's dearest secret mentor? I'm quite busy mon - fri, if you want your ass kicked, we can have a CP frag party this sunday. We can also play HL2 deathmatch, so I can frag you with a toilet with a gravity gun, which is my favorite. Also, I have never stalked that woman once! So, stop making up story. Thank you. :)
Link2006 wrote:
if you want your ass kicked, we can have a CP frag party this sunday.
Great! Now I am confused. Where should I put my money on you or on John?
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Link2006 wrote:
Also, I have never stalked that woman once!
Ah, that's true. You stalked her, what, thrice? ;P Marc
People are just notoriously impossible. --DavidCrow
There's NO excuse for not commenting your code. -- John Simmons / outlaw programmer
People who say that they will refactor their code later to make it "good" don't understand refactoring, nor the art and craft of programming. -- Josh SmithMarc Clifton wrote:
Ah, that's true. You stalked her, what, thrice?
:laugh: I needed that laugh. Thanks Marc!!
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Link2006 wrote:
if you want your ass kicked, we can have a CP frag party this sunday.
Great! Now I am confused. Where should I put my money on you or on John?
Debugging is twice as hard as writing the code in the first place. Therefore, if you write the code as cleverly as possible, you are, by definition, not smart enough to debug it. -Brian Kernighan
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I don't mean to ruffle feathers, but I don't see why people pick on Link and vote down his posts, and tell him he is a nuisance. Some of his posts may be inane, but I have never seen anything malicious about them. Is he the focus of ridicule simply because he's a little different?
-------------------------------- "All that is necessary for the forces of evil to win in the world is for enough good men to do nothing" -- Edmund Burke
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Sorry I didn't see your earlier posts until now, you kept suggesting FPS titles to challenge me, but didn't you know I'm Fatal1ty's dearest secret mentor? I'm quite busy mon - fri, if you want your ass kicked, we can have a CP frag party this sunday. We can also play HL2 deathmatch, so I can frag you with a toilet with a gravity gun, which is my favorite. Also, I have never stalked that woman once! So, stop making up story. Thank you. :)
Link2006 wrote:
We can also play HL2 deathmatch, so I can frag you with a toilet with a gravity gun, which is my favorite.
Holy crap ! You dont stand a chance of lasting even a minute unless you are intimately familiar with these games (weapons, moves, key combos). I tried to play HL2 with my 12 year old nephew, it is hopeless. From the looks of it John should ask for one month practice time before taking on Link.
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I got to the point after I was feeling sorry for myself about turning 30 he told me that I need to chill and go birth some children.
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Link2006 wrote:
We can also play HL2 deathmatch, so I can frag you with a toilet with a gravity gun, which is my favorite.
Holy crap ! You dont stand a chance of lasting even a minute unless you are intimately familiar with these games (weapons, moves, key combos). I tried to play HL2 with my 12 year old nephew, it is hopeless. From the looks of it John should ask for one month practice time before taking on Link.
I must also add that I am a dinosaur - out of touch with gaming for 10 years.
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I got to the point after I was feeling sorry for myself about turning 30 he told me that I need to chill and go birth some children.
leckey wrote:
he told me that I need to chill and go birth some children.
Yeah, I couldn't believe it either... :sigh:
Ryan
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Sorry I didn't see your earlier posts until now, you kept suggesting FPS titles to challenge me, but didn't you know I'm Fatal1ty's dearest secret mentor? I'm quite busy mon - fri, if you want your ass kicked, we can have a CP frag party this sunday. We can also play HL2 deathmatch, so I can frag you with a toilet with a gravity gun, which is my favorite. Also, I have never stalked that woman once! So, stop making up story. Thank you. :)
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I don't mean to ruffle feathers, but I don't see why people pick on Link and vote down his posts, and tell him he is a nuisance. Some of his posts may be inane, but I have never seen anything malicious about them. Is he the focus of ridicule simply because he's a little different?
-------------------------------- "All that is necessary for the forces of evil to win in the world is for enough good men to do nothing" -- Edmund Burke
Richie308 wrote:
but I have never seen anything malicious about them.
Have you really been following his posts? Some of them are malicious, whether intended or not that is how they are coming across. Now if Jeremy Falcon was defending him then you could safely assume others where just jumping on his case, for being "different" or "special". There is a reason though. Jeremy is the defender of anything that smells funny. :)
I'd love to help, but unfortunatley I have prior commitments monitoring the length of my grass. :Andrew Bleakley:
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Looks like John's worst fears have come true - Link is a gamer guru!!!
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