On Fri, Dec 5, 2008 at 6:38 PM, Olin Lathrop wrote: > Geesh Russell, take off your PC glasses and look at the real world. There > is no bullying or provication here, although if you just cringe at the first > statement that isn't PC to your level and don't really look at it carefully > you could possibly get that impression. I suppose your approach would be > (apparently has been since you're replying many posts in) to just ignore it > when the newbie acts like a ingrate. That's not doing him any favors. > > Yes, telling him so and explaining why may not be pleasant for him, but this > isn't a world of only fluffy bunnies blissfully hopping thru the forest. > Once he gets over it and you think about it more carefully, you'll both > realize he's a lot better off hearing it from someone on the other end of > the internet who doesn't really matter in the scope of things, than have a > teacher give him a lesser grade or someone deciding to not give him a job. > The former might explain why in some cases, while he'll probably never know > what went wrong in the latter case. > > Blunt is a lot more effective than fluffy. You may not want to put the > effort into blunt, and you're certainly not obligated to, but you could at > least not get in the way when sombody else does. > Listen bud. I believe this issue is that it is YOU who believes his knowledge is so indispensable that others should allow themselves to be subject to your pathetic nonsense to have it. It is you who is arrogant and ignorant. It is you who is the ingrate. Didn't your mother ever tell you how to be respectful to other people? I'm sorry I have to put it like this, but c'mon. You're acting like you're the most knowledgeable person on earth. You're acting like you're the only one who knows how to communicate over the internet. Heads up buddy, you're not. So please, don't waste my time and stop trolling my threads. Notice how other people have so kindly managed to communicate with me without the need for even a single insult. You're the only dick on this thread causing trouble. So please, save yourself the blood pressure and leave. Oh, and I didn't top post and I trimmed your post. -- ..::[ solarwind ]::.. -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist