• Can We Have a Troll Free August?

    From Alan Browne@21:1/5 to All on Tue Jul 30 14:18:03 2024
    How about nobody (incl. JR and Alan, but a few others (and me)) not
    reply at all to the trolls for the entire month of August.

    It's the same crap every time, with the same conclusions and same actors
    and same loops and circles. Not productive or useful.

    The Arlen driven loop has been going for years now. Responding to it
    and its acolyte have proven to just generate high noise to signal ratio.

    So - can we sacrifice a mere month to the notion of not feeding the
    trolls? Just 1 month. 4 and a bit weeks. 31 days. No big deal.

    No matter what the claim, no matter what the provocation, no mater what:


    _____________________
    /| /| | |
    ||__|| | Please do not |
    / O O\__ | feed the |
    / \ | Trolls |
    / \ \|_____________________|
    / _ \ \ ||
    / |\____\ \ ||
    / | | | |\____/ ||
    / \|_|_|/ | _||
    / / \ |____| ||
    / | | | --|
    | | | |____ --|
    * _ | |_|_|_| | \-/
    *-- _--\ _ \ | ||
    / _ \\ | / `'
    * / \_ /- | | |
    * ___ c_c_c_C/ \C_c_c_c____________


    And whoever does reply to the trolls, don't reply to them either.

    --
    "It would be a measureless disaster if Russian barbarism overlaid
    the culture and independence of the ancient States of Europe."
    Winston Churchill

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  • From Jolly Roger@21:1/5 to Alan Browne on Tue Jul 30 21:44:51 2024
    On 2024-07-30, Alan Browne <bitbucket@blackhole.com> wrote:

    How about nobody (incl. JR and Alan, but a few others (and me)) not
    reply at all to the trolls for the entire month of August.

    Challenge accepted. I doubt much will change, but I'm in.

    --
    E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my ravenous SPAM filter.
    I often ignore posts from Google. Use a real news client instead.

    JR

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  • From Andrew@21:1/5 to Jolly Roger on Tue Jul 30 23:43:44 2024
    Jolly Roger wrote on 30 Jul 2024 21:44:51 GMT :

    How about nobody (incl. JR and Alan, but a few others (and me)) not
    reply at all to the trolls for the entire month of August.

    Challenge accepted. I doubt much will change, but I'm in.

    I'm in too. I won't respond to the Alan Baker or Alan Browne trolls.
    Deal?

    But I still reserve the right to study Jolly Roger as he interests me.

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  • From Alan@21:1/5 to Chris on Wed Jul 31 00:29:09 2024
    On 2024-07-31 00:04, Chris wrote:
    Andrew <andrew@spam.net> wrote:
    Jolly Roger wrote on 30 Jul 2024 21:44:51 GMT :

    How about nobody (incl. JR and Alan, but a few others (and me)) not
    reply at all to the trolls for the entire month of August.

    Challenge accepted. I doubt much will change, but I'm in.

    I'm in too. I won't respond to the Alan Baker or Alan Browne trolls.
    Deal?

    But I still reserve the right to study Jolly Roger as he interests me.

    Let's see how often you change nym to avoid people's killfiles.


    I don't use killfiles.

    If I don't want to reply to someone...


    ...I just don't.

    :-)

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  • From Andrew@21:1/5 to Chris on Wed Jul 31 10:36:16 2024
    Chris wrote on Wed, 31 Jul 2024 07:04:55 -0000 (UTC) :

    But I still reserve the right to study Jolly Roger as he interests me.

    Let's see how often you change nym to avoid people's killfiles.

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  • From John Hill@21:1/5 to Alan on Wed Jul 31 13:42:53 2024
    On 31 Jul 2024 at 08:29:09 BST, "Alan" <nuh-uh@nope.com> wrote:

    On 2024-07-31 00:04, Chris wrote:
    Andrew <andrew@spam.net> wrote:
    Jolly Roger wrote on 30 Jul 2024 21:44:51 GMT :

    How about nobody (incl. JR and Alan, but a few others (and me)) not
    reply at all to the trolls for the entire month of August.

    Challenge accepted. I doubt much will change, but I'm in.

    I'm in too. I won't respond to the Alan Baker or Alan Browne trolls.
    Deal?

    But I still reserve the right to study Jolly Roger as he interests me.

    Let's see how often you change nym to avoid people's killfiles.


    I don't use killfiles.

    If I don't want to reply to someone...


    ...I just don't.

    :-)

    And even if I do, I think "Have I anything useful to say?". The answer is usually "No", and I hold my peace.

    So I'm in.

    Old John.

    --
    Frustra fit per plura, quod potest fieri per pauciora - William of Occam.

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  • From Alan@21:1/5 to John Hill on Wed Jul 31 09:23:11 2024
    On 2024-07-31 06:42, John Hill wrote:
    On 31 Jul 2024 at 08:29:09 BST, "Alan" <nuh-uh@nope.com> wrote:

    On 2024-07-31 00:04, Chris wrote:
    Andrew <andrew@spam.net> wrote:
    Jolly Roger wrote on 30 Jul 2024 21:44:51 GMT :

    How about nobody (incl. JR and Alan, but a few others (and me)) not >>>>>> reply at all to the trolls for the entire month of August.

    Challenge accepted. I doubt much will change, but I'm in.

    I'm in too. I won't respond to the Alan Baker or Alan Browne trolls.
    Deal?

    But I still reserve the right to study Jolly Roger as he interests me.

    Let's see how often you change nym to avoid people's killfiles.


    I don't use killfiles.

    If I don't want to reply to someone...


    ...I just don't.

    :-)

    And even if I do, I think "Have I anything useful to say?". The answer is usually "No", and I hold my peace.

    So I'm in.

    Old John.


    I hold my piece a lot too...

    ...but after decades of experience, I've learned it usually doesn't
    change anything...

    ...so I figure I might as well have what fun I can get out of it.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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  • From *Hemidactylus*@21:1/5 to Alan Browne on Fri Aug 2 23:33:53 2024
    Alan Browne <bitbucket@blackhole.com> wrote:

    How about nobody (incl. JR and Alan, but a few others (and me)) not
    reply at all to the trolls for the entire month of August.

    It's the same crap every time, with the same conclusions and same actors
    and same loops and circles. Not productive or useful.

    The Arlen driven loop has been going for years now. Responding to it
    and its acolyte have proven to just generate high noise to signal ratio.

    So - can we sacrifice a mere month to the notion of not feeding the
    trolls? Just 1 month. 4 and a bit weeks. 31 days. No big deal.

    No matter what the claim, no matter what the provocation, no mater what:


    _____________________
    /| /| | |
    ||__|| | Please do not |
    / O O\__ | feed the |
    / \ | Trolls |
    / \ \|_____________________|
    / _ \ \ ||
    / |\____\ \ ||
    / | | | |\____/ ||
    / \|_|_|/ | _||
    / / \ |____| ||
    / | | | --|
    | | | |____ --|
    * _ | |_|_|_| | \-/
    *-- _--\ _ \ | ||
    / _ \\ | / `'
    * / \_ /- | | |
    * ___ c_c_c_C/ \C_c_c_c____________


    And whoever does reply to the trolls, don't reply to them either.

    I’m all in. Fuck Arlen and all of his clones.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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  • From *Hemidactylus*@21:1/5 to badgolferman on Fri Aug 2 23:36:12 2024
    badgolferman <REMOVETHISbadgolferman@gmail.com> wrote:
    Alan Browne <bitbucket@blackhole.com> wrote:

    How about nobody (incl. JR and Alan, but a few others (and me)) not
    reply at all to the trolls for the entire month of August.

    It's the same crap every time, with the same conclusions and same actors
    and same loops and circles. Not productive or useful.

    The Arlen driven loop has been going for years now. Responding to it
    and its acolyte have proven to just generate high noise to signal ratio.

    So - can we sacrifice a mere month to the notion of not feeding the
    trolls? Just 1 month. 4 and a bit weeks. 31 days. No big deal.

    No matter what the claim, no matter what the provocation, no mater what:


    _____________________
    /| /| | |
    ||__|| | Please do not |
    / O O\__ | feed the |
    / \ | Trolls |
    / \ \|_____________________|
    / _ \ \ ||
    / |\____\ \ ||
    / | | | |\____/ ||
    / \|_|_|/ | _||
    / / \ |____| ||
    / | | | --|
    | | | |____ --|
    * _ | |_|_|_| | \-/
    *-- _--\ _ \ | ||
    / _ \\ | / `'
    * / \_ /- | | |
    * ___ c_c_c_C/ \C_c_c_c____________


    And whoever does reply to the trolls, don't reply to them either.


    Does the monthly statistics count as a troll? If you think so I will stop posting it.

    You are an Arlen enabler not much better than him. I could care less about
    the stupid statistics post as it rewards excess. Good riddance to Arlen,
    you, and that fucking horse race.

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  • From *Hemidactylus*@21:1/5 to Alan on Fri Aug 2 23:40:57 2024
    Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> wrote:
    On 2024-07-31 06:42, John Hill wrote:
    On 31 Jul 2024 at 08:29:09 BST, "Alan" <nuh-uh@nope.com> wrote:

    On 2024-07-31 00:04, Chris wrote:
    Andrew <andrew@spam.net> wrote:
    Jolly Roger wrote on 30 Jul 2024 21:44:51 GMT :

    How about nobody (incl. JR and Alan, but a few others (and me)) not >>>>>>> reply at all to the trolls for the entire month of August.

    Challenge accepted. I doubt much will change, but I'm in.

    I'm in too. I won't respond to the Alan Baker or Alan Browne trolls. >>>>> Deal?

    But I still reserve the right to study Jolly Roger as he interests me. >>>>
    Let's see how often you change nym to avoid people's killfiles.


    I don't use killfiles.

    If I don't want to reply to someone...


    ...I just don't.

    :-)

    And even if I do, I think "Have I anything useful to say?". The answer is
    usually "No", and I hold my peace.

    So I'm in.

    Old John.


    I hold my piece a lot too...

    ...but after decades of experience, I've learned it usually doesn't
    change anything...

    ...so I figure I might as well have what fun I can get out of it.

    I know you to be one of the better posters here. Replying to Arlen just
    adds to the crap though. And there’s way too much of that. Pretty much why
    I can’t be bothered to waste my time here any more as it is mostly Arlen jerking himself in public. Starve the trolls by siege.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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  • From Alan@21:1/5 to All on Fri Aug 2 16:58:29 2024
    On 2024-08-02 16:40, *Hemidactylus* wrote:
    Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> wrote:
    On 2024-07-31 06:42, John Hill wrote:
    On 31 Jul 2024 at 08:29:09 BST, "Alan" <nuh-uh@nope.com> wrote:

    On 2024-07-31 00:04, Chris wrote:
    Andrew <andrew@spam.net> wrote:
    Jolly Roger wrote on 30 Jul 2024 21:44:51 GMT :

    How about nobody (incl. JR and Alan, but a few others (and me)) not >>>>>>>> reply at all to the trolls for the entire month of August.

    Challenge accepted. I doubt much will change, but I'm in.

    I'm in too. I won't respond to the Alan Baker or Alan Browne trolls. >>>>>> Deal?

    But I still reserve the right to study Jolly Roger as he interests me. >>>>>
    Let's see how often you change nym to avoid people's killfiles.


    I don't use killfiles.

    If I don't want to reply to someone...


    ...I just don't.

    :-)

    And even if I do, I think "Have I anything useful to say?". The answer is >>> usually "No", and I hold my peace.

    So I'm in.

    Old John.


    I hold my piece a lot too...

    ...but after decades of experience, I've learned it usually doesn't
    change anything...

    ...so I figure I might as well have what fun I can get out of it.

    I know you to be one of the better posters here. Replying to Arlen just
    adds to the crap though. And there’s way too much of that. Pretty much why I can’t be bothered to waste my time here any more as it is mostly Arlen jerking himself in public. Starve the trolls by siege.


    You cannot "starve" them.

    Show me a case where it as EVER worked.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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  • From *Hemidactylus*@21:1/5 to Chris on Sat Aug 3 00:00:48 2024
    Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> wrote:
    Alan Browne <bitbucket@blackhole.com> wrote:

    How about nobody (incl. JR and Alan, but a few others (and me)) not
    reply at all to the trolls for the entire month of August.

    It's the same crap every time, with the same conclusions and same actors
    and same loops and circles. Not productive or useful.

    The Arlen driven loop has been going for years now. Responding to it
    and its acolyte have proven to just generate high noise to signal ratio.

    So - can we sacrifice a mere month to the notion of not feeding the
    trolls? Just 1 month. 4 and a bit weeks. 31 days. No big deal.

    No matter what the claim, no matter what the provocation, no mater what:


    _____________________
    /| /| | |
    ||__|| | Please do not |
    / O O\__ | feed the |
    / \ | Trolls |
    / \ \|_____________________|
    / _ \ \ ||
    / |\____\ \ ||
    / | | | |\____/ ||
    / \|_|_|/ | _||
    / / \ |____| ||
    / | | | --|
    | | | |____ --|
    * _ | |_|_|_| | \-/
    *-- _--\ _ \ | ||
    / _ \\ | / `'
    * / \_ /- | | |
    * ___ c_c_c_C/ \C_c_c_c____________


    And whoever does reply to the trolls, don't reply to them either.


    It'll be an interesting test.

    Few have the requisite self-control to ignore these group damaging trolls.
    I doubt it can be done. Buncha troll addicts.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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  • From *Hemidactylus*@21:1/5 to Alan on Sat Aug 3 00:09:40 2024
    Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> wrote:
    On 2024-08-02 16:40, *Hemidactylus* wrote:
    Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> wrote:
    On 2024-07-31 06:42, John Hill wrote:
    On 31 Jul 2024 at 08:29:09 BST, "Alan" <nuh-uh@nope.com> wrote:

    On 2024-07-31 00:04, Chris wrote:
    Andrew <andrew@spam.net> wrote:
    Jolly Roger wrote on 30 Jul 2024 21:44:51 GMT :

    How about nobody (incl. JR and Alan, but a few others (and me)) not >>>>>>>>> reply at all to the trolls for the entire month of August.

    Challenge accepted. I doubt much will change, but I'm in.

    I'm in too. I won't respond to the Alan Baker or Alan Browne trolls. >>>>>>> Deal?

    But I still reserve the right to study Jolly Roger as he interests me. >>>>>>
    Let's see how often you change nym to avoid people's killfiles.


    I don't use killfiles.

    If I don't want to reply to someone...


    ...I just don't.

    :-)

    And even if I do, I think "Have I anything useful to say?". The answer is >>>> usually "No", and I hold my peace.

    So I'm in.

    Old John.


    I hold my piece a lot too...

    ...but after decades of experience, I've learned it usually doesn't
    change anything...

    ...so I figure I might as well have what fun I can get out of it.

    I know you to be one of the better posters here. Replying to Arlen just
    adds to the crap though. And there’s way too much of that. Pretty much why >> I can’t be bothered to waste my time here any more as it is mostly Arlen >> jerking himself in public. Starve the trolls by siege.


    You cannot "starve" them.

    Show me a case where it as EVER worked.

    Me failing to pay much attention to this troll infested hellhole has worked
    for me the past several months. I don’t think there has been a concerted effort to ignore Arlen and badgolferman. They get plenty of replies. They
    keep coming back.

    I’ve been close to cutting my cord to usenet. There are better ways to
    spend time. Online venues where mutual respect exists and moderation when
    that fails. Arlen and his ilk wouldn’t last a day engaging people the way they do.

    If you prefer a shitshow instead so be it.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From Alan@21:1/5 to All on Fri Aug 2 17:15:07 2024
    On 2024-08-02 17:09, *Hemidactylus* wrote:
    Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> wrote:
    On 2024-08-02 16:40, *Hemidactylus* wrote:
    Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> wrote:
    On 2024-07-31 06:42, John Hill wrote:
    On 31 Jul 2024 at 08:29:09 BST, "Alan" <nuh-uh@nope.com> wrote:

    On 2024-07-31 00:04, Chris wrote:
    Andrew <andrew@spam.net> wrote:
    Jolly Roger wrote on 30 Jul 2024 21:44:51 GMT :

    How about nobody (incl. JR and Alan, but a few others (and me)) not >>>>>>>>>> reply at all to the trolls for the entire month of August.

    Challenge accepted. I doubt much will change, but I'm in.

    I'm in too. I won't respond to the Alan Baker or Alan Browne trolls. >>>>>>>> Deal?

    But I still reserve the right to study Jolly Roger as he interests me. >>>>>>>
    Let's see how often you change nym to avoid people's killfiles.


    I don't use killfiles.

    If I don't want to reply to someone...


    ...I just don't.

    :-)

    And even if I do, I think "Have I anything useful to say?". The answer is >>>>> usually "No", and I hold my peace.

    So I'm in.

    Old John.


    I hold my piece a lot too...

    ...but after decades of experience, I've learned it usually doesn't
    change anything...

    ...so I figure I might as well have what fun I can get out of it.

    I know you to be one of the better posters here. Replying to Arlen just
    adds to the crap though. And there’s way too much of that. Pretty much why
    I can’t be bothered to waste my time here any more as it is mostly Arlen >>> jerking himself in public. Starve the trolls by siege.


    You cannot "starve" them.

    Show me a case where it as EVER worked.

    Me failing to pay much attention to this troll infested hellhole has worked for me the past several months. I don’t think there has been a concerted effort to ignore Arlen and badgolferman. They get plenty of replies. They keep coming back.

    Correlation is not causation.


    I’ve been close to cutting my cord to usenet. There are better ways to spend time. Online venues where mutual respect exists and moderation when that fails. Arlen and his ilk wouldn’t last a day engaging people the way they do.

    Agreed. But there are downsides to moderation inasmuch as most of them
    have too much power (see: Musk declaring "weird" too much while letting
    other posters use "ni__er".


    If you prefer a shitshow instead so be it.


    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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  • From Alan@21:1/5 to badgolferman on Fri Aug 2 17:58:58 2024
    On 2024-08-02 17:37, badgolferman wrote:
    *Hemidactylus* <ecphoric@allspamis.invalid> wrote:
    Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> wrote:
    On 2024-08-02 16:40, *Hemidactylus* wrote:
    Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> wrote:
    On 2024-07-31 06:42, John Hill wrote:
    On 31 Jul 2024 at 08:29:09 BST, "Alan" <nuh-uh@nope.com> wrote:

    On 2024-07-31 00:04, Chris wrote:
    Andrew <andrew@spam.net> wrote:
    Jolly Roger wrote on 30 Jul 2024 21:44:51 GMT :

    How about nobody (incl. JR and Alan, but a few others (and me)) not >>>>>>>>>>> reply at all to the trolls for the entire month of August. >>>>>>>>>>
    Challenge accepted. I doubt much will change, but I'm in.

    I'm in too. I won't respond to the Alan Baker or Alan Browne trolls. >>>>>>>>> Deal?

    But I still reserve the right to study Jolly Roger as he interests me.

    Let's see how often you change nym to avoid people's killfiles. >>>>>>>>

    I don't use killfiles.

    If I don't want to reply to someone...


    ...I just don't.

    :-)

    And even if I do, I think "Have I anything useful to say?". The answer is
    usually "No", and I hold my peace.

    So I'm in.

    Old John.


    I hold my piece a lot too...

    ...but after decades of experience, I've learned it usually doesn't
    change anything...

    ...so I figure I might as well have what fun I can get out of it.

    I know you to be one of the better posters here. Replying to Arlen just >>>> adds to the crap though. And there’s way too much of that. Pretty much why
    I can’t be bothered to waste my time here any more as it is mostly Arlen >>>> jerking himself in public. Starve the trolls by siege.


    You cannot "starve" them.

    Show me a case where it as EVER worked.

    Me failing to pay much attention to this troll infested hellhole has worked >> for me the past several months. I don’t think there has been a concerted >> effort to ignore Arlen and badgolferman. They get plenty of replies. They
    keep coming back.

    I’ve been close to cutting my cord to usenet. There are better ways to
    spend time. Online venues where mutual respect exists and moderation when
    that fails. Arlen and his ilk wouldn’t last a day engaging people the way >> they do.

    If you prefer a shitshow instead so be it.



    Go ahead and compare how I engage people with the way Jolly Roger engages people. I can’t wait to hear this.


    Go ahead and consider how you are clearly perceived.

    I can't wait to hear that.

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  • From Jolly Roger@21:1/5 to Alan on Sat Aug 3 01:07:48 2024
    On 2024-08-03, Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> wrote:
    On 2024-08-02 17:37, badgolferman wrote:
    *Hemidactylus* <ecphoric@allspamis.invalid> wrote:

    Me failing to pay much attention to this troll infested hellhole has
    worked for me the past several months. I don’t think there has been
    a concerted effort to ignore Arlen and badgolferman. They get plenty
    of replies. They keep coming back.

    Go ahead and compare how I engage people with the way Jolly Roger
    engages people. I can’t wait to hear this.

    Go ahead and consider how you are clearly perceived.

    I can't wait to hear that.

    He *really* wants you to ignore the fact that I am generally courteous to
    those who /aren't/ trolling here. 😉

    --
    E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my ravenous SPAM filter.
    I often ignore posts from Google. Use a real news client instead.

    JR

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  • From Andrew@21:1/5 to All on Sat Aug 3 15:00:10 2024
    *Hemidactylus* wrote on Sat, 03 Aug 2024 00:00:48 +0000 :

    Few have the requisite self-control to ignore these group damaging trolls.
    I doubt it can be done. Buncha troll addicts.

    It's not surprising that you low-IQ Apple herd animals haven't figured out
    my motives by now, as you ascribe YOUR childish motives to that of mine.

    *You can't stop me from posting facts about Apple products.*

    Just as you can't stop me from posting facts on the Android & Windows ngs.

    My goal on these strange child-like Apple newsgroups has been consistent:
    1. Learn about & disseminate facts about Apple and Apple products, and,
    2. Show these strange Apple religious zealots for what they really are.

    I want researchers in the future to look to Usenet for understanding of how Apple has cultivated an ignorant herd-animal following that hates facts.

    The very fact you're desperate to shut down facts, shows them what you are.

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  • From Andrew@21:1/5 to badgolferman on Sat Aug 3 14:52:52 2024
    badgolferman wrote on Sat, 3 Aug 2024 14:15:38 -0000 (UTC) :

    *Hemidactylus* wrote:

    You are an Arlen enabler not much better than him. I could care less
    about the stupid statistics post as it rewards excess. Good riddance
    to Arlen, you, and that fucking horse race.

    I think you need to get laid. Too much tension there.

    Hi badgolferman,

    It's no longer shocking how incredibly ignorant these low-IQ zealots are.

    What makes these iKooks what they are is a consistent combination of being substandard IQ herd animals who hate when adults bring facts to the fore.

    To back up my observation of their rather dismal IQ's, notice Hemidactylus can't even write a single sentence above that is syntactically correct.

    These strange iKooks are so completely uneducated, they have never been
    told "I could care less" isn't the same meaning as "I couldn't care less".

    Not one of these strange zealots has an education over that of high school.

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  • From Andrew@21:1/5 to All on Sat Aug 3 15:03:11 2024
    *Hemidactylus* wrote on Fri, 02 Aug 2024 23:33:53 +0000 :

    I'm all in.

    Alan Browne started this interesting thread by thinking my motives are the
    same as his are - which shows rather clearly how ignorant he happens to be.

    *I'm going to post facts about Apple products whether or not you respond*

    The only thing that changes if you don't respond, is I won't be able to
    point out the strange way you ignorant low-IQ zealots defend Apple to the
    death - usually by brazenly denying every published fact about Apple.

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  • From Andrew@21:1/5 to badgolferman on Sat Aug 3 15:19:29 2024
    badgolferman wrote on Sat, 3 Aug 2024 14:57:37 -0000 (UTC) :

    I don't know about his education level

    Hi badfolferman,

    It's normal, in casual Usenet conversations, for typos to occur, so it
    could be Hemidactylus only accidentally typed "I could care less" instead
    of what he probably meant (which was "I couldn't care less") - but...

    There are so many situations where these zealots defend Apple to the death using similarly bad grammar, brazen lies, outright fabrications, vitriolic attacks, etc., that I'm pretty sure that all of them suffer similarly.

    I think they've all been told their entire lives they're incredibly stupid. This is important because their ego is intimately tied up in Apple product.

    Hence, any fact about Apple is a direct affront to their sensitive egos.
    This is important as they are herd animals defending Apple to the death.

    You haven't been told your whole life you're stupid (and neither have I). You're also not a blind unthinking herd animal (and again, neither am I).

    So we're different from them... more importantly, they're different from
    most people in that they all suffer from the same assemblage of traits:

    To understand them, we have to assemble a Venn diagram of those traits:
    a. They are, clearly, and rather unfortunately, all of abnormally low IQs
    b. As a result, none of them have the basic ability to parse reality
    c. To the point that they're herd animals simply following the huge herd
    d. And where their ego is wrapped up in being an honored member of the herd

    To them, you're NOT part of their herd, and hence, you're an outcast.
    Simply because you exercise independent thought processes outside the herd.

    I'm even worse as, while I likely own more Apple devices than most of them (e.g., I'm getting two new $300 iPads just this week from Amazon), I am
    clearly not a herd animal when it comes to *why* I purchase Apple devices.
    <https://www.cnet.com/deals/prime-days-over-but-the-10th-gen-ipad-is-still-just-300-at-amazon/>

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  • From Marion@21:1/5 to badgolferman on Wed Aug 27 23:16:23 2025
    On Tue, 26 Aug 2025 10:30:19 -0400, badgolferman wrote :


    We had many conversations about
    this and people like the "expert" nospam told us repeatedly Touch ID was inferior because it could be duplicated. I don't even remember you then
    so I don't know what you said.

    Hi badgolferman,

    As you know, I study these strange abnormally low-IQ Apple trolls.
    The Apple trolls are strange people who make no sense save to themselves.

    In the case of Alan Baker, he'll always forget everything he has talked
    about if it doesn't fit his defense-of-everything-Apple agenda.

    So it doesn't matter one iota that you've discussed this a billion times
    with people like Alan Baker because either he's so incredibly low IQ that
    he can't remember/understand any facts about Apple, or, he's conveniently "forgetting" that he's discussed this with you a thousand times.

    It's hard to tell since he's so incredibly stupid anyway.

    I've never in my life met someone as dumb as Alan Baker, who doesn't even
    know the first thing about anything - not even the cars he says he owns nor
    the 'racing' he says he teaches (yet he has no clue what a curve is).

    What's DIFFERENT about nospam though, is nospam actually knew stuff.
    It was just that nospam lied all the time to defend Apple to the death.

    While the end result is the same, the overarching difference is that Alan
    Baker actually is incredibly stupid while nospam just brazenly lied.

    What's the same is both defended Apple to the death, no matter what.

    What's also VERY MUCH TRHE SAME is they both are not intelligent in how
    they did it because (and this is important) they NEVER kept the same
    argument twice.

    What I mean by that is you'll see all my arguments are consistent, e.g., privacy or security or strategy, etc., but all the arguments of the Apple trolls are ad hoc manufactured on the spot - to fit their defense of Apple.

    SO if Apple does "A" to accomplish "B", both trolls will claim it's for
    reason "C"; but if Apple then does "X" to accomplish "Y", then they'll conveniently claim "Z" was the reason.

    There is no consistency to the arguments of the Apple trolls.
    That's because they have low IQ (all of them).

    They simply defend using the first argument that comes to their mind.

    Hence, nospam would have said ANYTHING to defend Apple's touch-id changes.
    So would Alan Baker. As do all the low-IQ ignorant uneducated Apple trolls.

    None are consistent.
    Which is how I know that they all have substandard IQs.

    They can't keep track of their own arguments. They're that stupid.

    If you're trying to have an intelligent conversation with me, for example,
    I can keep track of all my arguments because they all make logical sense.

    Theirs don't.
    Not only that, they don't even REMEMBER their own arguments.

    Because they just make up their excuses for Apple on the fly.
    Today their excuse for Touch-ID going away is reason X.
    Tomorrow it's reason Y.

    It's simply the first thing that comes to their mind to defend Apple.
    Tomorrow, they'll think of a different excuse & forget the one from today.

    Just watch.

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