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Originally Posted by LandBoySteve
This would be like trying to convince people that Pluto isn't a planet anymore.
Do you REALLY think everybody has accepted that?
I went to kindergarten in 1962 and as far as I'm concerned, Pluto always was and always will be a planet...no matter what some astronomer tells me.
It's a fight you CAN'T win.
This would be like trying to convince people that Pluto isn't a planet anymore.
Do you REALLY think everybody has accepted that?
I went to kindergarten in 1962 and as far as I'm concerned, Pluto always was and always will be a planet...no matter what some astronomer tells me.
It's a fight you CAN'T win.
Standard hobos who play budget garbage should be looked upon with suspicion.
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Oh that site
It's too bad we don't have a secret subforum where we can coordinate troll attempts where only we can see so that we don't have to catch on because only one of us is an actual rocket scientist.
I am particularly interested in committing internet genocide
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Psshh
Psshh
It's too bad we don't have a secret subforum where we can coordinate troll attempts where only we can see so that we don't have to catch on because only one of us is an actual rocket scientist.
I am particularly interested in committing internet genocide
in soviet gutter, New York somewhere in you
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He was unbanned but I think he didn't care for sally anymore
It's too bad we don't have a secret subforum where we can coordinate troll attempts where only we can see so that we don't have to catch on because only one of us is an actual rocket scientist.
I am particularly interested in committing internet genocide
in soviet gutter, New York somewhere in you
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Teia >>> Userbase, it has been like that for a while.
Plus, everytime you don't like what someone is posting, you can infract him for trolling. That's the new standard over there.
But I think we should focus more on that thread where all people consider themselves o be in the 2% percentile of smart people.
"MTGS a haven for smartt people"
Plus, everytime you don't like what someone is posting, you can infract him for trolling. That's the new standard over there.
But I think we should focus more on that thread where all people consider themselves o be in the 2% percentile of smart people.
"MTGS a haven for smartt people"
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That thread is fucking stupid.
If 90% of people consider themselves above average in intelligence, odds are that 45% of them are wrong.
There needs to be more options on the poll. When I looked at it, it looked like the lowest option available was "Smarter than all but 10% of the population", which is stupid.
If 90% of people consider themselves above average in intelligence, odds are that 45% of them are wrong.
There needs to be more options on the poll. When I looked at it, it looked like the lowest option available was "Smarter than all but 10% of the population", which is stupid.
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I had a formally-administered aptitude test once. The results weren't given in terms of IQ, though I was told that my IQ would be around 145 (i.e. around three standard deviations from the norm). Which would put me in the highest percentile as far as intelligence goes. It was something like 99th percentile for math, over 99th percentile for linguistic ability, I forget the others offhand.
I don't put too much stock in it, though. It's basically just interesting trivia to me.
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Well...that's actually pretty common. Lots of smart people are incapable of social interaction. Neither proves the other, though.Teita ranks in the first percentile for everything but is still incapable of comprehending the context of jokes posted in his subforum and is incapable of interacting normally with other persons.
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Quoth Nai:
"Being self deprecating is fine, and that can be funny. If you had just stuck to that there wouldn't be an issue.
That's also got nothing to do with the infraction.
The problem in question is your first two sentences, as I mentioned. The problem is when you actively make fun of everyone that voted themselves in the 2%.
What Teia said is that 'if it can be taken as negative'. The tense she used here is confusing, I'll admit. But what she's saying that, regardless of if you intended for it to be insulting, it's insulting. And that's what is getting you the infraction. "
In essence: Telling people who think that they are in the top 2% of intelligence that they aren't is trolling. Niiiiiiice.
"Being self deprecating is fine, and that can be funny. If you had just stuck to that there wouldn't be an issue.
That's also got nothing to do with the infraction.
The problem in question is your first two sentences, as I mentioned. The problem is when you actively make fun of everyone that voted themselves in the 2%.
What Teia said is that 'if it can be taken as negative'. The tense she used here is confusing, I'll admit. But what she's saying that, regardless of if you intended for it to be insulting, it's insulting. And that's what is getting you the infraction. "
In essence: Telling people who think that they are in the top 2% of intelligence that they aren't is trolling. Niiiiiiice.
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LOL. I recruited the guy who said this:
"I believe this is one of those cases, and I'd like it kept in mind no one has name dropped any of the players in my little saga, as I think that would be unnecessary and cast a glare on this thread. But in short, I was infracted for trolling. Or, to be more precise, "entering trolling territory" whatever that means. And now you tell me that I've been infracted for the first two sentences I posted, as they COULD be seen as "negative". Ok, so what is it? Am I infracted for trolling? Is being "negative" against the rules? If I'm guilty of something, and I receive an infraction, then tell me what's it's for. I don't think "being negative", as grey and big as that area is, is illegal.
Furthermore, I fervently believe that there are certain elements in the mod circles that are doing FAR more damage to the credibility of this site than
trolls. Trolls, or "negative people", to use what must be a new infraction-worthy title, are easily dealt with. But what about an over zealous mod? Hat about a mod that has polarized a community? What about a mod that "can be seen" as abusing his or her power, to the extent that others are genuinely off-put enough to leave this site?"
What's amusing is that I just told him not to bother going against Teia, because no good would come of it, and that we were mentioning his infraction over here. He's developed a whole mythology based on that. Kind of interesting.
"I believe this is one of those cases, and I'd like it kept in mind no one has name dropped any of the players in my little saga, as I think that would be unnecessary and cast a glare on this thread. But in short, I was infracted for trolling. Or, to be more precise, "entering trolling territory" whatever that means. And now you tell me that I've been infracted for the first two sentences I posted, as they COULD be seen as "negative". Ok, so what is it? Am I infracted for trolling? Is being "negative" against the rules? If I'm guilty of something, and I receive an infraction, then tell me what's it's for. I don't think "being negative", as grey and big as that area is, is illegal.
Furthermore, I fervently believe that there are certain elements in the mod circles that are doing FAR more damage to the credibility of this site than
trolls. Trolls, or "negative people", to use what must be a new infraction-worthy title, are easily dealt with. But what about an over zealous mod? Hat about a mod that has polarized a community? What about a mod that "can be seen" as abusing his or her power, to the extent that others are genuinely off-put enough to leave this site?"
What's amusing is that I just told him not to bother going against Teia, because no good would come of it, and that we were mentioning his infraction over here. He's developed a whole mythology based on that. Kind of interesting.
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How was Harku able to edit this post?That thread is fucking stupid.
If 90% of people consider themselves above average in intelligence, odds are that 45% of them are wrong.
There needs to be more options on the poll. When I looked at it, it looked like the lowest option available was "Smarter than all but 10% of the population", which is stupid.
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Depends on whos viewpoint your taking that from.I hope you didn't read in search of facts, because there aren't a lot to be had ITT.I must say.....all this talk of Curse and Sally and buying and selling and mods fucking all this shit up.....ever so entertaining. And enlightening, too.
I just shit post and get blocked on the twatters
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A WILD TALORE APPEARSI hope you didn't read in search of facts, because there aren't a lot to be had ITT.I must say.....all this talk of Curse and Sally and buying and selling and mods fucking all this shit up.....ever so entertaining. And enlightening, too.
It's too bad we don't have a secret subforum where we can coordinate troll attempts where only we can see so that we don't have to catch on because only one of us is an actual rocket scientist.
I am particularly interested in committing internet genocide
in soviet gutter, New York somewhere in you
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He escaped!
It's too bad we don't have a secret subforum where we can coordinate troll attempts where only we can see so that we don't have to catch on because only one of us is an actual rocket scientist.
I am particularly interested in committing internet genocide
in soviet gutter, New York somewhere in you
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