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deadnothingbetterdeadnothingbetter Posts: 2,202
edited September 2007 in A Moving Train
who are you most afraid of getting into an argument with on these posts????

not that you are afraid, per se, that you'd pee your pants, but that you're actually expecting to get a really good argument from.

my picks are soulsinging (even though i can win, somtimes too ;) ), angelica (cause i don't know what she's talking about half the time), collin (he's a very sensible thinker... kinda like me ;) ), and catefrances (she comes off a bit scary sometimes :eek: )
This isn't the land of opportunity, it's the land of competition.
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  • RolandTD20KdrummerRolandTD20Kdrummer Posts: 13,066
    nobody...
    Progress is not made by everyone joining some new fad,
    and reveling in it's loyalty. It's made by forming coalitions
    over specific principles, goals, and policies.

    http://i36.tinypic.com/66j31x.jpg

    (\__/)
    ( o.O)
    (")_(")
  • deadnothingbetterdeadnothingbetter Posts: 2,202
    RolandTD20Kdrummer wrote:
    nobody...
    never had a really good argument that's worthy of making mention of??? that's kinda boring.... go fight with somebody right now! then tell me who it was if it was a good one!
    This isn't the land of opportunity, it's the land of competition.
  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    no one. :)


    really? you think i'm scary?
    hear my name
    take a good look
    this could be the day
    hold my hand
    lie beside me
    i just need to say
  • RolandTD20KdrummerRolandTD20Kdrummer Posts: 13,066
    deadnothingbetter wrote:
    never had a really good argument that's worthy of making mention of??? that's kinda boring.... go fight with somebody right now! then tell me who it was if it was a good one!

    Heh.. I hear ya.

    I rarely agree with anyone, but most people here (heck everyone) poses me a good question at one point or another. Pretty much across the board. Everyone.

    I'm not scared of anyone in particular or of being proved wrong though. It's all part of it to me.

    My problem is I don't always agree in an obvious manner, or come to terms with people gracefully (at first). I suppose that's normal. I am an Alpha type personality.

    A hairline fault in my ego I suppose. I do know when to come to terms, I just need to soften the agreement or landing part so to speak.

    Anyhow this thread is interesting so far. I like the approach.
    Progress is not made by everyone joining some new fad,
    and reveling in it's loyalty. It's made by forming coalitions
    over specific principles, goals, and policies.

    http://i36.tinypic.com/66j31x.jpg

    (\__/)
    ( o.O)
    (")_(")
  • RolandTD20KdrummerRolandTD20Kdrummer Posts: 13,066
    catefrances wrote:
    no one. :)


    really? you think i'm scary?

    Actually it's never crossed my mind Cate...after many, many posts. But I do know what you are capable of telling me of when and where I should be hearing it...hehe

    It just hasn't come up yet. Actually not even close. From my perspective anyways...I appreciate if you've held back... :p

    Interesting.
    Progress is not made by everyone joining some new fad,
    and reveling in it's loyalty. It's made by forming coalitions
    over specific principles, goals, and policies.

    http://i36.tinypic.com/66j31x.jpg

    (\__/)
    ( o.O)
    (")_(")
  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    RolandTD20Kdrummer wrote:
    It just hasn't come up yet. Actually not even close. From my perspective anyways...I appreciate if you've held back... :p

    Interesting.

    you've got no idea how often i haven't shared what ive really thought. and that goes across the board, not just anyone specifically. :)
    hear my name
    take a good look
    this could be the day
    hold my hand
    lie beside me
    i just need to say
  • RolandTD20KdrummerRolandTD20Kdrummer Posts: 13,066
    catefrances wrote:
    you've got no idea how often i haven't shared what ive really thought. and that goes across the board, not just anyone specifically. :)


    Actually If I had a dime for every time I've typed out a response and decided against it.

    I feel very strongly about some things. I often get too serious and look back with a different eye. I'm learning....do we ever stop learning? I like serious motivated conversations though....I really enjoy the challenge. It solidifies to me whether I really know what I am talking about, or what I need to know more about. It can be a good learning experience.

    Googling "internet etiquette" is a good idea. Sarcasm carries poorly in this medium.

    Kat can attest. :p
    Progress is not made by everyone joining some new fad,
    and reveling in it's loyalty. It's made by forming coalitions
    over specific principles, goals, and policies.

    http://i36.tinypic.com/66j31x.jpg

    (\__/)
    ( o.O)
    (")_(")
  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    RolandTD20Kdrummer wrote:
    Actually If I had a dime for every time I've typed out a response and decided against it.

    I feel very strongly about some things. I often get too serious and look back with a different eye. I'm learning....do we ever stop learning? I like serious motivated conversations though....I really enjoy the challenge. It solidifies to me whether I really know what I am talking about, or what I need to know more about. It can be a good learning experience.

    Googling "internet etiquette" is a good idea. Sarcasm carries poorly in this medium.

    Kat can attest. :p

    who behaves on the internet differently than they do in the 'real' world? if anything i check myself more here than in person. sometimes i slip. and as you said it's difficult to convey sarcasm. but that's what the big grinning smilie is for, isn't it? :D
    i also find cultural barriers interesting to deal with on the internet as well. things we say everyday in the company of familiar people are lost when said to strangers half way around the world. and quite often they can cause offense, which was not the intention at all.
    hear my name
    take a good look
    this could be the day
    hold my hand
    lie beside me
    i just need to say
  • RolandTD20KdrummerRolandTD20Kdrummer Posts: 13,066
    catefrances wrote:
    who behaves on the internet differently than they do in the 'real' world? if anything i check myself more here than in person. sometimes i slip. and as you said it's difficult to convey sarcasm. but that's what the big grinning smilie is for, isn't it? :D
    i also find cultural barriers interesting to deal with on the internet as well. things we say everyday in the company of familiar people are lost when said to strangers half way around the world. and quite often they can cause offense, which was not the intention at all.


    Who behaves differently online in comparison to real life? I think you'd be very surprised at the percentage (unless you were being sarcastic). People think they actually have anonymity and spray graffiti sometimes so to speak.

    Cultural barriers are interesting. Some more than others :p I used to use a lot of smilies but I think it's reserved for the fairer sex now. Although I like sticking my tongue out from time to time...but hey...lets not get overtly sexual and discuss what goes on behind closed doors all at once now shall we? :p
    Progress is not made by everyone joining some new fad,
    and reveling in it's loyalty. It's made by forming coalitions
    over specific principles, goals, and policies.

    http://i36.tinypic.com/66j31x.jpg

    (\__/)
    ( o.O)
    (")_(")
  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    RolandTD20Kdrummer wrote:
    Who behaves differently online in comparison to real life? I think you'd be very surprised at the percentage (unless you were being sarcastic). People think they actually have anonymity and spray graffiti sometimes so to speak.

    Cultural barriers are interesting. Some more than others :p I used to use a lot of smilies but I think it's reserved for the fairer sex now. Although I like sticking my tongue out from time to time...but hey...lets not get overtly sexual and discuss what goes on behind closed doors all at once now shall we? :p

    no i wouldn't be all that surprised. it just seems like too much work to me.


    oh hey by all means stick your tongue out whenever you feel lke it. a little tongue every now and again never hurt anybody. and let's face it, it lightens the mood. ;):D:p
    hear my name
    take a good look
    this could be the day
    hold my hand
    lie beside me
    i just need to say
  • RolandTD20KdrummerRolandTD20Kdrummer Posts: 13,066
    catefrances wrote:
    no i wouldn't be all that surprised. it just seems like too much work to me.


    oh hey by all means stick your tongue whenever you feel lke it. a little tongue every now and again never hurt anybody. and let's face it, it lightens the mood. ;):D:p


    You're a good soul. Genuine.
    Progress is not made by everyone joining some new fad,
    and reveling in it's loyalty. It's made by forming coalitions
    over specific principles, goals, and policies.

    http://i36.tinypic.com/66j31x.jpg

    (\__/)
    ( o.O)
    (")_(")
  • CollinCollin Posts: 4,931
    Afraid, no one. I like discussing things with a lot of people here because they often challenge me to think about my own ideas and it's nice to hear their arguments because they stay civil and kind.
    THANK YOU, LOSTDAWG!


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  • soulsingingsoulsinging Posts: 13,202
    deadnothingbetter wrote:
    who are you most afraid of getting into an argument with on these posts????

    not that you are afraid, per se, that you'd pee your pants, but that you're actually expecting to get a really good argument from.

    my picks are soulsinging (even though i can win, somtimes too ;) ), angelica (cause i don't know what she's talking about half the time), collin (he's a very sensible thinker... kinda like me ;) ), and catefrances (she comes off a bit scary sometimes :eek: )

    most of mine are negative... angelica and ahnimus becos both tend to ignore whatever is being debated or whatever your point are and just talk about what they wanna talk about... usually emotional intelligence and free will, respectively. it's frustrating. also, juberoo becos she makes me raging mad and lose faith in human decency.

    i guess from your examples though, you're a pretty worthy opponent. farfromglorified as well, though i hate arguing with him becos he splits your arguments up sentence by sentence to quibble with details rather than discussing the points collectively, which i always feel is kind of fighting unfairly as it's easy to make each sentence look questionable on its own even though the argument as a whole might have unimpeachable merit.
  • RolandTD20KdrummerRolandTD20Kdrummer Posts: 13,066
    anyhow...

    Did anyone notice "Triumph the Wonder Dog" presents no hits in youtube....and only three unrelated hits in Google?

    Is that just fucked up or what?

    i.e.

    Youtube:
    http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Triumph+the+Wonder+Dog&search=Search

    Google:
    http://video.google.ca/videosearch?q=Triumph+the+Wonder+Dog

    Anyone else getting zilch on these url's?
    Progress is not made by everyone joining some new fad,
    and reveling in it's loyalty. It's made by forming coalitions
    over specific principles, goals, and policies.

    http://i36.tinypic.com/66j31x.jpg

    (\__/)
    ( o.O)
    (")_(")
  • deadnothingbetterdeadnothingbetter Posts: 2,202
    Collin wrote:
    Afraid, no one. I like discussing things with a lot of people here because they often challenge me to think about my own ideas and it's nice to hear their arguments because they stay civil and kind.
    who has challenged you the most, i guess i should've phrased the question that way.
    This isn't the land of opportunity, it's the land of competition.
  • deadnothingbetterdeadnothingbetter Posts: 2,202
    catefrances wrote:
    no one. :)


    really? you think i'm scary?
    you remind me of those girls in those samurai japanese films that stick a sword in your stomache with a cute little smile on their face.
    This isn't the land of opportunity, it's the land of competition.
  • deadnothingbetterdeadnothingbetter Posts: 2,202
    soulsinging wrote:
    most of mine are negative... angelica and ahnimus becos both tend to ignore whatever is being debated or whatever your point are and just talk about what they wanna talk about... usually emotional intelligence and free will, respectively. it's frustrating. also, juberoo becos she makes me raging mad and lose faith in human decency.

    i guess from your examples though, you're a pretty worthy opponent. farfromglorified as well, though i hate arguing with him becos he splits your arguments up sentence by sentence to quibble with details rather than discussing the points collectively, which i always feel is kind of fighting unfairly as it's easy to make each sentence look questionable on its own even though the argument as a whole might have unimpeachable merit.
    oh god, angelica's and ahnimus' posts are probably the one's i have to read about 10 times to get their point.

    i've never heard of farfromglorified... must be on here somewhere.... it sounds like it would really suck arguing like that. if i were you, i'd mess with him and do the same but make arguments that really don't make sense... but just makes you sound smart.... that'll get him going. ;)
    This isn't the land of opportunity, it's the land of competition.
  • sourdoughsourdough Posts: 579
    I don't mean to shit on this place or anything because I have enjoyed some of the discourse here, the problem I have is that any discussion here automatically becomes a close minded winner/loser debate instead of an open minded thought and idea exchange. They are not discussions most of the time but debates aimed at winning rather than listening and learning. There have been some good threads that have not degenerated into this but I find that is the usual pattern.
  • deadnothingbetterdeadnothingbetter Posts: 2,202
    sourdough wrote:
    I don't mean to shit on this place or anything because I have enjoyed some of the discourse here, the problem I have is that any discussion here automatically becomes a close minded winner/loser debate instead of an open minded thought and idea exchange. They are not discussions most of the time but debates aimed at winning rather than listening and learning. There have been some good threads that have not degenerated into this but I find that is the usual pattern.
    sounds like someone gave you a good challenge ;)
    This isn't the land of opportunity, it's the land of competition.
  • SPEEDY MCCREADYSPEEDY MCCREADY Posts: 25,749
    i enjoy when soulsinging gets in to a debate with anyone....

    because he usually/always sticks to the FACTS....

    which is hard to find on this board.....
    Take me piece by piece.....
    Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
  • barakabaraka Posts: 1,268
    There is really no one that 'scares' me, otherwise I wouldn't waste my time, but there are certainly posters here that I enjoy debating with when they bring challenging views to the table. However, I must stress, challenging views backed with reason and logic, etc. I admit I like sparring with farfromglorified and ahminus.
    The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance,
    but the illusion of knowledge.
    ~Daniel Boorstin

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    ~Albert Einstein
  • soulsingingsoulsinging Posts: 13,202
    SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:
    i enjoy when soulsinging gets in to a debate with anyone....

    because he usually/always sticks to the FACTS....

    which is hard to find on this board.....

    that's pretty high praise coming from you sir... i thank you!
  • 69charger69charger Posts: 1,045
    RolandTD20Kdrummer wrote:
    anyhow...

    Did anyone notice "Triumph the Wonder Dog" presents no hits in youtube....and only three unrelated hits in Google?

    Is that just fucked up or what?

    i.e.

    Youtube:
    http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Triumph+the+Wonder+Dog&search=Search

    Google:
    http://video.google.ca/videosearch?q=Triumph+the+Wonder+Dog

    Anyone else getting zilch on these url's?

    Maybe that's because you are trying to find "Triumph the Insult Comic Dog" :rolleyes:
  • FinsburyParkCarrotsFinsburyParkCarrots Seattle, WA Posts: 12,223
    I'm not scared of anyone. The free will debates remind me of nothing more advanced than an A-level philosophy class, and they bore the shit out of me.
  • RolandTD20KdrummerRolandTD20Kdrummer Posts: 13,066
    69charger wrote:
    Maybe that's because you are trying to find "Triumph the Insult Comic Dog" :rolleyes:


    Yeah....I realized that several hours ago now. Sorry for not being perfect, and forcing you have to roll your eyes...
    Progress is not made by everyone joining some new fad,
    and reveling in it's loyalty. It's made by forming coalitions
    over specific principles, goals, and policies.

    http://i36.tinypic.com/66j31x.jpg

    (\__/)
    ( o.O)
    (")_(")
  • deadnothingbetterdeadnothingbetter Posts: 2,202
    RolandTD20Kdrummer wrote:
    Yeah....I realized that several hours ago now. Sorry for not being perfect, and forcing you have to roll your eyes...
    yeah... i was wondering who triumph the wonder dog was :D
    This isn't the land of opportunity, it's the land of competition.
  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    deadnothingbetter wrote:
    yeah... i was wondering who triumph the wonder dog was :D

    yeah well i'm still wondering who triumph the insult comic dog is.
    hear my name
    take a good look
    this could be the day
    hold my hand
    lie beside me
    i just need to say
  • deadnothingbetterdeadnothingbetter Posts: 2,202
    catefrances wrote:
    yeah well i'm still wondering who triumph the insult comic dog is.
    well let's just say, hypothetically, if i were triumph the insult comic dog you'd probably wanna marry me. that's how cool that puppet is...
    This isn't the land of opportunity, it's the land of competition.
  • tooferztooferz Posts: 135
    honestly, no one really scares me. but i have so little free time anymore that by the time i read a thread....my 2 cents has been written by someone else so it's pointless for me to say a word. tho, cate used to cyber intimidate me a lil with her persona...but i've come to find out she's just very outspoken and pulls no punches...and that's refreshing. but she also lives down under...so if i piss her off...chances are i'll live thru it. lol
  • Skitch PattersonSkitch Patterson Posts: 642
    RolandTD20Kdrummer wrote:
    nobody...

    he uses that name here?
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