Maybe it's a good thing then that I tend to write these long posts nobody ever reads!

You need to become more of a concise writer. As Bill Waterson said: "The purpose of writing is to inflate weak ideas, inhibit clarity, and obscure poor reasoning." Therefore, you just need to replace your sentences with complex and archaic words that nobody understands any more, and you'll be fine.

Yeah, hopefully that logic wasn't mine, and I'm happy to hear that I'm one of the nice people, thank you

Yes, you interpret way too much into the bump. And I don't care if you think "for the lulz" is a good reason or not or if you find it childish.

I guess the appropriate phrase would be "cry harder", but you find that childish too, right?

Of course. How could anyone not find that childish?



If you say so. It's still easy enough to get that impression. After all, if you do it "for the lulz", then what are we supposed to laugh at?

And thank you for letting us know your opinion about my opinion about "for the lulz". Duly noted.



I think we've reached the end of the discussion here. I doubt there's much insight to be gained by continuing (neither from me, nor from you).
I suppose at this point, we should just disagree with each other and move on.

Agreed. If you allow me one last sentence: Don't be so damn serious

If no one has any further things to add to the topic, I will move it to the archive in a day. In the meantime, try to save the topic (I won't move it if you start a valuable discussion)

Why not just close it?!

There's no need to move anything. The forum has its simple rule to let a thread change into history - not posting.


This is not childish - it is a no-go!
And, it isn't important whether those who laugh at someone care, but whether others care - and I care.
You can laugh at someone - once, if you need it - but then let him go his ways. Period.

Thats a great idea. Why do you people then post here to tell me that I should let the thread die?



I thought I did this already?

There's a valid argument to be made here that what we've discussed here is valuable, in the sense of showing conflicting viewpoints on how to handle this precise issue.

Due to this, making this thread impossible to read for anyone (who is not a moderator) seems like overkill. Closing it would be an option, but really, there is nothing that stands out to me as reason enough to do so at this point. In other words, just letting this thread die seems a good thing to do.

And just like I was, Pappenheimer is allowed to share his opinion. In fact, given his posting history, I would actively encourage him to post in every topic. : )
As soon as he and others have said what they want to add, this topic will have run its course and die in a way natural for a forum thread.

So just sit back and relax. Or in your words, don't be so damn serious ; )