Why You Have to Smack Me Upside the Head so Often

[The Good Reverend Roger]

Okay, you may have noticed that in some threads, I will ride an idea around for about 20 pages, while you jackasses try to explain to me why I'm obviously wrong.  You're usually right about me being wrong, and it's not that I'm digging in my heels, though I know it may look like that a lot of the time.

Thing is, I'm not stupid, but I am a little dense.  Things have to be bashed into my head for them to take.  Once they DO take, though, I change my worldview to accept the new information, IF I can be convinced by your arguments that I am in fact operating on bad signal.

Nigel, practically alone among PD monsters, has broken my heart, shattered my confidence and shaken my most fervently held beliefs about myself, MANY TIMES, just using WORDS SHE TYPED ON THE
INTERNET.  This is the reason I extend so much credibility towards her.  Garbo is much the same.

Some of you may not LIKE having your heart, confidence, and beliefs shaken, IF they can be shaken at all.  Certainly it's not a PLEASANT experience.  But, oddly enough, I don't actually feel at all weakened by it.  JUST THE OPPOSITE!  Because, a couple of times, I had to admit that Nigel or Garbo was right and that I was wrong, I have had to develop the brain muscles and the glands to ADMIT TO MYSELF  AND IN PUBLIC THAT I WAS WRONG.  Another way to say that is I became strong enough to CHANGE MY MIND so that I can see the world the way it IS, not The World As Roger Would Like To See It.

Maybe it's just Stockholm Syndrome but they remain two of my heroes even as they're berating me and boxing my ears.  I only wish I was smart enough to maybe one day put the screws to their ideas the way they've mangled mine, JUST TO RETURN THE FAVOR.

So, yeah, when I seem to be arguing an idea into the ground, it's not because I'm trying to salvage bad information or save face or any stupid shit like that, it's because I want to be SURE about the situation from all possible angles, before I take the incredibly difficult step of, you know, changing my mind.  I understand that this may cause frustration.  Please bear with me.  Or kill me.

This isn't an excuse, it's more an explanation of shit that's come up recently.  So everybody shut up.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Aw! 

You remain one of my personal heroes, Roger, for being completely unafraid to shout your guts out about something you think is important, AND simultaneously, your ability to stand up and shout it out when you were wrong and changed your mind about something.

[Anna Mae Bollocks]

This place is awesome for that kind of thing. I can't even list all of the people who made me go "Oh wait, that's right...wow, I had it all fucked up." Nigel, Roger, Cain, LMNO, I don't know how many others.

Outta here before I ruin this place with warm fuzzies and shit.  But thanks, everybody.

[Juana]

^^^ That. I've had more than a few, "Oh, wow, that was wrong" moments here. For which I'm grateful.

Also, haha, you're pretty awesome, too, Rog.

[Bebek Sincap Ratatosk]

Yeah, this place has smacked me in the back of the head more times than I can count.

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You remain one of my personal heroes, Roger, for being completely unafraid to shout your guts out about something you think is important, AND simultaneously, your ability to stand up and shout it out when you were wrong and changed your mind about something.

This.

You're like Discordian Jesus, getting smacked publicly so I can learn by observation and not repeat the same mistake.

Yeah, this place has smacked me in the back of the head more times than I can count.

PD.com: antidote to Cosmic Shmuckery.

Don't we all need a smack upside the head every so often?

[Bebek Sincap Ratatosk]

You remain one of my personal heroes, Roger, for being completely unafraid to shout your guts out about something you think is important, AND simultaneously, your ability to stand up and shout it out when you were wrong and changed your mind about something.

This.

You're like Discordian Jesus, getting smacked publicly so I can learn by observation and not repeat the same mistake.

Yeah, this place has smacked me in the back of the head more times than I can count.

PD.com: antidote to Cosmic Shmuckery.

Don't we all need a smack upside the head every so often?

Exactly!

[The Good Reverend Roger]

You remain one of my personal heroes, Roger, for being completely unafraid to shout your guts out about something you think is important, AND simultaneously, your ability to stand up and shout it out when you were wrong and changed your mind about something.

This.

You're like Discordian Jesus, getting smacked publicly so I can learn by observation and not repeat the same mistake.

HA!  I am now Prototype Jesus!

[The Good Reverend Roger]

Aw! 

You remain one of my personal heroes, Roger, for being completely unafraid to shout your guts out about something you think is important, AND simultaneously, your ability to stand up and shout it out when you were wrong and changed your mind about something.

One of the many downsides (benefits?) of the "SHOVE YOUR HEAD IN AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS" mentality is that you frequently pull back a stump.

[Cain]

I thought "smacking Roger upside the head every so often" was the equivalent of "have you tried turning it off and back on again?" Although, amazingly, smacking computers has a remarkable success rate.  Based on this logic, I suggest turning the Roger off and back on again should you have future problems.

[Bebek Sincap Ratatosk]

I thought "smacking Roger upside the head every so often" was the equivalent of "have you tried turning it off and back on again?" Although, amazingly, smacking computers has a remarkable success rate.  Based on this logic, I suggest turning the Roger off and back on again should you have future problems.

Well since he's 'cis' I'd have a difficult time turning him on.   

[The Good Reverend Roger]

I thought "smacking Roger upside the head every so often" was the equivalent of "have you tried turning it off and back on again?" Although, amazingly, smacking computers has a remarkable success rate.  Based on this logic, I suggest turning the Roger off and back on again should you have future problems.

Well since he's 'cis' I'd have a difficult time turning him on.   

You might be surprised.  When I'm on benzos & bourbon, I get turned on by a light breeze.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

I thought "smacking Roger upside the head every so often" was the equivalent of "have you tried turning it off and back on again?" Although, amazingly, smacking computers has a remarkable success rate.  Based on this logic, I suggest turning the Roger off and back on again should you have future problems.

When I am ancient and on life support, I am kind of counting on you to do exactly that, Cain.

[Cain]

Deal, but at least one time beforehand I'll just unplug the monitor, to make the doctors freak out.

[Bebek Sincap Ratatosk]

I thought "smacking Roger upside the head every so often" was the equivalent of "have you tried turning it off and back on again?" Although, amazingly, smacking computers has a remarkable success rate.  Based on this logic, I suggest turning the Roger off and back on again should you have future problems.

When I am ancient and on life support, I am kind of counting on you to do exactly that, Cain.

We can wire your life support up to PD.com... then we can automate it so keywords like anarchist, madjickal, drugs etc shut it down and good rants or pineal noobs kick it back on 

Or we can just all take turns pushing the button at random times.