How We Protect At-Risk Kids.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Wow, I am shocked that our resident "thinkmonkey" can't explain the classic signs of needing to fit in. 

You see Gogira, it's pretty simple.  Stella uses the same silly gif that Nigel does because she's a me-too.  She wants to be accepted and liked by Nigel, so she thinks if she emulates her behavior, then she will continue to be accepted as one of them.  It isn't bullying, it's the strong need within Stella to have that validation and acceptance.

We see the same from bearman, latching on to Twid's coffee gag, and starting up the popularity thread after Nigel makes a comment about measuring my popularity here.  Again, not bullying, just bearman's strong desire and motivation to be accepted as one of the members of the cool club.

Do you understand or shall I make you an infographic?

                        It isn't a gif, it's a jpg.
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Also, I understand that you are not very observant, but trying to jab at my handle is not likely to be effective because, unlike you, I don't select things like that in order to brag about myself. I understand that you assumed that would be the case, because that is the kind of petty boasting you would do, but you should give up every trying to understand my motivations because I'm a lot smarter than you are, and there's no way you will ever be able to grasp the complexities of an intelligence so far above your own.

That said, I will do you a favor and clue you in. My handle is a joke about the fact that even though I'm not actually on a social science track, I keep getting matched with social science internships, much to my dismay. I understand that you can't comprehend humor more subtle than bad puns, but it is a form of self-deprecating irony. Trying to jab at it just makes you look stupid.

Er, stupider.

Also, I know we all look alike to you but I wasn't the person who made the comment about a popularity poll.

Lastly, Stella and I started out fighting like cats and dogs, but gradually found that we actually like each other. Implying that she's groveling at me for a "jacket" is fucking insulting as shit, and if you take a look at that you may start to see that people dislike you less because they all wish to band together and find social acceptance in a happy peedee family, and more because you're an ass to them.

[AFK]

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Do you understand now?

I think I understand.

Good, maybe you can explain it to Gogira and Nigel.

[Q. G. Pennyworth]

Also, are you seriously like 87 years old? Club jackets? Was that ever a thing in this century? Are you writing from 1979, because if you are I think Dok's headed your way and you know how dangerous that can get.

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Also, are you seriously like 87 years old? Club jackets? Was that ever a thing in this century? Are you writing from 1979, because if you are I think Dok's headed your way and you know how dangerous that can get.

Uh, yeah, I'm like, terrified and shit.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

So anyway, yeah, I've played along, since then we can observe the aforementioned behavior from stella and bearman.  The need and desire to be accepted and to be given their club jackets.

Do you understand now?

You're all doing just what I knew you were going to do!

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[tyrannosaurus vex]

For the record, I think this thread has been fyn and educational. And while I happen to think Nigel has overstated her case a bit, a little 4th-grade level hammering is probably called for since you keep acting like an overwhelmed schoolteacher. "Because I said so" is never a valid argument, but it does serve to underscore a person's general lack of relevant expertise.

Nigel can be mean, but you can be willfully ignorant, and this is PD so I'm not sure what else you expected.

[AFK]

Wow, I am shocked that our resident "thinkmonkey" can't explain the classic signs of needing to fit in. 

You see Gogira, it's pretty simple.  Stella uses the same silly gif that Nigel does because she's a me-too.  She wants to be accepted and liked by Nigel, so she thinks if she emulates her behavior, then she will continue to be accepted as one of them.  It isn't bullying, it's the strong need within Stella to have that validation and acceptance.

We see the same from bearman, latching on to Twid's coffee gag, and starting up the popularity thread after Nigel makes a comment about measuring my popularity here.  Again, not bullying, just bearman's strong desire and motivation to be accepted as one of the members of the cool club.

Do you understand or shall I make you an infographic?

                        It isn't a gif, it's a jpg.
                                                \


Also, I understand that you are not very observant, but trying to jab at my handle is not likely to be effective because, unlike you, I don't select things like that in order to brag about myself. I understand that you assumed that would be the case, because that is the kind of petty boasting you would do, but you should give up every trying to understand my motivations because I'm a lot smarter than you are, and there's no way you will ever be able to grasp the complexities of an intelligence so far above your own.

That said, I will do you a favor and clue you in. My handle is a joke about the fact that even though I'm not actually on a social science track, I keep getting matched with social science internships, much to my dismay. I understand that you can't comprehend humor more subtle than bad puns, but it is a form of self-deprecating irony. Trying to jab at it just makes you look stupid.

Er, stupider.

Also, I know we all look alike to you but I wasn't the person who made the comment about a popularity poll.

Lastly, Stella and I started out fighting like cats and dogs, but gradually found that we actually like each other. Implying that she's groveling at me for a "jacket" is fucking insulting as shit, and if you take a look at that you may start to see that people dislike you less because they all wish to band together and find social acceptance in a happy peedee family, and more because you're an ass to them.

Your life is pretty uninteresting to me so I don't study it like you seem to do mine.

My observations are my observations.  To me it is as plain as day.  Maybe I'm wrong, and I certainly don't expect anyone to own up to it publicly, but someone is welcome to prove me wrong and explain the observed behavior in another light.

Maybe you can start smarty pants.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

We all really just act like we dislike RWHN because conformity and stuff! It isn't because of how he talks to people or his personality at all, which we don't even really know because pixels on a screen.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Wow, I am shocked that our resident "thinkmonkey" can't explain the classic signs of needing to fit in. 

You see Gogira, it's pretty simple.  Stella uses the same silly gif that Nigel does because she's a me-too.  She wants to be accepted and liked by Nigel, so she thinks if she emulates her behavior, then she will continue to be accepted as one of them.  It isn't bullying, it's the strong need within Stella to have that validation and acceptance.

We see the same from bearman, latching on to Twid's coffee gag, and starting up the popularity thread after Nigel makes a comment about measuring my popularity here.  Again, not bullying, just bearman's strong desire and motivation to be accepted as one of the members of the cool club.

Do you understand or shall I make you an infographic?

                        It isn't a gif, it's a jpg.
                             

Also, I understand that you are not very observant, but trying to jab at my handle is not likely to be effective because, unlike you, I don't select things like that in order to brag about myself. I understand that you assumed that would be the case, because that is the kind of petty boasting you would do, but you should give up every trying to understand my motivations because I'm a lot smarter than you are, and there's no way you will ever be able to grasp the complexities of an intelligence so far above your own.

That said, I will do you a favor and clue you in. My handle is a joke about the fact that even though I'm not actually on a social science track, I keep getting matched with social science internships, much to my dismay. I understand that you can't comprehend humor more subtle than bad puns, but it is a form of self-deprecating irony. Trying to jab at it just makes you look stupid.

Er, stupider.

Also, I know we all look alike to you but I wasn't the person who made the comment about a popularity poll.

Lastly, Stella and I started out fighting like cats and dogs, but gradually found that we actually like each other. Implying that she's groveling at me for a "jacket" is fucking insulting as shit, and if you take a look at that you may start to see that people dislike you less because they all wish to band together and find social acceptance in a happy peedee family, and more because you're an ass to them.

Your life is pretty uninteresting to me so I don't study it like you seem to do mine.

My observations are my observations.  To me it is as plain as day.  Maybe I'm wrong, and I certainly don't expect anyone to own up to it publicly, but someone is welcome to prove me wrong and explain the observed behavior in another light.

Maybe you can start smarty pants.

What are you talking about? Are you drunk?

[Q. G. Pennyworth]

Also, are you seriously like 87 years old? Club jackets? Was that ever a thing in this century? Are you writing from 1979, because if you are I think Dok's headed your way and you know how dangerous that can get.

Uh, yeah, I'm like, terrified and shit.

RWHN: Here for the Discordianism, unless the Discordianism questions government authority or makes jokes that aren't about him.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Are you seriously claiming that I showed up on a forum where you were accepted and liked, and singlehandedly turned everyone against you due to their need to fit in, and this had nothing whatsoever to do with the way you talk to people?

Is this really what you're claiming?

Because that's AMAZING.

[AFK]

For the record, I think this thread has been fyn and educational. And while I happen to think Nigel has overstated her case a bit, a little 4th-grade level hammering is probably called for since you keep acting like an overwhelmed schoolteacher. "Because I said so" is never a valid argument, but it does serve to underscore a person's general lack of relevant expertise.

Nigel can be mean, but you can be willfully ignorant, and this is PD so I'm not sure what else you expected.

Well that's bollocks of course because in every drug thread we've had I've provided data and studies to back up my side of the debate.  So it's quite inaccurate to posit all of my arguments are "because I said so."  In this thread, well, you are asking me to prove a negative, that not all DEA employees are corrupt ass-hats.  What kind of data would you have me produce to prove that?

I dunno, ask them for a staff roster and comb Google to see if their names ever come up in investigations.

[AFK]

Are you seriously claiming that I showed up on a forum where you were accepted and liked, and singlehandedly turned everyone against you due to their need to fit in, and this had nothing whatsoever to do with the way you talk to people?

Is this really what you're claiming?

Because that's AMAZING.

No dumbass.  I'm talking about Stella and bearman's behavior in this thread and the new one.  Are you not able to follow the threads of this discussion?  It is,still, in reference to Gogira's question.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

For the record, I think this thread has been fyn and educational. And while I happen to think Nigel has overstated her case a bit, a little 4th-grade level hammering is probably called for since you keep acting like an overwhelmed schoolteacher. "Because I said so" is never a valid argument, but it does serve to underscore a person's general lack of relevant expertise.

Nigel can be mean, but you can be willfully ignorant, and this is PD so I'm not sure what else you expected.

Well that's bollocks of course because in every drug thread we've had I've provided data and studies to back up my side of the debate.  So it's quite inaccurate to posit all of my arguments are "because I said so."  In this thread, well, you are asking me to prove a negative, that not all DEA employees are corrupt ass-hats.  What kind of data would you have me produce to prove that?

I dunno, ask them for a staff roster and comb Google to see if their names ever come up in investigations.

Nobody's asking you to do shit, actually.

There is strong evidence of systemic corruption within the DEA. Your response to that, so sar, seems to be "NUH UH".

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Are you seriously claiming that I showed up on a forum where you were accepted and liked, and singlehandedly turned everyone against you due to their need to fit in, and this had nothing whatsoever to do with the way you talk to people?

Is this really what you're claiming?

Because that's AMAZING.

No dumbass.  I'm talking about Stella and bearman's behavior in this thread and the new one.  Are you not able to follow the threads of this discussion?  It is,still, in reference to Gogira's question.

I  think you may not be as lucid as you think you are.