Dont worry, except for rare situations where the trolling seriously starts getting in the way/out of hand, I love every second of my time spent here.
The screening/testing is comprehensive and extensive, or atleast was back then before “I have Asperger’s” became a fashion trend. It went through several psychiatrists, psychologists,multiple test formats, interviews with parents about early childhood etc.
Whatever I am, is not a result of ASD.
My own view is that I’m too goddam smart for my own good.
Its a FACT that I dont troll here, except jovially very occassionally, in which case its clear that I’m just joking.
Sometimes, yes.
I promise you, I am well aware of my motives/payoff, and trolling is not one of them.
Trolling, to me, is cheap, useless and boring. I dont get my kicks from antagonizing responses out of people, nor dishonestly presenting my views as something I dont actually have. Nor do I disguise any vested interests.
I’m asking, because I find meaning is different for everyone. So part of what I say is meant to deliver my meaning, but it’s also important that I first get what others mean. Or I’m just shoving my words down onto others without ever comprehending the meaning of their words. It cannot just be all about myself and what I mean. It has to be about what we all mean to say.
Yes, and unfortunately also what causes miscommunication.
The purpose of language is to confer what one means, to be understood, and vice versa.
Yes, I am stubborn and persistent, but not to a fault.
Ive admitted to having been wrong, many times.
If you walked a day in my shoes on these boards, you would understand how much trolling I have to deal with on a daily basis here. I regularly run multiple simultaneous discussions with several posters, as different “strains”. You would also understand how many people either deliberately or inadvertently dont read/comprehend accurately.
I sometimes check the forum stats of persistent antagonists, and almost always they have posted to me, specifically, almost twice more than any other poster. Not all of them are belligerent, but some people, like Dom, took it to ridiculous extremes. These people WANT to come at me and troll me.
If I was collecting tears of rage, as a troll, Id have enough gathered by now to fill an Olympic swimming pool. But that is NOT why I am here. I just like discussing EVE.
I understand what that must look like from the outside or casual observer, but its far more complicated than that on my part, as the one involved in it.
For the record, I am incabable of self-moderation when I’m drunk -which is usually the time I post on the forum. But take heart! As the Romans used to say:
You’re a lot of things, but “smart” definitely isn’t one of them.
A smart person knows when to stop talking, knows not to argue about topics said person has zero understanding about and also knows that it isn’t their place to judge where on the intelligence spectrum they are.
“I have zero clue about basic physics, but let’s argue about how this quantum computer works anyway”.
I have literally no idea how you managed to draw such a conclusion out what I wrote. Did you mix up words and context somewhere? Or is comprehending such a simple sentence simply beyond you?
I clarified it for you and you still don’t get it, instead continuing to argue about your wrong comprehension. See Salvos, that’s your problem and that’s how you earned your reputation.
