I don't make that many political threads!

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Originally posted by Agathon
FTR Oerdin, I don't have a problem with the threads you start. Some people come here to argue about politics. If people don't like the threads, they don't have to post in them.

Politics used to be the main reason I came here since most other political sites seemed to be all from one side or the other where as poly used to have a good cross section.

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Originally posted by Lorizael


It's not the thread titles themselves that are particularly relevant. It's the fact that you have virtually no ability to see outside of your own perspective. While your stances on issues range a bit and can even change, whatever point of view you currently hold is, as far as you're concerned, absolutely correct in every way.

And because you look at things that way, you will do whatever it takes to support your side of the argument, from presenting information that may not be reliable, to insulting other posters, and to making a crapload of threads about the same thing.

I'm afraid I'm going to have to disagree with you. I believe I actually do listen and understand other people's positions even if I don't agree with them and even disagree strongly. Please ignore me if you'd like as that would be better then you always following me around posting personal attacks. Surely you can do that?

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Originally posted by Mr Snuggles


Really, the bigger problem is Oerdin is a tabloid-style political poster and frankly, that's boring.

Lets assume that Imran's list is correct, which I don't but, for the sake of argument. That would be 5 out of 14 or .35... Just over 1 in 3. Please recognize that even the worst case scenario has 2/3rds of my threads not being political.

[Asher]

Originally posted by Oerdin


I'm afraid I'm going to have to disagree with you. I believe I actually do listen and understand other people's positions even if I don't agree with them and even disagree strongly. Please ignore me if you'd like as that would be better then you always following me around posting personal attacks. Surely you can do that?

You do not listen. You do not try to understand other arguments.

Your argue until you get backed into a corner of being obviously wrong (see the "world's largest oil reserve" thread). Then when you see no way out, you pretend like it was all one, big, comical troll thread and LOL LOOK HOW WELL IT WORKED. It's a joke, that.

This is why I think you're sticking to op-ed stuff. Even stuff most people here would agree with you on (Bush sucks, etc). But you do it in such a hilariously inept manner that even people who would agree with you are put off by the threads.

[Lorizael]

Originally posted by Oerdin
I'm afraid I'm going to have to disagree with you. I believe I actually do listen and understand other people's positions even if I don't agree with them and even disagree strongly.

*shrug* I didn't find it particularly likely you'd agree with me.

Please ignore me if you'd like as that would be better then you always following me around posting personal attacks. Surely you can do that?

Certainly. For one reason or another your posts have been bothering me lately, but that's my problem to deal with and not yours.

[Asher]

Originally posted by Oerdin


Lets assume that Imran's list is correct, which I don't but, for the sake of argument. That would be 5 out of 14 or .35... Just over 1 in 3. Please recognize that even the worst case scenario has 2/3rds of my threads not being political.

The threads that are not political are either "LOOK AT ME" threads (eg, "I AM GOING TO MANHATTAN IN A FEW MONTHS!!!!!!!!!!!!!") or dupe threads where someone more topical already beat you to it (the MOBIUS Egghead thing) or simply outrageously misleading "joke" threads without the humour.

I say you're a tabloid political poster because all of your other threads are even more worthless than the tabloid ones.

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Asher you do realize that in the oil field thread we were talking about different metrics, right? I was talking about 1 oil field and you kept talking about all the oil fields in Alberta. Two totally different animals. I gave up on that thread because it was obvious we weren't going to get any where.

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Originally posted by Mr Snuggles


The threads that are not political are either "LOOK AT ME" threads (eg, "I AM GOING TO MANHATTAN IN A FEW MONTHS!!!!!!!!!!!!!")

I posted that thread for the same reason I often post many of my travel threads on several forums. I often meet up with other posters and end up having a great time. If that is a look at me thread then oh well.

[Asher]

Originally posted by Oerdin
Asher you do realize that in the oil field thread we were talking about different metrics, right? I was talking about 1 oil field and you kept talking about all the oil fields in Alberta. Two totally different animals. I gave up on that thread because it was obvious we weren't going to get any where.

It's wrong no matter what metric you use.

The Athabasca Oil Sands in Alberta is a far larger oil field, if that's what you want to pretend you were claiming it's still wrong. Your subject also clearly mentioned Alberta, so if you were talking about individual fields and not provincial/state reserves, then I guess your thread title was...misleading?

See? Here's an example. You don't listen, you just squirm.

[Imran Siddiqui]

Originally posted by Mr Snuggles
You do not listen. You do not try to understand other arguments.

Your argue until you get backed into a corner of being obviously wrong (see the "world's largest oil reserve" thread). Then when you see no way out, you pretend like it was all one, big, comical troll thread and LOL LOOK HOW WELL IT WORKED. It's a joke, that.

This is why I think you're sticking to op-ed stuff. Even stuff most people here would agree with you on (Bush sucks, etc). But you do it in such a hilariously inept manner that even people who would agree with you are put off by the threads.

Oh yes! The ****ing "It's a troll" crap is sooo damned see through and annoying and only comes when Oerdin's been whipped thoroughly and feels like he can't insult or tangent himself out of it.

People who agree with him can't stand his method of "debate" either and are thus put off.

The "with me or against me" style of arguing is one that very few people like. He's like a left wing version of O'Reilly.

[Riesstiu IV]

Damn, I had no idea my one comment in Hueij's thread would set this chain off this chain reaction.

[BeBMan]

A threadi is what we make of it.

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Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui


Oh yes! The ****ing "It's a troll" crap is sooo damned see through and annoying and only comes when Oerdin's been whipped thoroughly and feels like he can't insult or tangent himself out of it.

The only time I can think of when I did that was the 48" pizza thread which obviously was a joke and more then a year plus ago. I can't recall a single other time I've ever done that.

[Lorizael]

Originally posted by Oerdin
The only time I can think of when I did that was the 48" pizza thread which obviously was a joke and more then a year plus ago. I can't recall a single other time I've ever done that.

I'm sorry, but that was seven months ago.

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Re: I don't make that many political threads!

Originally posted by Oerdin
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Yes, you do.