I am Argus

[Al B. Sure!]

[giblets]

In order to diet, I have to go 3-4 days of sheer hell where even sitting in a chair is difficult before I engage in my ritual frozen pizza. There is no greater feeling than eating a frozen pizza in the evening, bloating myself with salt and water to the extreme, and then sleeping the night away while the disc in my back expands, allowing me to wake up in the morning feeling awesome. I'm sure even you can realize how counterproductive this little ritual is.

I can see why someone with such a horrid existence would get off on calling other people fat losers on the internet.

[Barnabas]

I can't, why would a crippled person with a distance education degree do that?

[giblets]

I figure he finds it comforting to believe others have it worse than him.

[DaShi]

He'll need to go to soup kitchens in NYC for that, not the internet.

[DriXnaK]

I can see why someone with such a horrid existence would get off on calling other people fat losers on the internet.

I don't consider it horrid. I'm not like Albi, I'm not weak. In fact, I think this is a good thing. It just pushes me to work harder.

I can't, why would a crippled person with a distance education degree do that?

I'm not crippled, and the "distance education" isn't my only degree. Furthermore, are you disputing the quality of this degree? What experience do you have with it vs a state university degree in something similar? Obviously you have none or you'd realize what a deal this is and how superior it is. Only a moron that actually goes to class and gets something out of listening to some idiot lecture would take that approach...which doesn't really surprise me it's coming from you Barnabas.

Also, if I want to see people who have it worse than me I need only look at South America and Europe for a nice self esteem boost.

[giblets]

Europe? They seem to be doing pretty well.

[Egbert]

Only a moron that actually goes to class and gets something out of listening to some idiot lecture would take that approach...which doesn't really surprise me it's coming from you Barnabas.

I am a moron who went to class listening to idiots giving lectures. This enabled me to get a good job, when I'd completed my course of listening to idiots give lectures. They gave a piece of paper which I could show to employers to prove that I am a moron. Given that you don't have a job, I'm sure you will agree there is much to be said for being a moron.

Morons.

[DriXnaK]

I have a piece of paper too, and in fact I'm about to have two pieces of paper, and I never needed to go to class and listen to some idiot lecture.

[Egbert]

Sitting in class listening to idiots means that you are at a university made of bricks and mortar. Employers will know that the place actually exists.

The real knack to being a moron is attending an institution that is well and favourably known to potential employers. This means employers will be comfortable accepting the validity of a piece of paper which certifies that one is indeed a moron. It lends credibility to the piece of paper.

Morons

[DaShi]

Not to mention that the networks you make with classmates, professors, and alumni can be more valuable than your degree.

[Egbert]

Indeed. A flashing of the old school tie can be exceedingly useful at times.

[DriXnaK]

I don't see how anyone can place enough value on the institution that they attended that they could then place value on others simply because they attended that institution too.

[Egbert]

If you attend an institution then you are very well placed to assess the value of that institution. (And prone to over value the worth of that institution).

The institution doesn't have to be Oxford. It does have to exist and its does have to at least provide a half decent education.

Edit. Umh. His degree as just as good as mine. Must be good.

[Elok]

As for the Argus DL being embarrassing...why? You ****ing idiots were fooled by it. Elok was running in multiple threads saying I was funny. You need only go back and read many of the posts to realize that many of you found it amusing until you found out who I was.

It's very hard to distinguish a DL from a genuine moron. Everyone else says it was obvious, but then everyone else treats every newcomer as a DL at once. I think they just do a shotgun approach. As for why it should be embarrassing...you went to the trouble of concocting all this rubbish, apparently expecting us to look at that post, say "wait a minute," and go digging through The Big Book of Hitler Quotes for a gotcha. But nobody cares, we either call your character a DL or just a cretin (in my case, I figured it was an adolescent), so you play this petulant guessing-game. I, at least, was disappointed because I found your silly cardboard-man Argus to be a far more interesting personality than you, however absurd.

Of course, you don't seem to realize that in all this your approval is meaningless to me anyway. Did you honestly believe I came on here to win a popularity contest? I like to fight on forums.

I don't think it's "popularity" so much as "attention" that you're after. Hence the stupid guessing-game when things didn't go as planned.

The only thing that would be embarrassing is if someone read my posts in real life and knew me. The fear of that alone is enough to knock sense into me and stop posting.

You haven't stopped posting. You're still here.