Because I'm pretty sure it was actually "*Don't* let sleeping dogs lie, that's boring."

[farla]

I'm not going to call you, M.M., a dogfucker. I'm just going to think you are, and tell you I'm thinking you are, and tell everyone else that I'm thinking you are. But I'm totally not calling you one, and I'm totally not going to be calling you one again when I repost the sentence to my livejournal.

In other news, no, M. "My belief in your lackeyism, let me tell you about it" M. is not particularly quick on the uptake. Or, possibly, particularly anything on the uptake. I admit he never struck me as bright over on Serebii, but this is a new low, and more importantly, is not even amusing in its inanity. Good odds that the newest iteration reproduced above meets about as much comprehension as the previous few, but at least this one amused me.

Perhaps we can start a betting pool on how many weeks it takes him to grasp the concepts involved here. My money's on "never".

Comments

[razorleaf.livejournal.com]

God, was there something in the air today? I thought all this crap was behind us, but they have to start bitching again. -_-

[farla.livejournal.com]

Admittedly I'm not really trying to calm things down.

But, I don't think it was really "behind you" so much as they just stopped talking publicly once they realized they'd lost that particular argument/got overwhelmed at the time. It's one of the reasons I advocate completing an argument rather than letting people back away, even if it ends with "I hate you!/I hate you more!"

Otherwise you get stuff like Eon-chan's comment: by going quiet and ending the argument, you guys remain technical, if not especially friendly, friends. Technical friends with a group of people whose behavior pattern is that facts and opinions are a thing to compromise for friendship. Even if they were entirely sincere about wanting the argument over, which I doubt, they'd inevitably keep commenting about the stuff they believe with the expectation that you'll compromise your position since you're their friend (after all, it's what they do all the time). When they don't, they feel betrayed.

Also, Serebii is just insane.

[razorleaf.livejournal.com]

Hehe, I noticed.

Yeah, you're probably right. There have been too many snide remarks to ignore, anyway.

It's weird how they deal with that, actually. I haven't changed in the way I talk to them, but somehow they have this idea I've become 'friendlier' or some such shit. And I've been telling them this, too. Manaphyman seems to have devised for himself that we're friends now, even though my approach to him hasn't changed and he got angry over that attitude earlier. O_O

That too. XD

[farla.livejournal.com]

I'm not certain, but probably, letting the argument "be over" with neither side admitting they're wrong is kind of like having both sides admit they were partly at fault. You didn't actually back away, just didn't hound them when they did it, but a lot of the people involved were already displaying nonexistent reading comprehension skills, so it wouldn't be a stretch for them to have misinterpreted it as "Well, you were wrong to call me names, but I was wrong to do those things that made you call me names too, let's be friends!"

[razorleaf.livejournal.com]

Well, they sure like stirring up trouble! And it's not over yet. Hear the patter of hooves? That's BA playing knight in shining armor, even though Manaphyman thinks he's an idiot, or a moron, or something like that...

I'm just getting confused. XD

[blue-porygon.livejournal.com]

But, I don't think it was really "behind you" so much as they just stopped talking publicly once they realized they'd lost that particular argument/got overwhelmed at the time.

Nah, I pulled my head out of my ass and realized I was wrong. Only time I've een talked about about all this internet drama was when me and wonsab agreed on how amusing it was. Oh, I guess my post here counts as talking about it, too.

[farla.livejournal.com]

realized I was wrong

Well, that's the key difference. The remaining participants' stance is "I said nothing wrong, but let's drop the argument"/"Okay, I'll stop calling you evil nazi whores for the moment, since I'm tired of arguing (But I'm thinking it really, really hard)" So the argument's not over, just paused for their leisure.

[blue-porygon.livejournal.com]

True..there is a difference to admitting you're wrong and stopping the arguement.

[(Anonymous)]

Serebii = bad for sanity, good for lulz. (The Alternate Anime and Miscellaneous forums are always good for that. Trolling those sections never gets old.)