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Re: Forum Decorum
« Reply #1350 on: August 28, 2020, 03:11:15 AM »
 There are different reasons we are here maybe. Some people have very good graphic skills and present data in ways that make looking at each melting season as both a new season and one we can compare to the past. There are others interested in specific research or core areas of interest and usually only comment in certain threads or related threads. But there are also plenty of us more generally interested I assume.
 I have a history here that maybe could be summarized as food related. So if someone was focused on glaciers or Antarctica or the maths I might not even exist.
 I think others try to shape all the data coming at them through lenses that needs agree with their preconceived notion of how things are . For these individuals the argument needs fit their personal narrative. And that which doesn’t , needs to be fought back. Some of these people seem to take much interest in argument. So when someone who has some deeply held theory that meets lots of pushback from other members they can look harder and harder for arguments that support their theory , and cherry pick, and maybe try slander, or even eventually try conspiracy narratives.  It is hard to ignore.
 So how does the issue resolve if two people with opposed theory's are willing to pursue familiar tactics of cherry picking, slander, and conspiracy ?  And that is where the larger group reaches in to squash all the dissidence. It is an endless loop if there is no control at all so the group intervenes. And maybe some people are good at monitoring the peace and not much else. Some people seem wise and humble and can hold their own on many threads and the rest of us allow some moderation, for the common good. Yes maybe outside the box thinking gets muted somewhat but everyone else gets to read on lots of subjects outside their expertise and have some confidence that arguments are balanced and persuasive without people getting belligerent. Some people are fair about managing a diverse group
and thank god for that.
 Call it my theory of civil will, practiced by group that can pull it off for awhile till chaos again reigns.   
 

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Re: Forum Decorum
« Reply #1351 on: August 28, 2020, 03:26:47 AM »
bbr, I recommend reporting to mod and waiting a bit before going for the decorum thread with guns blazing.
In this case some criticism against use of 10-day forecasts was justified but all the rest was not, which is why I responded to your mod report with an edit of the reported post and with a follow-up post. As I sometimes sleep a couple of hours, this can't always be immediate.
Going all-out attack on people who criticize you will not necessarily reduce future criticism. Take it easy.

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« Reply #1352 on: August 28, 2020, 03:27:34 AM »
bbr, I recommend reporting to mod and waiting a bit before going for the decorum thread with guns blazing.
In this case some criticism against use of 10-day forecasts was justified but all the rest was not, which is why I responded to your mod report with an edit of the reported post and with a follow-up post. As I sometimes sleep a couple of hours, this can't always be immediate.
Going all-out attack on people who criticize you will not necessarily reduce future criticism. Take it easy.
Your points are fair and noted, thank you.

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Re: Forum Decorum
« Reply #1353 on: August 28, 2020, 03:48:41 AM »
Re: "So how does the issue resolve if two people with opposed theory's are willing to pursue familiar tactics of cherry picking, slander, and conspiracy ?  "

Tell em to get a room ? take it offline from this forum, thru email or otherwise.

But then, on the few, mostly very technical forums, i moderated over the decades, i was always a pretty unforgiving moderator. On this wide-ranging forum, that style would not go down well except perhaps in a few threads.

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Re: Forum Decorum
« Reply #1354 on: August 28, 2020, 03:59:18 AM »
Why is it that there are dozens of posters who have hard-ons for my posts and can recite all of my "pet theories" etc

Yet I can't remember a single contribution of any of them or even their names etc most of the time?

It is like there is a troupe of gypsies who would suck and steal all the thoughts and information from this place until there is nothing left, and then they would move on from the vacant husk, because they were never here to engage constructively to begin with.

Is it really surprising that seems to be what is now happening?

That entire comment speaks volumes about how much thought you put into what others say.... and you talk about people living in their bubbles.

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Re: Forum Decorum
« Reply #1355 on: August 28, 2020, 12:07:55 PM »

 So how does the issue resolve if two people with opposed theory's are willing to pursue familiar tactics of cherry picking, slander, and conspiracy ? 

War happens.

Well, it's a bit of a school fight. Two kids fight, blaming each other for starting the fight.

In the end you have to recognize and acknowledge that there are bigger and more important things in the world to pay your attention to, than endless arguing, even if you feel you yourself are completely on the right side.

"Convincing" other people to think like you isn't the best goal you can have in your life. Live your own life, and let others live their own whatever they think. Your time and energy is needed elsewhere.

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Re: Forum Decorum
« Reply #1356 on: August 28, 2020, 04:45:52 PM »
Simple. See your fellow forum members as friends!

War should not happen and not be acceptable.

We should spring into action everytime some poster writes something that's not nice, that's insulting, judgemental or other, you catch my drift. Don't let it stand. Perhaps even more important than falsehoods/cherry picking/denial because it is the face of our group; our unity, trust and respect, our cohesion and peace.

You could see it as 'gardening'.


edit: added unity,trust,respect,cohesion,peace
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Re: Forum Decorum
« Reply #1357 on: September 01, 2020, 07:17:19 PM »
It looks like we just lost Igs...  :'(
90% of the world is religious, but somehow "love thy neighbour" became "fuck thy neighbours", if they don't agree with your point of view.

WTF happened?

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Re: Forum Decorum
« Reply #1358 on: September 02, 2020, 06:47:54 AM »
Indeed another loss, another good one  :'(
And he deleted his account so likely was upset.
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Re: Forum Decorum
« Reply #1359 on: September 02, 2020, 12:50:54 PM »
I nearly left when I first came here, but even then I was not thinking of deleting my account.

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Re: Forum Decorum
« Reply #1360 on: September 02, 2020, 10:02:06 PM »
It's the second time igs has done this. He used to post as magnamentis, deleted his profile, and then came back. So, it seems valuable members can also return!
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Re: Forum Decorum
« Reply #1361 on: September 03, 2020, 12:08:38 AM »
If I were ever to do that I'd come back as trm1958, my initials and birthyear.

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Re: Forum Decorum
« Reply #1362 on: September 03, 2020, 12:32:43 AM »
'bbr2315's nightmare for Arctic comes true'


Bbr,

Could do without the illeism.

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Re: Forum Decorum
« Reply #1363 on: September 03, 2020, 12:38:27 AM »
'bbr2315's nightmare for Arctic comes true'


Bbr,

Could do without the illeism.
Removed!  :)

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Re: Forum Decorum
« Reply #1364 on: September 04, 2020, 01:04:13 PM »
Oren:
I was being antagonistic to the position of A-Team, not the person, since he uses his expertise in the area to construct “express science” pictures of very alarmist scenarios. Many posters swallow his paintings as if it was ex cathedra truth. It is not. He complains of slow science sometimes (and of bothersome contributors, and of a thousand things more, he’s basically a “victim”) but the truth is, slow science is rigorous and true and at the end will save our skin, all the noise here will not, including his beautiful constructions.

I hoped you would have not touched my post, but it’s ok.

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Re: Forum Decorum
« Reply #1365 on: September 04, 2020, 02:00:57 PM »
Here is another A-Team related complaint which I have removed from the Mosaic thread.
Quote from: binntho
Oren, when you snip, do you keep the snips? I feel severely affronted here, with my text being manipulated like this, and of course, there is no copy.  So if you have a copy, you can send it to me and I'll clean it and re-post it.

EDIT: To be absolutely clear, I am a big admirer of A-Team and find his posts always worth reading. He does however have a very arrogant tendency to tersely state the facts as he sees them and rarely deigns to defend his sweeping statements.

Now that the Moderator has become a public-relations officer for A-Team, translating and expostulating on his terse statements and snipping all criticisms, the value of A-Team's contributions and his reputation both stand in danger of decline.

I do not have a copy of the snips, and I apologize that you feel affronted, however I was using my best judgement on what was antagonistic (the communism part or whatever it was) and what was  to the point.

Gandul, and binntho, and whoever feels I am mistreating - I have no issue with people challenging A-Team's assertions. He is highly knowledgeable but not always correct - no one is. He says black, feel free to say it's white. I do have issue though with people calling him arrogant and otherwise using antagonistic language. Say it's white, don't say "I think you are an arrogant fool for saying black". Don't say "I challenge you to defend yourself", say "I think you are wrong." He may choose to explain the black or agree with white or make no response, up to him. Many of us here have some ego, some arrogance, some over-confidence. If all started pointing out the other party`s flaws, it would escalate quickly and many more would leave.

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Re: Forum Decorum
« Reply #1366 on: September 04, 2020, 02:28:21 PM »
  If all started pointing out the other party`s flaws, it would escalate quickly and many more would leave.

Well said.  Even oblique ad hominems should be removed, unapologetically.  We're here to discuss things, not each other.

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Re: Forum Decorum
« Reply #1367 on: September 17, 2020, 08:26:06 AM »
My apologies to the good members of this forum for my sudden departure earlier this season. I am sorry for leaving without saying anything. That is not good manners.

I'm not going to dig deeper to the reasons of my exit. I just want to say people delete their accounts when leaving because that's the only way to actually leave. A temporary ban or lockout would be great in that respect.

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Re: Forum Decorum
« Reply #1368 on: September 17, 2020, 11:34:11 AM »
Welcome back blu_ice :).

In my view it is possible to leave without deleting ones account: Just stop posting.
Perhaps deleting is a form of self-help in ones discipline; to not be able to post anymore.
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Re: Forum Decorum
« Reply #1369 on: September 17, 2020, 01:40:47 PM »
Welcome back blu_ice !

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Re: Forum Decorum
« Reply #1370 on: September 17, 2020, 11:44:32 PM »
Please continue posting in the melting season thread for a couple of days.

Never understand what the biannual giddiness is when we change from melting to freezing threads and vice versa. There should be allowance/time period for both threads to co-exist.

If your post is freezing related post in freezing and melting continue posting in melting thread.

 I do agree on mods clamping down on premature starting of threads. There needs to be evidence it has begun - else it belongs in a prediction/discussion thread.

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Re: Forum Decorum
« Reply #1371 on: September 18, 2020, 02:28:27 AM »
I am not overly concerned with the coexistence, which is why I did not temporarily lock the new thread. I just find it easier to follow one discussion rather than two, at a time when both freezing and melting are going on around the Arctic.

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Re: Forum Decorum
« Reply #1372 on: September 18, 2020, 05:48:35 PM »
The economist is a political publication, just like any of the other news media.  It's just another newsrag. 
About 30 years ago the Economist published an article on how the price to buy an unwanted girl child in rural China for the sex trade had gone up from USD 50 to 250 USD, due to improved living standards from "building socialism with capitalist tools".

The writer said this was A GOOD THING, as it proved increasing wealth in China was lifting all boats.

At which point I stopped reading the Economist and have never read it since.

And wth does this have to do with COVID-19?
El Cid shows interesting results from the Economist, harpy obsessed to signal is not hard data (although eventually brings the source that the Economist makes reference to) and finally, old leader tells us a 30-yo covid unrelated story....
Scissors, scissors...

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Re: Forum Decorum
« Reply #1373 on: September 18, 2020, 07:17:17 PM »
gerontocrat gave his view on the news source. I found his post very interesting. It is not always the cold hard data that matter.

"Scissors, scissors..."
Are you a hairdresser perchance? ;)

There is a link at the bottom of every post that says "Report to moderator"
That's the one to use if you have complaints. No need to bother us all.
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« Reply #1374 on: September 18, 2020, 09:40:54 PM »
I feel I have to stand up for fellow members with an 'elder-rule' view, especially old ones, that get treated not so respectfull.

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    gerontocrat gave his view on the news source. I found his post very interesting


Why do you write about him in the third person?

 ;D ;D

I hope you're up for a little light ribbing today, nanning.
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Re: Forum Decorum
« Reply #1375 on: September 18, 2020, 11:50:19 PM »
gerontocrat gave his view on the news source. I found his post very interesting. It is not always the cold hard data that matter.

"Scissors, scissors..."
Are you a hairdresser perchance? ;)

There is a link at the bottom of every post that says "Report to moderator"
That's the one to use if you have complaints. No need to bother us all.

Perchance are you a joker?
No, I remember you now. Yeah, you are that clown that hates human kind.

Sorry for editing but I find this guy very hilarious:
“0Kg CO₂, 37 KWh/wk,125L H₂O/wk, No offspring”

So he places at similar level of achievement in his badge that we showers once or twice a week at most with with disinterest or inability to procreate. This is extremely rich.

0kg CO2?? Totally zero?? If you have an account in this server, your carbon footprint is very far from zero, let alone your farting.

You are so fake, lol
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Re: Forum Decorum
« Reply #1376 on: September 19, 2020, 12:07:24 AM »
I feel I have to stand up for fellow members with an 'elder-rule' view, especially old ones, that get treated not so respectfull.

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    gerontocrat gave his view on the news source. I found his post very interesting


Why do you write about him in the third person?

 ;D ;D

I hope you're up for a little light ribbing today, nanning.

I just say to that old man, if you write posts, be it on topic. I am making an effort to be on topic, the Gero should do the freaking same, but I don’t know, he being British, old, and doing the dirty job of putting the data together daily, may be granted privileges, who knows...

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Re: Forum Decorum
« Reply #1377 on: September 19, 2020, 01:54:37 AM »
Gandul, what you said about nanning certainly falls outside forum decorum.


 addendum .. agreed ! moderation ?
« Last Edit: September 19, 2020, 06:54:39 PM by be cause »

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Re: Forum Decorum
« Reply #1378 on: September 19, 2020, 08:10:37 AM »
Thanks oren. I have a 'thick skin' and recognize when someone capitulates :).

Grandul,
Serious questions about the 0Kg CO₂ and other personal conumptions etc. will be gladly answered. Note: These zero emissions are just my personal direct emissions. Re: fake, you have no idea of the amount of discipline and sacrifices by me to be able to be a good example for others and to live with my conscience. I have to be pure otherwise I have no base to stand on. "Full honesty" didn't fit on that line.

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wili,
I am not a native English speaker, and may easily have made an error.

I was not addressing gerontocrat in my post above whilst Steve did address ralfy in his post. To me, that's the difference.

Let me explain what I mean:
Addressing someone who's standing next to you, in the third person, in stead of directly addressing the person, is in my view disrespectful.
If Steve was not in a discussion with ralfy, then it is different. Then it is like talking about someone who isn't present.
I see a clear difference but do you see it too?
If I'm wrong with my interpretation, please explain it so that I may improve my English language skills.

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"ribbing"
Learned a new word already, thank you wili :).
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Re: Forum Decorum
« Reply #1379 on: September 19, 2020, 03:57:47 PM »
Gandul, what you said about nanning certainly falls outside forum decorum.
Yes.
He probably is not a clown.

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Re: Forum Decorum
« Reply #1380 on: September 19, 2020, 05:36:14 PM »
Are you?
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Re: Forum Decorum
« Reply #1381 on: September 23, 2020, 11:48:43 PM »
Welcome back blu_ice :).

In my view it is possible to leave without deleting ones account: Just stop posting.
Perhaps deleting is a form of self-help in ones discipline; to not be able to post anymore.

I'm one of those returners. None of my old posts are deleted. The old account just is labelled "guest".

If you want to take rebirth here: It would be nice to give a hint of your previous existence.


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Dunno if I said why I left explicitly. Here goes:

Indeed much of my motivation was self-discipline.

Also it was protest against the polit threads mutiplying Russian propaganda. That is, given the special crowd here, the whole forum being weaponized for today's information war, intentionally or not. I can not support this with serious presence. (But well, that was yesteryear meanwhile, and those threads are quite some documentation treasure trove now...)

Florifulgurator (born Florifundator) was an internets neurosurgeon in the early days, when it was easy to tease ECHELON neurons or enter art history as a footnote. John Baez (of "crackpot index" fame and grandmaster of internets decorum) convinced me to use my real name in his azimuthproject.org, the first "Internet academy" (which materializes a dream I had last century). The ASIF is also a bit of an Internet academy, but I have no trouble being anonymous hoi polloi Flori here.

Flori and Martin can appear as different personalities depending on context (text or flesh, academic or ranting, sober normalo or excited artist, ...).
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Re: Forum Decorum
« Reply #1382 on: September 24, 2020, 09:49:05 PM »
For those I have offended this year, my sincere apologies!
I know I have said some bad things... Like "let them burn in hell"...
But understand that I am...


Sorry...
90% of the world is religious, but somehow "love thy neighbour" became "fuck thy neighbours", if they don't agree with your point of view.

WTF happened?

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« Reply #1383 on: September 24, 2020, 09:58:18 PM »
Shanah tovah  :)
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« Reply #1384 on: September 24, 2020, 10:06:07 PM »
90% of the world is religious, but somehow "love thy neighbour" became "fuck thy neighbours", if they don't agree with your point of view.

WTF happened?

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« Reply #1385 on: September 25, 2020, 05:59:47 AM »
One thing that would shrink my killfile is if there were a rule against repetetition.

I see the same posters say the same thing in exactly the same language again and again and again and again and ... sorta like groundhog day ... and my killfile grows.

Repetition is not argument. As I have stated before, one of the biggest reason i killfile people is not that i disagree, it is that they are so, so predictable. Often, i feel i could have assembled their latest posts, entirely cobbled together from previous ones. Reminds me of Louis L'Amour westerns, said to be a favorite of Ronald Reagan's.

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« Reply #1386 on: September 25, 2020, 10:05:56 AM »

I'm one of those returners. None of my old posts are deleted. The old account just is labelled "guest".

If you want to take rebirth here: It would be nice to give a hint of your previous existence.
Same here, posts are there and labelled as guest. My former login was bluice

I deleted my account because I wouldn't have had the discipline to stay out otherwise. I wanted to delete my account because I got tired and annoyed about the rants bordering conspiracy theories, often related to Covid threads. Also I spent way too much time on the forum at the time.

I share your opinion about the Russia threads. I honestly think they undermine the credibility of the community here. But at the same time I don't want to complain too much. This is not my forum. If one cannot stand the discussion and moderation it is better to leave than whine.

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Re: Forum Decorum
« Reply #1387 on: September 25, 2020, 10:33:28 AM »
I'm almost tempted to visit the 'Russia threads'. From reading the above, I am glad I have not visited and read that thread. Self-discipline is a great and important skill imo. One that should be learned early in life. But commerce has with its devious temptations and fabricated addictions to consumption, destroyed people's self-discipline and empathy. Aided by the governments and the media. Advertisements (i.e. devious temptation) are the fundament of almost all media and Internet today. Directly pushing and pulling the human psyche away from self-discipline: Growing materialism and greed and self-importance, degrading humans and living nature.

As an active asif forum member I don't feel responsible for any posts made by others. Or even whole threads.
Why would you feel responsible?
If the group had any real world actions in an organised structure, I would feel responsible for its actions and if I would disagree with them on a moral basis, that will be a reason for me to not participate any longer in a bad system, and leave.
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Re: Forum Decorum
« Reply #1388 on: September 25, 2020, 12:17:33 PM »
One thing that would shrink my killfile is if there were a rule against repetetition.

I see the same posters say the same thing in exactly the same language again and again and again and again and ... sorta like groundhog day ... and my killfile grows.

Repetition is not argument. As I have stated before, one of the biggest reason i killfile people is not that i disagree, it is that they are so, so predictable. Often, i feel i could have assembled their latest posts, entirely cobbled together from previous ones. Reminds me of Louis L'Amour westerns, said to be a favorite of Ronald Reagan's.

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At the risk of repetition I wholeheartedly agree. Some prolific members, each in a specific thread, are hashing and rehashing the same positions and arguments regardless of any attempt to engage or inject any information or alternative viewpoints into the process. The posts are completely predictable and do not bring new data or reasoning. I find argument by repetition to be destructive and achieving nothing except to silence the discussion through sheer exhaustion. As I avoid blocking members by principle, I find myself speed-scrolling through such members' posts, and in most cases I have given up on responding.

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Re: Forum Decorum
« Reply #1389 on: September 25, 2020, 05:20:03 PM »
Oren:
I was being antagonistic to the position of A-Team, not the person, since he uses his expertise in the area to construct “express science” pictures of very alarmist scenarios. Many posters swallow his paintings as if it was ex cathedra truth. It is not. He complains of slow science sometimes (and of bothersome contributors, and of a thousand things more, he’s basically a “victim”) but the truth is, slow science is rigorous and true and at the end will save our skin, all the noise here will not, including his beautiful constructions.

I hoped you would have not touched my post, but it’s ok.

A-Team gives numerous references to back up his main points and to educate those of us who want to dig into the details. He is not just dazzling us with beautiful graphics. The "alarmist scenarios" are possible outcomes that are consistent with the data and models at hand. To date, scenarios once presented as most likely by the IPCC have been replaced by ones that are more "alarmist".

Your use of the word "alarmist" makes you sound like a right wing troll. Your abusive comments about posters do as well. Have a nice day.

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Re: Forum Decorum
« Reply #1390 on: September 25, 2020, 05:25:20 PM »
True FOoW ..
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Re: Forum Decorum
« Reply #1391 on: September 26, 2020, 09:09:24 AM »
Re: At the risk of repetition

I giggled when i saw that, because i had just reread my post in your quote.

1) in my first invocation of "repetition" i repeated a "t" and an "e" to butcher the spelling

2) I went on with "As I have stated before" ...

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Re: Forum Decorum
« Reply #1392 on: September 26, 2020, 12:59:15 PM »
Well, if the thread repeats a meme and you respond to it is that “repetition”? On the Tesla thread for example, A says Elon is just a conman and you reply he is a genius (or vice versa). What else would you discuss on the Tesla thread?

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« Reply #1393 on: September 26, 2020, 03:21:16 PM »
Well that is off topic there since whatever you or A believe is not that important in the grand scheme.
Basically it´s for relevant Tesla news and not all that is posted is that but if it offends you then just skip the thread.

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Re: Forum Decorum
« Reply #1394 on: September 26, 2020, 03:48:23 PM »
I'm confused about the condemnation of "repetition". Unless someone changes their views, wouldn't their posts be consistent?
Am I one of the people who is "repetitive"? About the only change in my views since I was a lurker here before I started my account is going from "Peak Oil is the problem" to "Global Warming is the problem". Note, even then I thought there would be some AGW, just that PO would end the Industrial Age before AGW did. I underestimated shale oil, oil sand, deep sea, et al. (as did Neven at one time).
Perhaps you could show me examples of "repetition".

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Re: Forum Decorum
« Reply #1395 on: September 26, 2020, 05:52:45 PM »
Well that is off topic there since whatever you or A believe is not that important in the grand scheme.
Basically it´s for relevant Tesla news and not all that is posted is that but if it offends you then just skip the thread.
if belief were entirely out of threads then it would be more important to police what threads can be started since belief would be expressed there, as you know this is not the case because knowledge is partial and interpreted both here and more generally, so I don’t think what you described is off topic, unless, of course, only your interpretation of knowledge is the right one
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« Reply #1396 on: September 26, 2020, 07:16:15 PM »
Vox_mundi is posting fake news on repeat in COVID thread. Why is it allowed? And he responds to corrections and the discussion of his misrepresentations with personal attacks.

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« Reply #1397 on: September 26, 2020, 08:42:27 PM »
Bbr you are unbelievable.

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« Reply #1398 on: September 26, 2020, 09:33:11 PM »
Perhaps you could show me examples of "repetition".
Ask & you shall receive:

fake news

 ;D

(honestly that's a different bottle of wax - a prime example of a nonsense term being repeated enough & with enough exposure for people to buy into it, and further propagate it)
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« Reply #1399 on: September 26, 2020, 10:03:57 PM »
PLEASE,  BAN BBR231# AGAIN.   

(Channeling my inner Buddy).    He is dragging the S/N down into the depths.   

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In the good old days this thread would have never existed and hoax science being repeated alongside political blathering would have been deleted entirely. And that's 95% of the posts here.
   

Well, if 95% is incorrect why can he not just abandon posting to it.  Trust me, I have seen some messiah complexes in the non-violent civil dis crowd.  Does he really think that he can change the posting habits or base beliefs of the posters.  It is ridiculous.  People post hard science from reputable sources and and he goes off  on his whirling dervishes of counterclaim, dismissal and changing goal posts  for the most part with no outside sources.   

An absolute total rant about a Lancet article and a huge quibble about the date, pre print versus   official posting.   It went on and on.   And then he sandags back down.   

No, not a short time out.   At least another year again.  The last time around with Canadian glaciers, it appeared clear to me that that particular monomania could not be abated or lessened.   Here we go again for another monomania with even less posts from reputable sources. 

And YES, I had his posts blanked out in his other incarnation, and I have it here also.  But the sheer volume of his screeds and the low quality of the quotes I see posted by others - please.   

Locally we have high school football and volleyball teams that are suddenly at risk of fielding a team.  My work place with the mentallly challenged and every other licensed facility in Northen Iowa is battening down the hatches.  We are going to N-95s and people are starting face shields also.   We had been using cloth masks since April.  Please, I could use a little more sane posting in the COVID section because I want to read fact based scientific posts about what is going on.   We have 3 workers in one house over 60. a fair number in other houses and then a fair number of women with small children.   50 plus hour weeks all too often. Please,   "Yush gvul".   

Yes, years ago I was told I had done wrong about posting a new thread to Other.   I did not post for a year after that.   BBR does not even know how to blush.