Why does everyone always run away!?

[FluffX]

Yeah the cooking part is totally a joke, the math and science part not so much; it's part of an U.S. public service commercial that encourages parents to instill a desire for Math and Science so no such insanity will come out of "Internet girls".

Could you please explain this more? Especially the ""Internet girls"" thing? Not all of us live in the United States.

 

[Disaster Button]

Was this woman called Debbie, or Demi or some variation?

cos she reviewed Watchmen and made a complete arseburger out of it, saying how ti was innappropriate for kids, etc and ignored or insulted EVERYONE who tried to tell her it was an 18. Basically she was a total ***** and her review was god awful

I always die a bit inside when people turn around and say "It's my opinion and I'm entitled to it" because this is true, but it doesn't mean your opinion could be wrong, or misinformed or based on something completely obscure when related to the topic. It bugs the hell outta me

 

[theultimateend]

No you go it for calling someone an "assnugget".

Shame too because that's a pretty funny insult. I've never heard it before.

Almost sounds like something you'd find in Pokemon. Not sure if it would sell for 5000 or not...

 

[MoganFreeman]

both of our comments were uncalled for, now please drop it and get back on topic, else i'll be suspended for exspessing my opineon. again.

Maybe you got put on probation for your inability to exspess your opineons without desecrating the English language.

 

[Timotei]

the reason stem's from here maybe. I defended myself and i got put on probation.

If I am correct in my assuption of what your probation warning said, I'd say it was because you used offense to defend yourself.

 

[GruntOwner]

No, no I did not. Which is sad, because now I realize there are two versions of that ***** out there, not just one.

3 I'm afraid, though she never quite got round to calling me a retard but she sure as hell layed the crap on after I had to correct her several times. One time she was so incompetant that she agreed with something one of the thick students suggested, which I promptly corrected because it couldn't be further from the truth. Things went downhill from there.

On topic, forgive me for going with the obvious, pessimistic, arrogant presumptuous answer but it's quite simple: She's about as intellectually adept as a 12 year old and damn well intends to keep it that way. If you threaten her perfect little bubble she will act in a manner she believes to be mature by ending the subject in a desicive and, what is in the movies at least, a badass statement. Your further attempts to educate her only infuriate her moreso. What small morsel of fact she has come to terms with, is that the block button makes problems go away.

 

[traceur_]

I think the first step to understanding this is to abandon any arrogant notions of them being ignorant or stupid.

Some people just don't like heated argument, as is their right to. Don't forget also that the written nature of internet communication almost always conveys argument with an undercurrent of unintended contemp and sometimes anger.

Perhaps she posted those thoughts in the heat of the moment and, once she cooled down, realised that she didn't mean all that. When you submitted your input, she was too proud to tell you that. And you know what it's only natural to be too proud to admit that you're wrong. It could be the case that she thinks you are right and doesn't want to admit it. No one ever likes doing that.

So I suppose my short answer to your dilemma is that: she isn't stupid or ignorant, she just doesn't want to continue the discussion, for whatever reason. The real danger is you thinking badly of her for that. A contemptuous response towards her course of action is justification enough for her discontinuing the discussion.

Agreed.

A lot of people just don't like arguing over the internet.

*Text doesn't carry an emotion so one must resort to colourful language and/or ALL CAPS

*It's time consuming, people don't like long drawn out arguments that could be over in a minute if they were conducted with speech.

I personally cannot stand arguing over the internet so I try my best to avoid posting negative things that are likely to get a retaliatory response so I can understand her unwillingness to continue a heated discussion.

By the way, GI Joe was awesome, Transformers too.