Unfortunately, people ask for the crackpot individual to continue on with his rants by responding to him. I generally stay out of nonsense threads for one, some, or all of the following reasons:
1- My troll alarm goes off
2- My spider sense tells me that the person is not serious about the topic
3- The topic is full of crap - like the former speed of light thread
4- Other people have already said what I wanted to say
5- The thread starter or one of the responders is so ignorant that I can't respond without reaching out of his monitor and grab him by the throat
6- I am not well educated in the topic (which includes but not limited to dates and dating - I'm single by the way)
7- Topic does not interest me
There are ways that we can tell the person that he's a crackpot. One is we voluntarily ignore the topic and let the thread slide to oblivion. Another that I can think of is we try to show him how rediculous his argument is. Take my word for it, crackpots can't really know they are crackpots anymore than people with bad breaths knowing their breaths stinks. It requires someone else to tell them their breaths stinks.
Anywho, if anyone ever invent a device that allow me to physically inflict pain on someone else who is participating with the forum, I am willing to buy the device for any price offered.
The Laminator
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