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Tangle
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Message 4 of 85 (737250)
09-20-2014 1:59 PM


I think we underestimate the effect dog-piling can have on a newbie. I've often thought that the number of replies to a newbie's post should be limited to no more than a couple.
After a while they can safely be thrown to the dogs but, initially at least, the 'fresh meat' effect needs controlling - especially when the place is as quiet as it is now, everyone wants a piece of the action.
It takes quite a while to adjust to the difference between the rigour demanded here from the norms of pub talk - I think we need to cut some slack if we want people to settle in here.

Life, don't talk to me about life - Marvin the Paranoid Android
"Science adjusts it's views based on what's observed.
Faith is the denial of observation so that Belief can be preserved."
- Tim Minchin, in his beat poem, Storm.

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Message 42 of 85 (737337)
09-22-2014 3:05 PM
Reply to: Message 40 by taiji2
09-22-2014 2:34 PM


Re: tired worn pratts
You know, no-one gives a stuff. Why don't you just get stuck into the actual arguments and leave all this 'it's all about me and my feelings' stuff your side of the your router? It's just bloody tedious.

Life, don't talk to me about life - Marvin the Paranoid Android
"Science adjusts it's views based on what's observed.
Faith is the denial of observation so that Belief can be preserved."
- Tim Minchin, in his beat poem, Storm.

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Message 60 of 85 (737363)
09-22-2014 6:13 PM
Reply to: Message 43 by taiji2
09-22-2014 3:38 PM


Re: tired worn pratts
tai writes:
wow, that was scientific.
You seem to have spotted that what I said had nothing to do with science and everything to do with my exasperation for your constant whining and inability to present a coherent argument.
you didn't answer my implied question. What are you going to do when creationists claim natural laws as their own?
Get on with my life and shake my head in nonplussed wonderment.
Now perhaps you'll drop all this me stuff and start debating properly.

Life, don't talk to me about life - Marvin the Paranoid Android
"Science adjusts it's views based on what's observed.
Faith is the denial of observation so that Belief can be preserved."
- Tim Minchin, in his beat poem, Storm.

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