Linden wrote:[[...] So it irks me when you say rude things (and not just to me; we've hardly argued compared to others) and seem more interested in winning your debates than in politely debating. Lazario was getting on your case about it in the lawsuit thread, too, so it's not just me.
Well, Lazario got on my case because he's a drama queen who has been obsessed with me ever since I joined this forum. Ever since he said that my favorite movie (
The Godfather) sucked, he thinks everything I ever say to him is my "revenge" or part of my "hidden agenda" to "get back at him". Like when I said Lady Gaga is talentless, who happens to be his favorite artist, he went ballistic and accused me of purposefully attacking *him*. When I could care less about him. But in his own mind, he made himself so important that he thought everything I said was meant to attack him. He has even set up a forum of his own with a thread archiving everything I ever said, and he's commenting to himself about it...
And that's when you get bizarre, agressive replies like the one he gave me in the lawsuit thread. Enigmawing and I are on very good terms, and he had no business jumping in to try to make it look like Enigmawing was putting me down. Lazario the unbanned really shouldn't be the one to teach other members how to behave, because he's always stirring up the shit (pardon my French) himself.
Trust me, I'm not interesting in 'winning' debates on the forum. There's a saying on the internet: "Arguing on the internet is like participating in the Special Olympics: if you win, you're still retarted". (It sounds offending, but it's ultimately true.)
Linden wrote:If people you debate with perceive that you're insulting them, that means you're insulting them. [...]
Actually, I think the very fact that you use the word 'perceive' proved my point rather than yours.
People on UD are extremely quickly offended. I've been to a lot of forums, but I've never seen people get so angry *so* quickly as they do on UD. You can make a remark about an animated crocodile on here and have other members unleash an avalanche of rage! But I do admit, since I know that... I toy with it sometimes. Just to see the reaction.
