Sometimes people we don’t like are right and sometimes they aren’t.

I am ok with that, really. So, rather than saying, in words, “If I have 12 dollars and Alice gave me 5 dollars then I can take the difference to find out how much Bob gave me” you can simply do some standard manipulation of the equation and come up with: b = x – a (which is much shorter and applies no matter what the amounts of money are).As for e=mc2, you are right: e is energy and m is mass; c2 is just a number that converts between them (e.g. I did not directly accuse you of it nor tell you what you think.

But when you address me saying I should have apologized when you attacked my character or defensively… you know, I can only control your reactions to my words in a very limited way. I said, “By the definition you just gave, you would probably say I was a troll.” I went on to say, “Yet, it’s a subjective opinion to say that (if you did) based purely out of your disagreement from my point of view.”I had thought the qualifiers that expressed “probably” and “(if you did)” would make it clear that you were not being directly attacked.Please let me know how I was so mistaken about that.You CAN consider whether you overreacted due to your perceptions of me, as well. Equations are just a shorthand way of writing down calculations.So in your a + b = x example a, b and x are just names used to represent whatever-it-is the equation is describing.So, for example, if Alice gives you 5 dollars and Bob gives you 7 dollars, then you have a total of 12 dollars. We are all human we are bound to irk each other now and again as we are all human and I don’t know about you guys but even with some of my closest friends we have the odd disagreement now and again, the thing is though these are quickly forgotten about and arn’t ever taken that seriously.

Maybe I just rub you the wrong way. I was agreeing with you that the term troll is overused and not often applicable. Invite those here to join the discussion at this thread:Rename the Thread to Religion I’m sorry if I came off as belligerent. Originally Posted by Flick Montana I see that you still fail to apologize or make amends when you offend someone.

There was a recent television program about a troll that trawled RIP sites just to leave offensive messages designed to shock and upset. Why Ad Hom attack a poster with the accusation of troll so frequently when in so doing, the definition becomes broad enough to apply to most members at one time or another?So I’m ban-worthy because you snapped at me and I made fun of your attitude? Hilarious.

Dywyddyr, Strange, John Galt, tk421 and others all can be quite harsh, short and quick.Just a few examples.This is a side argument that could have been avoided. That’s just me. You see? I went on to point out, even though you say that you don’t understand why I post the way I do, that you are quite capable of being the same way you condemn in me.Now, I’m not the only member that doesn’t spray rose perfume on all my posts.

Originally Posted by seagypsy [, but there are other pairs of arch enemies on the forum too. Maybe I am a psychopath as someone else suggested. So I don’t think that someone playing devil’s advocate now and again is worthy of the tag troll or trolling, I also think some times we can all try and liven or a thread with a new or controversial approach or idea but unless it is designed to cause offense, upset or hurt then to me at least it isn’t trolling. I see that you still fail to apologize or make amends when you offend someone.

I considered that you may think that. come to think of it, the mod team more often than not decides to remove a member from the forum on the balance of whether his/her contributions are to the detriment rather than the benefit of the forum – the question whether the member in question ticks all the boxes for being called a troll is only a sideshow in the matterin short, if all you do is deliberate trolling without any further redeeming features, then a ban is more likely to come your way than if trolling is only an occasional feature sprinked lightly against a background of solid contributions You do realize that, right?Which drives home the O.P. You’re not a troll, but you border on being just as ban-worthy at times. I do not blame you for being defensive about someone making assumptions about what you think- but there is a difference between my saying you probably think and me directly accusing you.

What can I say, I’m crazy. You were just as belligerent. There was a recent television program about a troll that trawled RIP sites just to leave offensive messages designed to shock and upset. We both can also just drop this minor skirmish, as well. You straw manned me by assuming you knew what I was thinking, then attacking that line of thinking.

But some people have more bitchy days that others. I dislike more than I like. You got very defensive and turned right around and attacked my character- a bit heavily, I might add. Why would I apologize when you are snapping at me? Let’s examine this a moment:I said, “By the definition you just gave, you would probably say I was a troll.”I don’t see anything wrong with that.

Which is not my intention. equations have bothered me so much since being at school. can someone in leymans terms and in less than five minits please teach me what they are about like a+b =x and so forth i never get what the letters stand for so when i see a equation on tv i can never get my head around it becuause i dont know what the letters stand for i know e=mc2 e stand for energy and m is mass i dont know what the c is and why it is squered but i it all falls to peices when i think of old school day equatons that said e x 6 = 7 sqaured so that e cant stand for enegery again? is it that you need to be told what the letters are first or are you sposed to work out what the letters mean yourself like a cryptogram!? it would propell me to nasa equivalent science if i could work it out simply Related Discussions:Linguistics forum!InvitationsThe living forumExpansion of space and the nature of matterarchaeologistThread viewed issuepragma-dialectical experimentTo believe or not to believe..New Subforum Idea!EFT Thread Old dogs don’t learn new tricks. I assume everyone has their days. I honestly do not understand why you post the way you do.

Related Discussions:The helicopter coursework 2013.How can a plane fly upside downDid not intend to create new thread…You’re WRONG and you KNOW NOTHING about ANYTHING you ABSOLUTELY CLUELESS *&^#Legal EaglePelitier effectPhantom membersLife backwards speels Evel.Methan on the the Moon TitanQuantum Mechanics: A single atom can be in 2 locations at the same time? That only makes me the fool. And I didn’t chicken out, mainly I just can’t keep names straight a good lot of the time and I didn’t see the point. At this point, I expect flick and schez will both jump down my throat and say i made assumptions or whatever, they can accuse me of whatever.

So I don’t think that someone playing devil’s advocate now and again is worthy of the tag troll or trolling, I also think some times we can all try and liven or a thread with a new or controversial approach or idea but unless it is designed to cause offense, upset or hurt then to me at least it isn’t trolling. So I think if people accept that others can have different viewpoints and perspectives on things then we are all less likely to over react or go overboard, also if something is then let it go, I disagree with people on lots of things all the time but then I also agree with them on so many more other things, to me that’s the whole point of being to consider new ideas and viewpoints so we might as well all just enjoy it. Arhhh, I was eagerly reading and thinking I was about to find out just who is playing Moriarty to someone else’s Holmes, but it seems you chickened from naming names lol.No but on a serious note I kind of thought a troll was someone who enjoyed or got some perverse sense of satisfaction from getting a negative reaction from others and they would do things motivated entirely to this end.

Just gets tiresome when you see the same sets of people nitpicking the crap out of each other, especially when its the same nitpick over and across all threads.Generally speaking, there are many people on this forum (many people in this world) that I don’t like. Yes, I figured that your definition could apply to me. Sometimes people we don’t like are right and sometimes they aren’t. I agree with you. Arhhh, I was eagerly reading and thinking I was about to find out just who is playing Moriarty to someone else’s Holmes, but it seems you chickened from naming names lol.No but on a serious note I kind of thought a troll was someone who enjoyed or got some perverse sense of satisfaction from getting a negative reaction from others and they would do things motivated entirely to this end.

I honestly do not understand why you post the way you do. Of course in my case, I may not have bitchy days often, but when I do, I pretty much leave a path of destruction in my wake. Or maybe I am just like everyone else, just extremely self aware to the point of a fault. But if I can set aside my personal disdain for someone and not judge every post by whether or not I like the person then other people can too. Personally, calling someone a troll or criticizing someone’s character rather than their argument is ad hom attacks and against the rules.

But imagine you want to make a more general statement, so if Alice gives you “a” (some number) and Bob gives you “b” (some other number) then this equation tells you how to work out how much money (“x”) you have in total (add “a” and “b” together).The nice thing about this shorthand is that it makes it easier to manipulate the equation to work out other things. I’m guessing that 70% of the people that know me also don’t like me. I sure don’t… jeezus kriste.. see the tangents you get me started on… Or maybe I have multiple personality disorder and one of the personalities is a psychopath and another is a comedian, and another is a neurotic worry wart.

If you are human there is about a 70% chance that I don’t like you. Originally Posted by Ascended Originally Posted by seagypsy [, but there are other pairs of arch enemies on the forum too. Originally Posted by Flick Montana I’m sorry if I came off as belligerent.

I’m not saying I manage it at all times. If i hear rumors that they grew up and stop putting gum in each others hair and pulling pig tails then I may take them off of it. For people who claim that rules should just be followed, they are doing a piss poor job of doing it themselves.

I’d just end up accused of trying to start crap and being a troll myself. You straw manned me by assuming you knew what I was thinking, then attacking that line of thinking buy an essay
. But I doubt that. Whether or not we like their style has little to do with the relevancy of their posts or validity of any disagreement they express. Originally Posted by Flick Montana You can say what you think, so long as you’re comfortable coming off as disrespectful.EDIT: And thanks for backing up what I said about your belligerent attitude. So I think if people accept that others can have different viewpoints and perspectives on things then we are all less likely to over react or go overboard, also if something is then let it go, I disagree with people on lots of things all the time but then I also agree with them on so many more other things, to me thats the whole point of being to consider new ideas and viewpoints so we might as well all just enjoy it.

Who knows. I’m going away now. But unless I explicitly state that I don’t like someone, it probably isn’t extremely obvious who I like or dislike.

We are all human we are bound to irk each other now and again as we are all human and I don’t know about you guys but even with some of my closest friends we have the odd disagreement now and again, the thing is though these are quickly forgotten about and arn’t ever taken that seriously. Sometimes I am just a bitch and can’t help myself. I’m good with that.

I don’t care I am putting the whole lot on ignore.