Re: I miss Gerry Quinn

On 10/11/2024 1:02 AM, JAB wrote:

On 09/10/2024 18:02, Xocyll wrote:

JAB <noway@nochance.com> looked up from reading the entrails of the porn
spammer to utter  "The Augury is good, the signs say:
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On 08/10/2024 22:22, Zaghadka wrote:

On Tue, 08 Oct 2024 13:45:32 -0400, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action, Mike
S. wrote:
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On Tue, 8 Oct 2024 18:30:26 +0100, JAB <noway@nochance.com> wrote:
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There's some names from the past!

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Yeah, the only name mentioned in this thread I don't remember at all
is Gerry Quinn.

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Probably PTSD.
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I can't say I remember them but I've always wondered with the really
obnoxious knob jockeys - how many of them act like that in real life?

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Likely all of them, at least at first.
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Unlike usenet, real life assholeness carries with it the risk of getting
punched in the face repeatedly.
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That tend to put a bit of a damper on the activity that online rebukes
never can.
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 I'm more thinking of those that act like it when they think they can get away with it so a prime example is being an arsehole to people who work in shops knowing they can't 'fight' back.

There's always the threat of being doxxed, swatted, people complaining to your work about you posting nonsense (which is what I understand happened Michael Brown (sp?) in the dnd group and why he disappeared ages ago.)
It's much more rare, but it does happen.  My real name is fairly connected to this handle though so it's not hard to find out my meatspace name.  I even posted with it in some groups originally.  I had a different handle before I started with usenet when I was on Fido and BBSes.
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