Re: Helmet efficacy test

On Thu, 3 Apr 2025 11:47:25 -0400, Frank Krygowski
<frkrygow@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

On 4/3/2025 11:31 AM, cyclintom wrote:

 
Liebermann, no one but Flunky pays the slightest heed to you anymore. Why do you even bother posting?

>
I strongly disagree. Jeff is one of the most consistently erudite people
posting here. His posts almost always have value. Even the ones where he
points out your foolishness, Tom, have value. They save us the trouble
of doing the same.

Thanks.  I try to post things that might be of value to the reader.  I
usually delay posting for 20 to 60 minutes.  I use the delay to review
what I have written and determine if it's worth reading.  I also use
the delay to add references and double check my facts.  If it passes
the tests (spelling, logic tests, sanity check, etc) I post it to the
newsgroup.  My guess(tm) is I delete about 30% of my initial drafts
and rewrite from scratch about 10%.  I also use the delay to check if
there have been postings by others that might affect my writings.

What I've noticed is a increase in the number of "one-line" postings
consisting solely of an opinion.  No content, nothing of value
learned, no substantiation of the opinion, and probably of little
interest to anyone, except perhaps to those who are keeping score. I'm
not going to suggest what and how people should use the newsgroup. We
do not have moderators, not police and enforcers.  You can write and
post whatever you want.  I just prefer that the postings have some
value to the reader.

I wonder if, as a discipline for the rest of Lent at least, you could
give up insulting your betters.

Not me.  Detailing one individual's failures, inaccuracies and errors
has become a sport for me.  I wouldn't give it up for Lent, but I have
been known to be distracted by something better to keep me
entertained.  As for insulting other writers, I have been very careful
to be polite and NOT insult anyone else.  My memory isn't perfect and
I would be interested if someone could provide a link (or quote) for
something I wrote that they consider insulting.

Frank:  I don't know why you want me to give up insulting only my
"betters". There are people in RBT who are older than me (77). Whether
they are wiser or of a higher social position is subject to debate.
Is it acceptable for me to spend Lent practicing my insults on them?


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