Women (and men) who Run with Wolves

Joyful ignorance?

Is that how you are currently feeling?

Pep (Or is it a permanent state?)

How could anybody think you a troll? The mind boggles.

Even animals are above raping their young.

Wikipedia is your friend. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serval

For your elucidation

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_troll

Not what *I* do.

Pep (But please feel free to continue in your joyful ignorance)

Actually, it is. I get hit on semi-regularly, despite being an 8'3" and somewhat husky kodiak bear.

Oh, I don't know:



You do that.



You do that.



You do that.

The only slight variation here is that you target individuals as opposed to the whole community. Other than that slight stretching of the definition, it seems to fit you quite well.

When all you have to go by is actions and words, how do you put actions and words aside? Seems like you're just making stuff up about the person if you're going to discount what they say and do...

You've never taken a train, flown on a commercial airline, ridden a bus or caught a taxi before?

What goes around, comes around. Don't dish what you can't take yourself. When you act like a bigot and go rag on furries just because they're furries, especially in SL (which wouldn't be anywhere as big as it is now if it weren't for the early influx of furries) is going to cause you to catch crap.

No, we're at least talking to you and letting you expose yourself as a bigot. You're shutting people out on appearances alone.

Nope! My posts are unemotional, relevant and relate to previous posts.

Nope! My posts are made in the hope that users will respond unemotionally and rationally. That they don't is something over which I have no control.

Nope! Most threads go off-topic well before I post, and if they haven't, my posts relate to the postings already made.

Pep (And these points should be seen in the context of the rest of the article in any case; "troll" refers to a fishing metaphor, rather than the stunted avatar under the billy-goats' bridge)

No, they focus on some particular "failing" you see, usually irrelevant to the topic and hand, and attack. Your emotional state is not relevant to the definition. Those I strongly suspect it's one of glee.



See my comments earlier about you being full something or other. You don't expect people to respond unemotionally to your crap. Quite the contrary, you hope to get a rise out of them. Because if you really were trying to do what you claim, you'd find an effective way of doing it, after realizing this method doesn't work. But you don't.



Sometimes. That happens. But you will take whatever the conversation is, and turn it into a personal attack on someone.



You do fish. You fish for people to rise to your bullying, and respond. So that you can have some fun with them. It's close enough. You are a troll. In your own particular fashion, I'll grant. But a troll nonetheless.

huh?
who said I rag on anyone???

I just said if someone doesn't interest me I do not engage in trying to become friends with them.

It is not like I stand there and belittle them, or name call, or grief them in any way... not sure where you got the idea I rag on them.



how exactly does choosing who I wish to be friends with and who I wish to ignore considered a bigot???

It is considered being individual and having individual tastes and preferences.

would you try to befriend someone who, upon first impression has nothing in common with you?

(and in SL there really is not much other than visual to gain a first impression from)

as for the furry comment, I actually do have furry friends, I also have a gorean daughter in SL, and I have non human avatar friends... I just do not go out of my way to befriend the non humans, however if it happens, it happens.

*shrug*

see how quick you are to judge me and presume I am things I am not... I bet you have no interest in being my friend... do you?
and what are you basing it on?
a few posts... nothing else, since you do not know me.... so see I am not the only one that does it

You really are blinded to fact and logic by your preoccupation with your erroneous perception of me, aren't you? Have you wondered why it is only you and two or three other over-emotional forum participants who over-react to my comments?

Pep (Do you think you take this too seriously perhaps?)

ponders....

I wonder what would happen if pep did not put a comment in the parentheses....

(would the forums cease to exist as we know them?)

pep, I am curious, exactly why do you do this?
(I knew one other person in my 12+ years of online experience that did that, sadly he passed on in RL a few years ago)

Sure. Just two or three others have noticed your despicable behaviour. Uh huh.

I don't find your posts annoying, personally. In fact, I find it hard to categorize any significant emotional response to them at all. Well, beyond pity, I suppose, but I can't say for sure *I* feel it.

I disagree with your claims not to "instigate". In most threads I see you post in, you post SOLELY to instigate, and usually, it falls well into the realm of the "universally accepted" definition of trolling (that even you, yourself, posted, to boot). Off-topic, inflammatory, and quite inane. The "Resident Answers" excuse is rather poor attempt at a (very) flat dodge.



That's true, you said:



My only mistake was giving you more credit than necessary. Still, the point stands, if corrected. Quite a use of POSTGRADUATE work from Cambridge. I am sure you make your family proud.

As for the "redundancy", you yourself said "the real one, not the upstart", so I sallied forth on your own "redundancy".



Unintelligent people don't spend time in forums, because there are precious few of them, and they have a hard time feeding themselves, let alone operating computers.

As for those whom "Pep" Daniels considers unintelligent, well, I can't say, since that probably comprises the bulk of humanity outside of him (I presume you're a "him"; please do correct me if I am wrong, and then follow it up with your dissertation on the proper use of English pronouns to represent gender-neutral references). Plus, chances are, I am included in that group as well, so why would my "unintelligent" opinion mean anything to you?

I find the vast majority of people present in forums intelligent and worth listening to. Not everyone communicates perfectly, even in the best and most formal of situations (no, really!), so I can be mostly forgiving of faux pas, slip ups, and other mistypes/misspeaks. Sometimes I do press people on stuff they say, offering corrections or simply rebuttals or outright refutations. That's part and parcel of communicating. However, I would NEVER deign to use it as a litmus for judgment of that person's personality, let alone their intelligence. It's an awful small statistical sample to use for either. However, if that's all the evidence you need to become the Great Judge of Intelligence, by all means, please carry on.

Shall we find out?

But beforehand, I should explain that I have been using this style for over fifteen years in bulletin boards and forums, although I am not a ghost . . . although I have known people copy it - which I consider flattery. It began when, for various reasons - line speed, software inadequacies etc - I could not effectively edit the main body of the post but I wanted to add something I later thought of. I also use "slashies" when I am not posting as Pep, a similar style borrowed from a very poular news aggregation site whose name always eludes me, but sounds vaguely rude.

looks strange to not see it, almost like something is missing LOL

That's usually where the sarcasm and/or poor assumptions are. That's why.

Wrong assumptions:

1. I am blinded to fact and logic. Actually, I see things quite clearly. You are self deluded if you actually believe the tripe you spew.

2. My perception is not erroneous. Actions speak louder than words, and you've proven yourself quite conclusively.

3. You think I'm being emotional towards you? Hardly. You are annoying and pitiful, and that does rub off a bit. But I'm not being over-emotional in your general direction. Mostly, the emotion you'll find I have here is one of mirth. Even towards you most of the time (though not in the good way, I'm afraid).

4. Over-react to your comments. Actually, you are right about this one. You really aren't worth the time and effort. So I'll give you that one.

I feel flattered, if slightly bemused, that someone who is not really affected by my posts takes time to respond. You make similar mistakes to Love, of course, and some which are your own, including a failure to comprehend that it was *your own words* which suggested that the unintelligent should not be using the forums. Perhaps you should read them again and, once illuminated, berate yourself for your stance.

Pep (I don't criticise people for a lack of intelligence; find me an example if you can)

I won't not do it again then!

Pep (Unless the mods tell me not to because it is apparently where all my sarcasm hides out)