Give the man a prize.I dont see these forums as a replacement for actual social contact, more like a small supplement. Plus these forums can be rather informative or enlightening...sometimes.
Give the man a prize.I dont see these forums as a replacement for actual social contact, more like a small supplement. Plus these forums can be rather informative or enlightening...sometimes.
I'm mostly here to spam between breaks and on the weekends. I only picked this place because I used to lurk in the civ4 section.
It's all about image & appearing cool.There are people who don't care about ego at all. The funny thing is, the people who do care about ego will claim that such people are deluding themselves.
It's all about image & appearing cool.
anybody feel like digging up the gangster shoe thread?
I think most people who post in the political threads and such (myself included) are absolutely there for nothing but the ego boost. Their only motivation is to be right and have other people be wrong.
On the contrary, I think a discussion is most enjoyable when everyone is right and merely exchanging some views. It gives me hope, as well as more information. When people are wrong, you probably won't be able to convince them anyway. So what really matters is what you take away from it, not what others are like.
whatever happened to thesis, antithesis and synthesis?
What, do you think I'm 100% Marxist?
Besides, there is hardly any synthesis after thesis and antithesis on an internet forum. The argument just drags on circularly and ad hom invariably enters the picture.
a)no, but i think that's one of the things you have to pick up from marxism.
holy king said:b) also, i wasnt so serious, because... well, it's an internet forum.![]()
I don't know. To agree with that, one has to be somewhat Hegelian. I don't agree with Hegel at all. I prefer Schopenhauer's account.
Hegel pwns Schopenhauer, IMO.