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(Undo revision 624027 by David Gerard (Talk) censoring complaints against your abuse. TK would be proud.)
(rather than gratuitous personal abuse, take it to the chicken coop. see if you're right!)
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:I wrote it [http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/UnNews:Surfer_dude_stuns_physicists_with_theory_of_everything all by hand] based on Dr Motl's actual comments about Garrett Lisi's paper. Then Motl linked the Uncyclopedia article on his blog, so at least he has a sense of humour ;-) - [[User:David Gerard|David Gerard]] ([[User talk:David Gerard|talk]]) 18:31, 24 July 2010 (UTC)
 
:I wrote it [http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/UnNews:Surfer_dude_stuns_physicists_with_theory_of_everything all by hand] based on Dr Motl's actual comments about Garrett Lisi's paper. Then Motl linked the Uncyclopedia article on his blog, so at least he has a sense of humour ;-) - [[User:David Gerard|David Gerard]] ([[User talk:David Gerard|talk]]) 18:31, 24 July 2010 (UTC)
 
== That wasn't even necessary ==
 
 
Be reasonable. --[[User:Idiot number 57|Idiot number 57]] ([[User talk:Idiot number 57|talk]]) 19:11, 24 July 2010 (UTC)
 
  
 
== Idiot number 57 ==
 
== Idiot number 57 ==
  
 
Their post doesn't look much like trolling to me. Though I would like to know what they are talking about in it. {{User:Gooniepunk2010/sig|}} 19:27, 24 July 2010 (UTC)
 
Their post doesn't look much like trolling to me. Though I would like to know what they are talking about in it. {{User:Gooniepunk2010/sig|}} 19:27, 24 July 2010 (UTC)
:Yes, I'm not a troll, although there aren't many of me as user Gooniepunk2010 seems to think. By the way, David, your cat is still very ugly, even though I'm very drunk at the moment. --[[User:Idiot number 59|Idiot number 59]] ([[User talk:Idiot number 59|talk]]) 19:32, 24 July 2010 (UTC)
 
:Actually I'm an important addition to this wiki. Keep that in mind. And don't censor me any more. --[[User:Idiot number 59|Idiot number 59]] ([[User talk:Idiot number 59|talk]]) 19:33, 24 July 2010 (UTC)
 
 
:Apparently, David likes to delete anything he doesn't like from his user talk page. {{User:Human/sig|}} 00:25, 25 July 2010 (UTC)
 
:Apparently, David likes to delete anything he doesn't like from his user talk page. {{User:Human/sig|}} 00:25, 25 July 2010 (UTC)
 
::Trouble is, "reasonable" is a little subjective, and we can only "discuss" it ''post hoc'', otherwise there's no point. But a good enough rule of thumb is that if there is ''any'' of this ''post hoc'' controversy, the edit probably wasn't worth reverting. {{:User:Armondikov/sig}} 11:07, 25 July 2010 (UTC)
 
::Trouble is, "reasonable" is a little subjective, and we can only "discuss" it ''post hoc'', otherwise there's no point. But a good enough rule of thumb is that if there is ''any'' of this ''post hoc'' controversy, the edit probably wasn't worth reverting. {{:User:Armondikov/sig}} 11:07, 25 July 2010 (UTC)

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Indisposed

My laptop let out the magic smoke (really, delicate curling wisp of white smoke and the smell of burning plastic) when the power supply blew up and took my machine with it. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaa *sob* So I'll be sparse for a while - David Gerard (talk) 16:56, 22 June 2010 (UTC)

Aw, sorry to hear. You were just about reaching Human levels of editing. ConcernedResident omg ponies!!! 16:58, 22 June 2010 (UTC)
Obviously I just melted it with THE POWER OF RATIONALITY. - David Gerard (talk) 16:59, 22 June 2010 (UTC)
Just bought a replacement on eBay for £107 inc post. Yay! - David Gerard (talk) 20:18, 24 June 2010 (UTC)

Marcus

I think you're being very unfair by just deleting MC's comments. Why not make them nice instead so he can get his point across without coming across as a cunt? CrundyTalk nerdy to me 13:18, 25 June 2010 (UTC)

I suppose I can channel the deep yearnings in his soul, if I can be bothered - David Gerard (talk) 13:25, 25 June 2010 (UTC)

Yeah, I know you're new here, and you think you're a big swinging dick at WP, but knock it off. Read our community standards. Stop altering comments. Fuck off. — Sincerely, Neveruse / Talk / Block 13:27, 25 June 2010 (UTC)

Getting angry about it Marcus Neveruse? CrundyTalk nerdy to me 13:28, 25 June 2010 (UTC)
Yeah. I thought community standards were there for a reason... I guess not when you're a cabalist. — Sincerely, Neveruse / Talk / Block 13:29, 25 June 2010 (UTC)
The alternative is to remove them entirely. Surely that's terribly unfair to his important message - David Gerard (talk) 13:30, 25 June 2010 (UTC)
Indeed. It's better to help him get his point across than to delete entirely. CrundyTalk nerdy to me 13:32, 25 June 2010 (UTC)
God, you guys are insufferable assholes. Changing and deleting comments is not cool. It's against the standards. It's irrational. It's authoritarian. You guys are douches. Let it go. You can do it. — Sincerely, Neveruse / Talk / Block 13:33, 25 June 2010 (UTC)
Your bad faith is terribly disheartening - David Gerard (talk) 13:34, 25 June 2010 (UTC)
And deleting Marcus' comments was expressly endorsed by the Lovely Jubblies in their recent decision, contrary to your assertions above. I suggest you spend a day or two in contemplation of the matter - David Gerard (talk) 13:35, 25 June 2010 (UTC)
What was endorsed was allowing users to remove offensive posts from their own talk pages. ħumanUser talk:Human 21:43, 25 June 2010 (UTC)
Read our standards, asshole. You can't be doing this in good faith. Every change someone's comment at WP? — Sincerely, Neveruse / Talk / Block 13:38, 25 June 2010 (UTC)
Marcus is a troll, and was made expressly unwelcome by being blocked. If he had anything whatsoever to say that was of any value here, he wouldn't be blocked. Equating Marcus with any other editor on RW whatsoever is fallacious. Earthland would wield the coathanger personally if the foetus was Marcus - David Gerard (talk) 13:42, 25 June 2010 (UTC)
I'm thinking of starting a coprolalia article and using Marcus and his socks as an example. But I can't think of a goof RW angle. Any ideas?--BobSpring is sprung! 14:15, 25 June 2010 (UTC)

Research psychologist

Looks like he just wasn't wacko enough for Metapedia. The Spikey Punk I'm punking my punk! 21:26, 25 June 2010 (UTC)

We all laughed out loud - David Gerard (talk) 21:32, 25 June 2010 (UTC)
As did I. Punky Your mental puke relief 21:33, 25 June 2010 (UTC)
As did I! Gya ha ha! Research psychologist (talk) 11:54, 26 June 2010 (UTC)
You realise, of course, that you are a failed Nazi - David Gerard (talk) 12:27, 26 June 2010 (UTC)
Heh heh, that was a funny conversation. Kind of like when Protestants describe Catholics as being deluded for praying to statues of Mary, while thinking nothing of the inherent strangeness in imploring the invisible alleged creator of all things to help them find their missing keys. ConcernedResident omg ponies!!! 11:44, 26 June 2010 (UTC)

You fascist

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David's cat.

Why did you block that cunt, he was beginning to be fun? - π 10:46, 26 June 2010 (UTC)

MOAR HITLER - David Gerard (talk) 10:49, 26 June 2010 (UTC)

Apology

I am so very, very sorry for all the trouble I have caused and will continue to cause RationalWiki. I like cats. PS: CUNT CUNT CUNT FUCK PISS SHIT - 86.40.195.261 (talk) 10:58, 26 June 2010 (UTC)

I not funny geek. no friends life. obese skull. PS: CUNT CUNT CUNT FUCK PISS SHIT 86.40.200.55 (talk) 11:55, 26 June 2010 (UTC)

Editing comments

We (apparently) have the permission of the Lemon Jellyfish to remove his abusive comments. Editing them is needlessly provocative. I know I am being a hypocrite as I have edited his comments and I think I edited Jinx's comments once, but there is a reason you are his current target and that is he gets a rise out of you. Just remove them from your talkpage if they are upsetting you. - π 12:29, 26 June 2010 (UTC)

As you do, I find him amusing in various small ways - David Gerard (talk) 12:31, 26 June 2010 (UTC)
It seems somewhat asymmetric that you can both taunt him and block him. If you are going to play with him, let him have a fair chance to respond. - π 12:33, 26 June 2010 (UTC)
His responses are entirely contained in the history, in multiple redundant copies - David Gerard (talk) 12:37, 26 June 2010 (UTC)
At the risk of being a troll's advocate and committing the local equivalent of Godwin's Law, blocking a person and then either removing their comment or getting the final word in is an old tactic of Schlafly's and we have always strived to avoid such things. - π 12:41, 26 June 2010 (UTC)
In that case I shall remove them and replace them with my own original parodies - David Gerard (talk) 12:44, 26 June 2010 (UTC)
I can't see anything wrong about that at a technical level, but if he keeps trolling you I can give you a few hints why. - π 12:45, 26 June 2010 (UTC)
I have a readout here for his blood pressure, which is rather higher than mine right now - David Gerard (talk) 12:57, 26 June 2010 (UTC)
I smell of wee and am disgusting and vile. I am so sorry. 86.40.ei.π (talk) 12:39, 26 June 2010 (UTC)
David, please stop editing other's talk page comments. You want them gone? Delete them. What you are doing is forgery. ħumanUser talk:Human 01:24, 27 June 2010 (UTC)
I AM NOT A FORGERY I AM A NUMBER. I like you Human, you're not like the others. FUCK SHIT CUNT PISS - 86.40.ei.π (talk) 10:41, 27 June 2010 (UTC)
To be honest, it was me that started editing his comments, not Gerard. Gave me a laugh - far more than I would get from MC himself. Acei9 10:55, 27 June 2010 (UTC)
Heh. Acei9 10:55, 27 June 2010 (UTC)
FUCK SHIT CUNT PISS You are all beautiful and lovely people and I am deeply ANUS BISCUITS sorry for any inconvenience caused CLITORIS. Also, I don't really want sysop - 86.40.ei.π (talk) 10:58, 27 June 2010 (UTC)

Stop being a dick. You are just unnecessarily antagonising him. You are not being funny and using your wiki powers to harass and bait him is assholish. - π 12:26, 27 June 2010 (UTC)

Invective

Generally, I've no problems with shouting matches and hurling abuses - as long as there is still a subject which is discussed. But when a user just strings up invectives, I don't want such a behaviour to be encouraged. Therefore, I delete such entries as trolling - and I delete any troll-bating, too. I hope you find this acceptable. larronsicut fur in nocte 13:18, 27 June 2010 (UTC)

+1 This sort of thing adds nothing to the wiki - 86.40.ei.π (talk) 13:22, 27 June 2010 (UTC)

Blocking IPs only makes it worse just ignore the troll. You don't need to read his posts.

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I think P-Foster is trying to tell us something. What's that boy? Little Timmy fell down the well? CrundyTalk nerdy to me 12:32, 29 June 2010 (UTC)
Woof. Quaru (talk) 12:34, 29 June 2010 (UTC)

Jesus Christ, Gerard.

Are you really this thin-skinned? Suck it up, Princess. Grow a pair. P-Foster (talk) 20:09, 29 June 2010 (UTC)

I like playing games too

--Idiot number 59 (talk) 14:49, 3 July 2010 (UTC)

WOULD YOU LIKE A GAME OF CHESS? - David Gerard (talk) 14:52, 3 July 2010 (UTC)
I suppose I am too idiotic for that. Sorry. --Idiot number 59 (talk) 14:54, 3 July 2010 (UTC)
WHAT ABOUT A NICE GAME OF GLOBAL THERMONUCLEAR POUNDING BAT SODOMY? - David Gerard (talk) 16:07, 3 July 2010 (UTC)
Watt is that? --Idiot number 59 (talk) 07:20, 6 July 2010 (UTC)

I am popping in to say hello...

I don't think we've met before. Hello. --The Emperor Kneel before Zod! 23:38, 6 July 2010 (UTC)

SCIENCE AND MATH! DEFEATED! - David Gerard (talk) 23:39, 6 July 2010 (UTC)
I am unsure how to respond to that comment.--The Emperor Kneel before Zod! 23:45, 6 July 2010 (UTC)
HA! HA! YOU PROBABLY TRIED TO USE SCIENCE TO RESPOND TO IT! - David Gerard (talk) 23:46, 6 July 2010 (UTC)
EARTH HAS 4 CORNER SIMULTANEOUS 4-DAY TIME CUBE IN ONLY 24 HOUR ROTATION. 4 CORNER DAYS, CUBES 4 QUAD EARTH- No 1 Day God. EVIL STUPID DAVID GERARD BLOCK AND SUPRESS "SCIENTIFIC METHOD". YOU ARE EDUCATED EVIL AND MIGHT HAVE TO KILL EDUCATED "ONE" STUPID BUREAUCRATS. THEY ARE PAID TO ENFORCE EVIL STUPID COMMUNITY STANDARDS PROPAGANDA- NOT HARMONIUS 4-CUBE WISDOM!!!
Tremble, foolish mortal. --The Emperor Kneel before Zod! 23:55, 6 July 2010 (UTC)
HA! HA! YOUR PITIFUL INDUCTIVE REASONING LEAVES YOU HELPLESS TO DEAL WITH MY POWERFUL CONSERVATIVE INSIGHTS! --The Emperor Kneel before Zod! 22:34, 7 July 2010 (UTC)
um you smell and yo moma dress you funny - David Gerard (talk) 22:44, 7 July 2010 (UTC)

I'd score this one Emperor 7 David 2. ħumanUser talk:Human 07:40, 8 July 2010 (UTC)

Pepsi

Makes fun reading, don't it? 22:31, 7 July 2010 (UTC) SusanG Toast

What was that for?!

Can't users express their opinion any more? Can't users even nominate pages they consider stupid for deletion any more? Sounds like censorship! I didn't delete that page, I first made talk page edit, I followed the rules! --Idiot number 57 (talk) 10:05, 9 July 2010 (UTC)

And your cat is ugly as well.

--Idiot number 57 (talk) 10:06, 9 July 2010 (UTC)

Why are you vandal binning Idiot number 59?

That falls under the category of humorous vandalism, not a binnable offense. - π 11:46, 9 July 2010 (UTC)

Feel free to unbin if you feel there's potential there to unleash - David Gerard (talk) 11:49, 9 July 2010 (UTC)
Can't I am not a sysop, but if he is not damaging anything there is no need to bin him. Open editing for all. - π 11:51, 9 July 2010 (UTC)
Justice will finally have to win. Your transparent attempts to clean RW of the intellectual ones have failed, David Gerard. --Idiot number 58 (talk) 12:19, 9 July 2010 (UTC)

Blocking MC for stuff he does on Crundy's talk page

Why? If you know that whatever a BON that starts with an 8 is writing on somebody else's page is gonna piss you off enough to deal out a block, why even read it? DFTT Gerard. DFTT. P-Foster (talk) 17:14, 10 July 2010 (UTC)

Your valiant defence of my Zenlike state of mind is deeply appreciated - David Gerard (talk) 17:17, 10 July 2010 (UTC)
[trees and flowers] 86.40.204.94 (talk) 09:10, 11 July 2010 (UTC)
Back off, David. No one asked you to unilaterally delete comments by/and block random things left by 86.n.n.n Please stop being a self-assigned dick wad. ħumanUser talk:Human 09:59, 11 July 2010 (UTC)
Actually, Crundy did expressly ask that MC comments be deleted. You are both way overreaching here. - David Gerard (talk) 11:27, 11 July 2010 (UTC)
I see he did, kind of. Your link is not as clear as you might desire. Your desire to delete and block is unsavory. But we are not over reacting, we are concerned about RW's core principles. ħumanUser talk:Human 12:17, 11 July 2010 (UTC)
I hadn't heard "Being provably, factually wrong in the defence of liberty is no vice" as an RW principle before - David Gerard (talk) 12:33, 11 July 2010 (UTC)
And, for the record, if MC leaves anything on my page, I'm cool with them being deleted on sight. And on site. I guess. I also refuse to further comment on anything he leaves. I learned my lesson. DFTFT... It's like trying to point out to a brick wall why they may need to be washed of graffiti... Except the brick wall in this case swears more. And tries to get in the way.. And accuses you of trying to repress his message of "killing all the darkies," as apparently it's the KKK who left the paint.. Oh well. Quaru (talk) 11:43, 11 July 2010 (UTC)
Q, you need to say that at the top of your talk page. Not here, inviting a deletion/block hungry whore to take over your talk page. ħumanUser talk:Human 12:17, 11 July 2010 (UTC)
Your comment appears to be saying "I was just proven factually wrong again so I'll spew some random abuse to try to cover for it." Is this another of those RW core principles? You should list them somewhere - David Gerard (talk) 12:34, 11 July 2010 (UTC)
That's it you have really done it now, he is going to revert your most recent edits for that. - π 12:36, 11 July 2010 (UTC)
I'm sure Human would never go off on a butthurt-motivated reversion expedition, that seems completely out of character - David Gerard (talk) 12:41, 11 July 2010 (UTC)

In Gerard's defense, Crundy and I have expressed, in the past, what conduct we would like with regards to 86.#.#.# being on our talkpages. I'm sure that, if you asked Crundy himself, he'd say "revert," whereas, so far as I go, I usually prefer to handle it myself. I would, however, urge David Gerard to use extreme caution in dealing with 86####, though. As P-Foster said, be careful not to feed the troll. The Goonie Punk Can't sleep, clowns will eat me! 18:15, 11 July 2010 (UTC)

At the end of the day, I'm not going to give that little Irish twat the time of day. If someone else doesn't revert it from my talk page then either I'm going to do it next time I log on, or loads of other people are going to start having an argument with him about it on my talk page, thereby feeding the troll. So yes please, revert his 12 year old style rambling from my talk page (And thanks DG for dealing with that one). CrundyTalk nerdy to me 18:25, 11 July 2010 (UTC)
Can I add my page to the National Do-Not-Troll List? --Kels (talk) 19:28, 11 July 2010 (UTC)

Refs -> Footers

I thought there was a bot to do that. Prolly not or they'd all have been done. 22:19, 13 July 2010 (UTC) SusanG Toast

Apparently not. Also, some articles have both - David Gerard (talk) 22:22, 13 July 2010 (UTC)
Perhaps you yourself could go in bot mode? AceLiquid Room 22:23, 13 July 2010 (UTC)
I'll just do a few more then get bored - David Gerard (talk) 22:25, 13 July 2010 (UTC)
But yes, bot mode is a good idea for next time - David Gerard (talk) 22:38, 13 July 2010 (UTC)
I dunno. I thought we did have a bot. Šţěŗĭļė cookie cutter 22:40, 13 July 2010 (UTC)
The initial conversion we had a bot do, but it was a one time shot. tmtoulouse 22:43, 13 July 2010 (UTC)

Hostility

Clearly you haven't been here long enough to recognize that all of my fucking comments are indistinguishable from hostility, bitch. --The Emperor Kneel before Zod! 22:51, 22 July 2010 (UTC)

My apologies, Miss! Read a fucking book - David Gerard (talk) 22:52, 22 July 2010 (UTC)
That's read a fucking book Emperor, n00b. --The Emperor Kneel before Zod! 22:54, 22 July 2010 (UTC)
FUCK A FUCKING FUCK, FUCK! Fuck - Fuck (fuck) 22:57, 22 July 2010 (UTC)
You'll have to try harder than that to get my goat. Oh wait, you don't even know what a goat is...--The Emperor Kneel before Zod! 22:59, 22 July 2010 (UTC)
Zohilieo ur pol nizuwun
Ur bar ah mur bro brapisun
Hai miz bithutsoo
Uk zin patztuwoo
Hilmiz txa txodun gu kain tun - David Gerard (talk) 23:00, 22 July 2010 (UTC)
BZZZZBZZZZZBZZZZZZBZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ--The Emperor Kneel before Zod! 23:02, 22 July 2010 (UTC)
You fucks know nothing of hostility. AceX-102 23:04, 22 July 2010 (UTC)
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This is an english speaking wiki, so speak english or gtfo back to cleaning my pool. Concernedresident omg!!! ponies!!! 23:06, 22 July 2010 (UTC)
I DECONSTRUCT YOUR ANUS. IN FRENCH - David Gerard (talk) 23:08, 22 July 2010 (UTC)
PUIS-JE LE DECONSTRUIRE? --The Emperor Kneel before Zod! 23:11, 22 July 2010 (UTC)
Your spelling is terrible. I think what you meant to say was "MY PENIS IS CROOKED AND COULD FIT INSIDE THE EAR OF A BABY ANT" Glad to help. Concernedresident omg!!! ponies!!! 23:14, 22 July 2010 (UTC)
And they say, Theemperor, maybe one day you'll find true love. Ah, I say maybe - David Gerard (talk) 23:20, 22 July 2010 (UTC)q

Alright listen here you mind-numbing fuckbags. Instead lazing around fingering your own stool samples while dribbling urine into a catheter bag why don't you seeping anus sores do something productive. AceX-102 23:23, 22 July 2010 (UTC)

STRIKE FOR MORE PAY! WE NEED PAID EDITING BY PEPSI - David Gerard (talk) 23:28, 22 July 2010 (UTC)
Bah! I've was a productive contributor on this wiki when you were still sucking you mothers' tits. --The Emperor Kneel before Zod! 23:29, 22 July 2010 (UTC)
You've been here since yesterday morning? Concernedresident omg!!! ponies!!! 23:30, 22 July 2010 (UTC)
SAY FRIEND. AN ARTICLE ON PEPSI'S FOOD FRONTIERS IS JUST WHAT THE RATIONALWIKI FOUNDATION WANTS TO SEE HERE - David Gerard (talk) 23:32, 22 July 2010 (UTC)
I hear that reputable foodologists are increasingly convinced that drinking fifteen bottles of Dr. Pepper a day drastically reduces your chances of dying from old age. Concernedresident omg!!! ponies!!! 00:06, 23 July 2010 (UTC)
DID YOU KNOW THERE IS A HITLER TEMPLATE? I DIDN'T EITHER!!!!

--The Emperor Kneel before Zod! 00:10, 23 July 2010 (UTC)

That is bloody class! Where do I sign-up for your newsletter? Concernedresident omg!!! ponies!!! 00:15, 23 July 2010 (UTC)
This reminds me of the good old days. You lame fucks with no lives. MOAR HITLER! ħumanUser talk:Human 02:40, 23 July 2010 (UTC)
"You lame fucks with no lives. MOAR HITLER!" Careful there, Huw. Your acting like Hitler. Lord Goonie Hooray! I'm helping! 02:48, 23 July 2010 (UTC)


Hitler: My dog hass no nose!
Crowd: How ... does ... he ... schmell?
Hitler (clasping chest dramatically): Terrible!
--Jre (talk) 00:04, 25 July 2010 (UTC)

Userboxen

Finally got round to making it. So now people know you want them to go ahead and remove marcus comments from your talk page. Should avoid arguments.

Troll
This user likes a troll-free talk page. Revert away!

HTH. CrundyTalk nerdy to me 20:25, 23 July 2010 (UTC)

Whatever happened to "user talk pages are community property"? I dislike this ugly trend. ħumanUser talk:Human 00:24, 25 July 2010 (UTC)
You did, on the Lemon Jellyfish and then above (where you considered being provably factually wrong and gratuitously abusive in the defence of ego liberty was no vice) - David Gerard (talk) 00:26, 25 July 2010 (UTC)

Awesomely perfect!

I received the following comment minutes after making a minor tweak to our favorite string-theorist's page:

Jre, your posting is typical of anti-string crackpots with IQ below 100 who control academia. Crackpot Garrett Lisi does not understand the difference between fermions and bosons! Cranks with their 'theories of everything' who know less than 1% what I do and whose IQ is 45 below mine! Literally an inferior species! Standard Model has been proven to be a consequence of compactified heterotic string theory back in 1985! Lisi and Smith and Sheppeard and Hossenfelder will NEVER get onto hep-th on arXiv! 4 simultaneous 24 hour Days within only 1 rotation of 4 quadrant Earth! They are EDUCATED EVIL and STUPID! STUPID STUPID!

I can only bow in humble admiration to the author of the dada engine script that wrote this.
(The above was written before I figured out that I need to add a signature. --Jre (talk) 00:20, 25 July 2010 (UTC))

I wrote it all by hand based on Dr Motl's actual comments about Garrett Lisi's paper. Then Motl linked the Uncyclopedia article on his blog, so at least he has a sense of humour ;-) - David Gerard (talk) 18:31, 24 July 2010 (UTC)

Idiot number 57

Their post doesn't look much like trolling to me. Though I would like to know what they are talking about in it. Punky Your mental puke relief 19:27, 24 July 2010 (UTC)

Apparently, David likes to delete anything he doesn't like from his user talk page. ħumanUser talk:Human 00:25, 25 July 2010 (UTC)
Trouble is, "reasonable" is a little subjective, and we can only "discuss" it post hoc, otherwise there's no point. But a good enough rule of thumb is that if there is any of this post hoc controversy, the edit probably wasn't worth reverting. Scarlet A.pngmoral 11:07, 25 July 2010 (UTC)

Vandal binning IP proxies

Pointless if it's just going to switch to another proxy. Punky Your mental puke relief 18:46, 25 July 2010 (UTC)

Cut it out. You're fuelling a situation that you won't be able to control, not to mention flooding recent changes with blocks and bin events that are going to do nothing precisely because all you are doing is blocking quickly and easily changeable proxies. Scarlet A.pngmoral 18:47, 25 July 2010 (UTC)

You hate vandal binning, P-Foster hates blocking and wants vandal binning. As such, I offer both.
And it's not a proxy - it's a DHCP IP. That's why the three-minute pause while he reboots his modem - David Gerard (talk) 18:49, 25 July 2010 (UTC)
Yes, but every time he restarts his modem, he's jacking off over the power trip. It's the disruption and the challenge of causing and most freaks crave. The more you make it difficult (and to be fair, you cannot make it difficult enough for them to stop bothering) the bigger the challenge, the bigger the attention, the bigger the thrill - thus extra motive for continuing. Scarlet A.pngmoral 18:57, 25 July 2010 (UTC)
That is, of course, one theory. As far as I can tell, every time he restarts his modem he gets closer to blowing a gasket - David Gerard (talk) 19:00, 25 July 2010 (UTC)
The blocking may be effective, but I agree that binning seems redundant. MC obviously has a lot of time on his hands, and even with binning he'll just reboot his modem and move to the next one. It may be time to revisit our approach to him. If reverting and blocking IPs for an hour, the only way to do it without letting him get his public jollies would presumably to shift to the bot group. Maybe we should just leave his stuff, and only remove it or block if he's actually damaging content? All just theories, since we can't really be sure which part of this little game really makes him happy. Concernedresident omg!!! ponies!!! 19:07, 25 July 2010 (UTC)
MC doesn't have that much time on his hands - Sundays appear the only time he can reboot the family modem multiple times in an hour without pissing off the rest of the house - David Gerard (talk) 19:11, 25 July 2010 (UTC)
He'll run out of addresses eventually. I noticed a few weeks ago that he was being forced to reuse IPs which had already been binned. EddyP (talk) 19:23, 25 July 2010 (UTC)
(EC)By playing the game at all, and the shitty thing is that this mini meta-conversation on the subject also counts, you're giving him the jollies. It's pretty textbook attention seeking behaviour. They want the controversy, they actively crave it and demand it to be on them all the time. It's the same motivation that gets right-wing talk radio hosts up in arms about the "liberal media" even when they're clearly the dominant force, they want hte persecution and extra attention that goes with it. The trick is maintaining control over the situation, which means actively denying them what they want, which is the attention. This means ignoring it, or acknowledging it in a very dry, quite calm manner, you know "that's nice, dear" and move on. This keeps the group at large in control because it's then forcing them to start pushing the buttons when they're not prepared for it; and as their outbursts get gradually more violent, in an effort for the attention, the responses get calmer and calmer. Of course, with nuances of voice this is much easier, you can quite happily go on and not need to control the specific language "you're a motherfucking facist cunts fucking fucker twat ballsack!!!!11" - "oh, that's nice, deary, thanks for reminding me that I haven't fucked my mother for a while" (you can see that this gets their goat in a calm, nonchalant voice, but the effect is lost in text, which does leave us at a disadvantage). At the moment, we're not the ones in control, and we never will be, because it's far too easy for one stupid nugget to give in and set the cycle up again. This is similar to parenting, the kid will play the parents off each other, crying to daddy if mummy says no and vice versa, and if there's not a united front presented, the cracks can be exploited. We're seeing the same pattern, can't get the attention they want from user A, user B will always be around to block and toy with. Scarlet A.pngmoral 19:26, 25 July 2010 (UTC)
IMO, though, if we stop responding to his 'you are all fascists' posts, he'll simply move into outright vandalism and force a response. EddyP (talk) 19:29, 25 July 2010 (UTC)
Yes, as I said, it's escalation in order to get the attention back. The trick is for us to control the escalation. So you do respond, rather than revert or block, but respond in a neutral way. That starves off the "reward" and forces them to start upping their bait, which would include active vandalism of the mainspace, perhaps. Simultaneously, the care factor in the response goes down. That said, we're stuck in a pretty bad habit, everyone wants to have their little dig, their little say, do the ME ME ME I'M IMPORTANT stunt too, whereas in the care-factor-zero method, you'd have just one person respond, and no one else once one response has been given - and then anyone below just echoes the same thing down the chain. Starves off any sense of reward for trouble making far quicker than attention grabbing blocks, reverts and swearing. It's sad that we would have to resort to this sort of dog training idea on an actual human being, especially as I think they probably have very low social intelligence (although at least well-Googled enough to slot into RW's mindset, when it does want to be serious), and maybe a very serious abandonment/distance issue, leading them to seek a form of validation elsewhere through more destructive means. It's quite sad really, and I should put them down much more. Scarlet A.pngmoral 19:41, 25 July 2010 (UTC)