User talk:AKjeldsen/Archive5

A special request
We need the touch of someone with perhaps a more historical, literary, and sociological perspective to review my efforts to expand Template:AOTW Descriptions. To me, at least, you seemed an excellent choice. Just in case you are not aware these are the descriptions used at RationalWiki:Article of the Weak. 00:27, 2 August 2008 (EDT)
 * Sure, I'll be happy to take a look. -- 04:55, 2 August 2008 (EDT)

Just when you thought it was safe...
I pounce on you and ressurect and ancient feud. Have at ye! Took me ages to find a good version of that second one. I would have prefered "Twenty-Four Hours" for the first, as well. It's even gloomier. I'm going to stop nitpicking now. 10:54, 2 August 2008 (EDT)
 * Tis the season!
 * On a roll!
 * A duckroll! I haven't been duckrolled for... well, for at least nine months or so, I guess. And Joy Division is uncharacteristically listenable compared with your usual selections. This'll be hard to beat. I wonder who knows what to do? Oh! I know! -- 14:51, 3 August 2008 (EDT)
 * Actually, I find JD a lot less tuneful than my usual. I suppose your poor scrambled-up Danish ears cannot distinguish that, though.
 * I hope you like purple! 14:31, 7 August 2008 (EDT)
 * Hey, I think I rememeber that game. Or something like it. But yes, I do like purple. In fact, I like it so much that I was going to put something by Deep Purple here. But then I said to myself: "Amaranth! That's far too obvious. You can do much better than that." And surprisingly, I found that I agreed with myself. So since it appears to be a bit of a theme recently, I'm going to offer up some more game-related music instead. -- 19:18, 7 August 2008 (EDT)
 * I think you meant this... Basic mistake, but I won't hold it against you. 20:03, 7 August 2008 (EDT)
 * I can assure you that I most certainly did not. Christopher Tin's masterpiece is lightyears ahead of that piece of pedestrian emotionalism with authoritarian subtexts. LIGHTYEARS, I say! However, I don't mind humouring you in your apparent love for Disney music. For a while. -- 20:44, 7 August 2008 (EDT)
 * In that case...
 * I hope you like... er... baroque Canadians! 05:29, 21 August 2008 (EDT)

Humourous Interlude
I have pre-empted Andy. Consider this an official prophesy :) 20:05, 3 August 2008 (EDT)
 * As a matter of fact, I completely forgot why I ever wanted to contribute to that anti-intellectualist, narrow-minded, history-falsificating crap-fest of a blog! ARGH!




 * Oooh, my poor bloodpressure. -- 20:11, 3 August 2008 (EDT)
 * You've fallen on your sword, I see. Let there be a viking-themed funeral ceremony... 20:16, 3 August 2008 (EDT)
 * * insert awesome Beowulf quote that I'm too lazy to go look up here* -- 20:23, 3 August 2008 (EDT)
 * Yes, yes. I'm too tired to observe proper wiki format right now. -- 20:27, 3 August 2008 (EDT)
 * Oh, great, now it looks like I'm talking to myself. -- 20:28, 3 August 2008 (EDT)
 * Oh, but you are, Andreas... -- 20:30, 3 August 2008 (EDT)
 * No I'm not. Clearly there is a liberal political agenda at work here. -- 20:35, 3 August 2008 (EDT)
 * As far as I'm concerned, talking to yourself if fine as long as you don't actually disagree. Back to the drawing board, Kjeldsen :P -- 20:38, 3 August 2008 (EDT)
 * I'm afraid I must disagree... -- 20:41, 3 August 2008 (EDT)
 * I really do need to get to bed, though. Must go to work tomorrow, earn money for food, and all that. -- 20:28, 3 August 2008 (EDT)
 * Or money for Internet connection, more likely. -- 20:29, 3 August 2008 (EDT)
 * Got to keep one's priorities straight. -- 20:29, 3 August 2008 (EDT)

Cognitive dissociation, help!
OK, so here on RW we give you awards for steadfastly trying to explain the intricacies of Catholic theology to us... and yet on CP you're a Godless Liberal! Man, I think if Schlafly's head gets stuck any further up his ass, it might pop back out the top and he could see again!  ħ uman  21:57, 3 August 2008 (EDT)

Also, from Andy's irrefutable randomly-found-via-Google source: "Side Note - Viking Leif Ericson originally called North America �Vinland� because of the grapes they found. He is the one who discovered North America in 896 not Christopher Columbus who arrived later in 1492. Leif Ericson converted his mother to Christianity but his father remained a staunch pagan."  ħ uman  22:04, 3 August 2008 (EDT)

More ideas: No women travelled with Columbus, either. Odds are, the first European women to arrive in the New World did not do so until the 17th century? Also, Vinland was not the only "lost settlement" - some, if not many, English settlements vanished without a clear reason too...  ħ uman  22:22, 3 August 2008 (EDT)
 * Yeah, I give up. I tried arguing, reasoning, even being sympathetic to this whole "durr we must identify Christian heroes" spiel. Nothing works. But then we already knew that. -- 07:28, 4 August 2008 (EDT)

Leifr Eiríksson
So, I see that damned pagan Scandinavians had nothing to do with discovering America. One of the commentators was almost to make an argument about landing in "America", and i was just waiting for him to say it, so we could remind him that his hero Chris-o-boy didn't exactly land on the continent. ;-) Fight the good fight, I suppose. --Waiting for Godot 15:01, 4 August 2008 (EDT)
 * Hm. That might even have been me. I did try my best to communicate in their language, but even that got nowhere. -- 15:09, 4 August 2008 (EDT)

Welcome back
Was your vacation relaxing? I was wondering what had happened to you. 18:11, 20 August 2008 (EDT)
 * Yes, it was great, thank you. Eight days in Belgium, indulging in history, culture and exquisite food and beer. First vacation in almost two years, too. -- 04:47, 21 August 2008 (EDT)
 * Wheel comm bak.
 * U bring sue veneers? Gives me them... 04:49, 21 August 2008 (EDT)
 * Not souvenirs as such, no. I usually buy a mug as souvenir when I'm on holiday (since that's actually useful), but I'm running out of shelf space, so I decided not to this time. I bought a book, though. The Fair Face of Flanders by Patricia Carson. -- 05:01, 21 August 2008 (EDT)
 * Embroidered cloth patches work well... save space, keep mem'ries, etc.? But you had fun, that's all that matters.  ħ uman  05:17, 21 August 2008 (EDT)

I think you might have missed something...
Ahem. 16:03, 23 August 2008 (EDT)
 * So I have! I must say that that between Love Division and these indeed rather baroque Canadians (What is going on in that video? Is it Freudian?), your selections have been improving considerably recently. Here's one I know that you'll love, even if you may not be entirely ready to admit it to yourself just yet. -- 16:40, 23 August 2008 (EDT)

Go
Go look at my new article. Then, come back and lavish praise upon me. 15:04, 24 August 2008 (EDT)
 * I saw it. Looks good. About time, too. -- 15:11, 24 August 2008 (EDT)
 * Hmmph. 15:17, 24 August 2008 (EDT)
 * Ok, fair enough. It's a good article about an important subject. Good work. -- 16:56, 24 August 2008 (EDT)
 * Well... it is praise... 17:04, 24 August 2008 (EDT)
 * What do you expect? A medal? Cake? A triumphal entry into the capital with a 64-gun salute and a magnificent fireworks display after the world-class dinner during which a cappella choirs sing your praise? -- 17:11, 24 August 2008 (EDT)
 * Alright, that'll do.
 * No need to go overboard, though. Maybe cancel the 64 gun thing? It might be a bit over the top. Shall we set a date? What capital did you mean? 17:13, 24 August 2008 (EDT)
 * I was thinking more of an archetypical capital rather than any specific geographic location, but I believe the capital of Syldavia is available on the 31st of September. Would that be convenient for you? -- 17:18, 24 August 2008 (EDT)
 * We detect a trick? 17:25, 24 August 2008 (EDT)
 * Nono. Beautiful capital, Klow. Great Renaissance and early modern architecture. Nice boulevards and all. Perfect for the event. -- 17:29, 24 August 2008 (EDT)
 * I know not of this wonderful place.
 * Ur links: gives me them. 17:30, 24 August 2008 (EDT)
 * Well, Syldavia is a small country with only a very limited Internet presence, but there is a bit of info here. -- 18:17, 24 August 2008 (EDT)

Sterling work, Kjeldsen
You're a credit to the profession. Serve papers forthwith on any more of this leprechaun talk. --Helena Bonham Carter 15:20, 24 August 2008 (EDT)
 * You are a leprechaun. 15:23, 24 August 2008 (EDT)
 * This just to inform you that your restraining order is on its way. Have a nice day. -- 16:57, 24 August 2008 (EDT)
 * You too are a leprechaun. A slightly more fey one. 17:04, 24 August 2008 (EDT)

I has risen
Like bred. 09:21, 27 August 2008 (EDT)
 * From where, if I might ask? -- 09:31, 27 August 2008 (EDT)
 * Oh, you know... *waves vaguely* ...the grave. Or possibly a bakery. 09:54, 27 August 2008 (EDT)
 * I see. Or the depths of depravity, perhaps? -- 10:53, 27 August 2008 (EDT)
 * Sir, you are no gentleman. Be about your business or I shall summon a nightwatchman. 12:33, 27 August 2008 (EDT)
 * I am too a gentleman. Selectively, perhaps, but still a gentleman. But what are you supposed to be? A gentlejelly? I am intrigued. -- 15:23, 27 August 2008 (EDT)
 * I am a gentlefish. Because it sounds nice. ^_^
 * I has commented at your blog, but it went into Comment Purgatory. Also, I am trying to think of a good game to beat yours at Jellyblog.
 * And so it goes... 15:27, 27 August 2008 (EDT)
 * I recovered your comment. Akismet thought it was spam. Before despamming, I briefly considered if it might accidentally have stumbled upon a higher truth here. -- 15:33, 27 August 2008 (EDT)
 * Much stinging you will receive. And there was me thinking it was a very constructive and helpful comment :( 15:38, 27 August 2008 (EDT)
 * That's what you get when you doubt my superior and finely-tuned historian's senses. -- 15:44, 27 August 2008 (EDT)
 * Can you comment on my comment? Without encouragement (and water) I might very well wither and die. 15:57, 27 August 2008 (EDT)
 * You don't want me to wither and/or die do you, Andreas? :( 15:58, 27 August 2008 (EDT)
 * Because that would be mean... :( 16:00, 27 August 2008 (EDT)
 * All living things wither and die, Jelly. It is the simple defining fact of our existence. Nevertheless, I shall look into commenting on your comment. -- 16:18, 27 August 2008 (EDT)
 * Silly, silly Andreas. No they don't. 16:26, 27 August 2008 (EDT)
 * Okay. All living things except wierd polyp-like creatures that I neither know nor care about. -- 16:30, 27 August 2008 (EDT)
 * Nonetheless, I think my point is proven. Death is coincidence. 16:32, 27 August 2008 (EDT)
 * In the meantime, I completely fail to understand why certain people won't answer the very important emails that I have sent to them. I have money that I want to give them. I urgently want to do business with them. Don't these people want my money? -- 16:22, 27 August 2008 (EDT)
 * Er. Do you mean me? 16:26, 27 August 2008 (EDT)
 * No. Other people. -- 16:30, 27 August 2008 (EDT)
 * No need to by shy, Anders; you can give me money if you want ^_^ 16:32, 27 August 2008 (EDT)
 * Tell you what, if I ever find myself with money that I desperately need to disassociate myself with, you'll be the first person I think of. -- 16:40, 27 August 2008 (EDT)
 * Oh.
 * Good.
 * I think. 16:46, 27 August 2008 (EDT)
 * Oh, it is, it is. Why, this nice guy from Russia that I met the other day says that he gives such money away to people all the time, and he never heard any complaints. -- 16:55, 27 August 2008 (EDT)

(unindent)A dangerous (?) question: how did your Youtube contest end? Was a winner declared? Liar at RP(Ed at CP) 17:00, 27 August 2008 (EDT)
 * Currently I am trying to find a suitable video to retaliate with. In fact, that's the default state of our songwar. 17:04, 27 August 2008 (EDT)
 * Indeed. I'm planning on a victory by attrition. -- 17:13, 27 August 2008 (EDT)
 * I'm planning on stinging you. 17:18, 27 August 2008 (EDT)
 * Yes, but that won't help you win the contest. -- 17:22, 27 August 2008 (EDT)
 * That rather depends upon the vigour and frequency of my stinging. ^_^ 17:50, 27 August 2008 (EDT)
 * I believe that incapacitating or murdering your opponent is frequently considered grounds for disqualification. -- 18:01, 27 August 2008 (EDT)
 * You two-legses will have your idiosyncracies. 18:18, 27 August 2008 (EDT)
 * Yes, we will.


 * Are you defeated by attrition yet?


 * How about now? -- 05:39, 28 August 2008 (EDT)
 * You're a lot sillier than you were when I first met you. I wonder why that is ^_^ 12:15, 28 August 2008 (EDT)
 * You're a lot better at dodging inconvenient questions than you were when I first met you. I wonder why that is. Now, as they say in certain other parts of the Internet, "post vids or GTFO." -- 12:35, 28 August 2008 (EDT)
 * You're mean. And who on Earth says that??
 * Anyway... 12:41, 28 August 2008 (EDT)
 * Yes, I am mean. I'm mean because I'm still pissed that those bloody twats won't reply to my Very Important Emails, thus upsetting my Very Important Plans and causing a lot of stress. And WTF was that? Okay, I guess technically it was a video, and it technically had music in it. Here's one I came across recently. I am confident that you'll like it. -- 13:04, 28 August 2008 (EDT)
 * I can't look at that at the moment ( Firefox is broken :. However, I can see from the title that I'm in for a treat!
 * Also, I feel I must inform you that a lack of appropriate emotional response to Motion Picture Soundtrack is now considered a foolproof litmus test for the detection of COLD, UNFEELING CYBORGS. Just FYI :) 13:18, 28 August 2008 (EDT)
 * My exact reaction was more along the lines of this:


 * I don't know if you would call that "appropriately emotional". -- 13:32, 28 August 2008 (EDT)
 * Well, no, I would call that COLD and UNFEELING, on account of you being a COLD, UNFEELING CYBORG. [[image:nods.gif]] 13:35, 28 August 2008 (EDT)
 * That makes no sense at all. Particularly because I'm not a cyborg. I wish I were one. Because that would be cool. But I'm not. -- 14:06, 28 August 2008 (EDT)
 * Then why does your passport say "Andreas Kjeldsen, COLD, UNFEELING CYBORG, PhD, MA"...? 14:17, 28 August 2008 (EDT)
 * I certainly hope it doesn't, since I have neither an MA nor a PhD. (Or am a cyborg.) -- 14:24, 28 August 2008 (EDT)
 * It does indeed say all that. It's right under the bit that says "Citizen unfit for organ donation due to lack of a heart... and on account of being a COLD, UNFEELING CYBORG. " Does that make everything clearer? ^_^ 14:41, 28 August 2008 (EDT)
 * I need you to get me that passport immediately. It could save me five years of hard academic labour. Does it come with graduation papers? And what does it say I have a PhD in? -- 15:02, 28 August 2008 (EDT)
 * Let me see...
 * Oh yes. You have a PhD in "Unfeeling Studies", and your MA is for "Post-Modern Cyborgism". 15:08, 28 August 2008 (EDT)

Caput (or at the very least: Capitulum) Secundum: In The Whiche Affaires Mouwst Seriaux Are Discussed
(unindent) Everybody who witnessed and endured the history of Conservapedia should get that Ph.D. in Post-Modern Cyborgism for free. Or a honorary one. And AKjeldsen, I was joining your Danish literary club in CP, but lost the password of my last sock there. Forgive me. Liar at RP(Ed at CP) 15:21, 28 August 2008 (EDT)
 * No problem. It was HenryS's club more than mine. Hey, Post-Modern Cyborgism! I can totally do that! I'm on it. -- 15:44, 28 August 2008 (EDT)
 * Been reading Chaucer Hathe a Blogge, have we? 15:51, 28 August 2008 (EDT)
 * Actually, I've been reading Chaucer full stop. Chaucer Hathe a Blogge has sucked ever since Chaucer stopped. -- 15:53, 28 August 2008 (EDT)
 * Besides, you wouldn't want to earn a meaningless title without actually having learned anything to qualify yourself for the honour, would you Andreas? 15:56, 28 August 2008 (EDT)
 * Clearly you do not understand academia. You do not get a degree for learning but for knowing. Since I already know all there is to know about Post-Modern Cyborgism, and since there is no reason to learn something that you already know, claiming such a title would be entirely legitimate. -- 16:07, 28 August 2008 (EDT)
 * False distinction. Learning is knowing is learning is knowing. And you must demonstrate that you know these things, which you have not currently done. 16:18, 28 August 2008 (EDT)
 * Technically correct. Ask me a question, any question, about Post-Modern Cyborgism, and I shall answer it. -- 16:22, 28 August 2008 (EDT)
 * OK. "What the hell is Post-Modern Cyborgism??" 16:26, 28 August 2008 (EDT)
 * Simple. Post-Modernism Cyborgism is the study of the instrumental interaction between cyborgs and society, focusing particularly on the de- and reconstructive impact that the existence of a post-human subculture in the midst of an essentially human mainstream has on the fundamental operative discourse of either. Did that clear things up a bit? -- 16:39, 28 August 2008 (EDT)
 * I'm now so amazingly glad that I don't study history. It sounds positively mind-mangling. 16:53, 28 August 2008 (EDT)
 * It's good for you! Expands your horizons. And stuff. -- 17:00, 28 August 2008 (EDT)
 * Haven't you read his Academic Career? They are available at Conservapedia, under user:AKjeldsen, User contributions. There is material for multiple honorary titles there. Liar at RP(Ed at CP) 16:24, 28 August 2008 (EDT)
 * And that was directed to Chaos!. Liar at RP(Ed at CP) 16:25, 28 August 2008 (EDT)
 * Nothing in the field of Jellyfishism, I notice... 16:26, 28 August 2008 (EDT)
 * No, one should be careful not to spread one's interests too widely. "Jacket of all trades, master of none" is not a good approach in academia. -- 16:39, 28 August 2008 (EDT)
 * Jacket' of all trades? 16:53, 28 August 2008 (EDT)
 * Jesus Christ, if we all let ourselves be tied down by idiomatic convention, language would never get anywhere. I stand by my expression. Speaking of expressions, did you know that virtually any proverb or figure of speech can be improved by at least 17% by exchanging one of its nouns with the word 'lion'? It's true! Try it out: "A lion is worth a thousand words." "Honey catches more lions than vinegar." "Set a lion to catch a thief." Eh? -- 17:00, 28 August 2008 (EDT)
 * Seriously now, Andreas, you are at least 70% sillier than you were four months ago. 17:03, 28 August 2008 (EDT)
 * Hardly. If you would care to review my edits, you'll find that I've always had a silly streak. -- 17:08, 28 August 2008 (EDT)
 * A latent silly streak, to be more precise. 17:09, 28 August 2008 (EDT)
 * "Lion" is so demodé! Much better is singa, "lion" in Malay. But the rage now is harimau, "tiger" in Malay. Perhaps because there are no lions (*) in Malaysia, but tigers yes. Liar at RP(Ed at CP) 17:18, 28 August 2008 (EDT)
 * (*) not considering zoos, circuses and pets.
 * Oh. Well, harimau it is, then. I wouldn't want to be caught unaware of the latest trends.


 * "Don't make a harimau out of a molehill."


 * I don't know about this. It's just not the same, somehow... -- 17:35, 28 August 2008 (EDT)
 * What are we actually talking about? 17:37, 28 August 2008 (EDT)
 * Lions. -- 17:38, 28 August 2008 (EDT)
 * I want to talk about sharks. 17:40, 28 August 2008 (EDT)
 * Okay. I heard that we may soon have white sharks in the North Sea because of global warming. Personally I support this. I never go swimming, so it's not really my problem, and it could make for some good news TV. -- 17:51, 28 August 2008 (EDT)
 * You don't swim? You should; it's very good exercise. It's also fun for showing off ^_^
 * Since the whole sharks thing doesn't seem to have much longevity, why don't we discuss something else? Your move. 19:02, 28 August 2008 (EDT)
 * Actually, I was just heading off to bed, since it's 1 AM and I have to work for food in the morning. -- 19:10, 28 August 2008 (EDT)
 * Oh, alright. See you in the morning. 19:23, 28 August 2008 (EDT)
 * Hmmmm, "A picture is worth a thousand lions." "Honey catches more flies than a lion." "Set a thief to catch a lion."  "A lion in time saves nine."  "Fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice, shame on a lion."  "Don't put all your eggs in one lion."  "No use crying over spilt lions."  I dunno...  ħ uman  20:00, 28 August 2008 (EDT)

A kind of solution
True enough, without them I would have to get a real job... 15:45, 28 August 2008 (EDT)
 * Yes, and it can be great fun to crush their little spirits. -- 16:07, 28 August 2008 (EDT)

"Someone! Anyone!"
You know, you are unblocked on CP. Unlike some of us... You could tell Andy yourself. And then write a blog entry about his non-sequiterial response. 18:31, 30 August 2008 (EDT)
 * Yes, I could. But I quit. I have washed my hands entirely of that project. What kind of a Kierkegaard fanboy would I be if I didn't stand by such decisions? Not a very good one, that's what. -- 18:35, 30 August 2008 (EDT)
 * You can't quit unless you've been sacked. While you still have a viable account there, you haven't really cut your ties with the place... it doesn't make any sense -- and you know as well as I do that you'll only end up back there after you've forgotten what it was like.
 * I suggest you ask Henry to block you. 18:46, 30 August 2008 (EDT)
 * Surely, it is the fact itself of my decision to quit that actually matters, rather than any external issues such as whether they would let me in or not. Besides, I doubt Henry would block me. He can be a bit funny like that. -- 18:51, 30 August 2008 (EDT)
 * He sure can. 18:52, 30 August 2008 (EDT)

O hai!
u can haz irony

plz to share wif smller peeples jellies

20:46, 30 August 2008 (EDT)


 * Well, since it's here and you're using it, I'd say it already is reasonably "shared" by most definitions of that word. -- 20:50, 30 August 2008 (EDT)
 * no!
 * smallr jellies wood be littlefish
 * nd possibli user:SmallrJellies 20:57, 30 August 2008 (EDT)
 * I have to tell you that you're not really making a lot of sense right now. -- 20:58, 30 August 2008 (EDT)
 * yes, several!1 21:01, 30 August 2008 (EDT)


 * Ahem. Anyway, whose turn is it in the songwar right now? My mind has unravelled slightly, and I can't remember. 21:01, 30 August 2008 (EDT)
 * Yours, I think. I posted a wonderful little ditty up there, just above the Picard picture. -- 21:05, 30 August 2008 (EDT)
 * Oh yes. That wonderful, wonderful Picard picture
 * * glower* 21:10, 30 August 2008 (EDT)
 * What can I say? I'm a simple person with simple tastes in such things. -- 21:11, 30 August 2008 (EDT)
 * Alright then. 21:32, 30 August 2008 (EDT)

*folds arms*
You are a neglectful person with neglectful tastes in such things. 05:21, 1 September 2008 (EDT)
 * I am? What things? -- 05:50, 1 September 2008 (EDT)
 * See three comments up. 05:58, 1 September 2008 (EDT)
 * You're complaining about my slow response time? I must laugh. HAH! And again. HAH-HAH!
 * Didn't you block yourself, by the way? What're you doing here?-- 06:00, 1 September 2008 (EDT)
 * I'm not complaining at all -- do feel free to take a long time if you want, Andreas. I just thought that, since you usually reply instantly, you might have actually missed it.
 * Yes, I blocked myself. Then I turned returned as Barack Obama in order to help Yossarian with his sig... and after that my exile was sort of broken. 06:07, 1 September 2008 (EDT)
 * You should unblock yourself, then. Your block is nothing more than an empty signifier, devoid of meaning or content. -- 07:26, 1 September 2008 (EDT)
 * Not really. I shed my Bureaucracy and Sysopism just afterwards, so I can't go back on it. 09:31, 1 September 2008 (EDT)
 * Oh. Well, I gave up trying to keep up with your repeated de- and pro-motions long ago. Want me to unblock you? -- 09:38, 1 September 2008 (EDT)
 * Yes pease. 09:43, 1 September 2008 (EDT)
 * Fangs. 85.25.151.22 09:48, 1 September 2008 (EDT)
 * Thanks you. 09:54, 1 September 2008 (EDT) (Slight improvement)
 * Thanks you. 09:54, 1 September 2008 (EDT) (Slight improvement)

Halp!
My edits are invisible! Please make me not a bot again! 12:16, 1 September 2008 (EDT)
 * I don't know. This is sort of amusing. You're practically a non-person right now. :D -- 12:18, 1 September 2008 (EDT)
 * In order to teach you the error of your ways, I have banned all the bureaucrats at RationalWiki.
 * Invisibly.
 * Recent chances is quite a thing to behold, right now ^_^ 12:27, 1 September 2008 (EDT)
 * Right. Please stand by for imminent de-botting. -- 12:33, 1 September 2008 (EDT)
 * Sorry. You drove me to it. 12:39, 1 September 2008 (EDT)

Your answer, in full
No. No, no, no, no, no. ...No. No, no, no. No. No. No. ... No. 05:00, 6 September 2008 (EDT)
 * Okay, if you say so. -- 05:06, 6 September 2008 (EDT)
 * It appears you have doubts. Allow me to allay your doubts:
 * I'm right.
 * I'm right, I'm right, I'm right, I'm right, I'm right.
 * ...I'm right, I'm right.
 * I'm right. I'm right. I'm right.
 * I'm right. 05:14, 6 September 2008 (EDT)
 * By the way, have you noticed how nicely our signatures suit each other? It's very pretty. 05:15, 6 September 2008 (EDT)
 * If you say so. My sense of aesthetics has always been a little impaired. But for some reason, I do not find my doubts entirely allayed by your reply. -- 05:35, 6 September 2008 (EDT)
 * Aw, poor you :( Well, rest assured that they are indeed very pretty. And yes, I believe aesthetics takes an h after the first t. I'm far more puzzled about the acceptable way to refer to letters in text. Do you put them in quotes? Capitalise them? What happens if they're plural?? God, it's like a minefield.
 * And you should know that "footwear-related vigil" still exists. You must have heard about half of it during out songwar. 05:42, 6 September 2008 (EDT)
 * Okay, yes, I am aware that certain bands and die-hard supporters of that genre still exist. We should preserve you and put you in a museum for posterity before you die out entirely.
 * Okay, yes, I am aware that certain bands and die-hard supporters of that genre still exist. We should preserve you and put you in a museum for posterity before you die out entirely.


 * If I weren't a full timezone away from my Chicago Manual of Style, I could have answered your other question in a second. But I am. Unfortunately. -- 05:47, 6 September 2008 (EDT)
 * In a museum? I fear that such strong light would distintegrate most of us.
 * A full timezone? Does this mean you're on holiday? Kidnapped by terrorists? 05:52, 6 September 2008 (EDT)
 * Oh, that won't be a problem. No professional museum would use more lighting than its exhibitions could handle.


 * I am presently at an undisclosed place in Great Britain, engaged in fact-finding activities and negotiations with a view towards temporarily relocating my base of activities to this country. -- 05:58, 6 September 2008 (EDT)
 * Having a nice time? You're cold, aren't you? I bet you're cold. 06:10, 6 September 2008 (EDT)
 * I certainly was yesterday. And wet. -- 10:08, 6 September 2008 (EDT)
 * Sadly, I know exactly what you mean, as I was soaked to the bone earlier. But it wasn't that cold today. 19:24, 6 September 2008 (EDT)
 * Incidentally, do you like my nu mowse? 19:25, 6 September 2008 (EDT)
 * I would, but it reminds me a bit too much of a Long-eared jerboa for my tastes. I trust this troubling similarity was not intentional. -- 19:51, 6 September 2008 (EDT)
 * It's a mowse, silly, not a jerboa. You should have a mowse as well, like me and Linus. Yours would be green, because it's cute. 20:04, 6 September 2008 (EDT)
 * I'm not putting a mouse in my signature. -- 20:10, 6 September 2008 (EDT)
 * But it's so cute! --[[Image:Cyan mowse 2.png|25px]] λινυσ (☮) 20:18, 6 September 2008 (EDT)
 * He's right. Look:

-- AKjeldsen Cum dissensie!
 * Awww.. Can't we keep him?? 20:21, 6 September 2008 (EDT)
 * Ooh! I could get a cyan mowse, and AK could take the blue one!
 * --[[Image:Blue mowse.png|25px]]  AKjeldsen Cum dissensie!
 * It would be much more aesthetically pleasing that way. --[[Image:Cyan mowse 2.png|25px]] λινυσ (☮) 20:26, 6 September 2008 (EDT)
 * Agreed, but I'm afraid AK doesn't actually want a mowse at all (unthinkable, I know!). His remark on the subject was uncharacteristically brusque :( 20:33, 6 September 2008 (EDT)
 * Perhaps he's frightened of mowses? :( --[[Image:Cyan mowse 2.png|25px]] λινυσ (☮) 20:36, 6 September 2008 (EDT)
 * I think he's just being masculine. Or maybe his lack of aesthetic sense is playing up? 20:38, 6 September 2008 (EDT)
 * You will notice how pleasing the cyan mowse is with the color of my signature. --[[Image:Cyan mowse 2.png|25px]] λινυσ (☮) 20:42, 6 September 2008 (EDT)
 * I did indeed, and I changed all your older sigs to be with the cyan mowse. I think it could stand to be a bit lighter, though. It doesn't quite fit the text at the moment. 20:44, 6 September 2008 (EDT)
 * Does this work better, do you think?
 * --[[Image:Cyan mowse 2.png|25px]] λινυσ (☮) 20:48, 6 September 2008 (EDT)
 * Yes. But could you upload it over the old version so I don't have to change them all manually? Is big job fr a smll mowse liek me. 21:09, 6 September 2008 (EDT)
 * Gentlebeings! How do you expect me to keep striking down the unbelievers with the fear of God with a mouse in my signature? This would never work. -- 04:21, 7 September 2008 (EDT)
 * You could have something more tough and frightening, if you really want. Like a shark that's on fire. 04:27, 7 September 2008 (EDT)
 * Sorry to keep being contrary, but somehow I don't find a shark on fire very frightening either. Possibly because it would have to be on land, for one thing. Maybe a lion instead. We already know that jokes are made better by adding lions, so maybe the same thing goes for signatures. -- 14:09, 7 September 2008 (EDT)
 * It could be a shark coated in magnesium, which can burn underwater under certain circumstances. --[[Image:Cyan mowse 2.png|25px]] λινυσ (☮) 17:22, 7 September 2008 (EDT)

Respect
We seem to have clashed twice recently. Nothing personal and, quite frankly, I should have more respect than to argue history with a professional. Silver Sloth 08:21, 11 September 2008 (EDT)
 * No problem, and I honestly can't remember the first time. (I clash with so many people. ;-) ) It's not so much the discussions themselves that annoys me, but rather that people never seem to question their acquired assumptions about the period at all. -- 08:28, 11 September 2008 (EDT)
 * What's this about reading books by historians? I read Jacques LeGoff (?) as a child, didn't like it and dismissed medieval times alltogether. Instead many years after I was hooked by a book written... by a newspaper reporter :-P Not to say about Umberto Eco's fictional book, Il Nome della Rosa. P.S. I am one of those annoying people above. Editor at CPLiar at RP! 08:59, 11 September 2008 (EDT)
 * My assumptions were based on The Sleepwalkers by Arthur Koestler which is a marvelous read but more and more I'm finding that he got it wrong. For example he described Kopernicus's De Revolutionibus as The Book Nobody Read whereas recently Owen Gingerich has completely debunked that. Silver Sloth 09:08, 11 September 2008 (EDT)
 * Ed, it's unfortunately true that many historians couldn't write compelling prose if their tenure depended on it (and it doesn't, which may be a significant part of the problem). However, what I'm complaining about is the general assumption that just because a person is qualified in a certain field, he or she is also qualified to write the history of that field. This means that you've had officers writing military history, doctors writing medical history, economists writing economic history, and scientists writing the history of science. Sometimes such works can be good, but much more often, they're pretty bad, often because the author doesn't know how to place the work in the historical context or how to use and interpret the sources. Eco gets it, though. But then, he's a semiotician, which is practically the same as a historian. ;-) -- 09:45, 11 September 2008 (EDT)
 * Incidentally Bugler seems to have been listening to your persuasive arguments about the achievements of the early middle ages.  w easeLOId [[Image: Weaselly.jpg|15px]]~ 10:54, 11 September 2008 (EDT)
 * Interesting point about history in one's field. For sure if I were ever to write a history book, it would be on Renaissance or Napoleonic Warfare or on the Cossacks before and after the Russian Revolution, not about Carnot or Watt or the history of engineering unless my Renaissance book focuses on Leonardo . Editor at CPLiar at RP! 11:23, 11 September 2008 (EDT)

So be it!
Admit that L is amazing. 07:36, 12 September 2008 (EDT)
 * Thank you, I will. In yet other news, I believe it is your move in the Big Epixxorz Song Contest. -- 07:29, 12 September 2008 (EDT)
 * I wish you wouldn't rush me. Anyway, here goes nothing... 07:35, 12 September 2008 (EDT)
 * That's a pretty blatant case of comment forgery you've got going there. I'm impressed. -- 07:43, 12 September 2008 (EDT)
 * I like to think that that's how the conversation would have gone if you'd been entirely open about your adoration of L [[image:nods.gif]] 07:46, 12 September 2008 (EDT)
 * Indeed, counterfactual history can be a tricky field, especially if your assumtions are flawed. -- 07:57, 12 September 2008 (EDT)
 * Yes, it was a mistake to think you could be open about this deeply cherished infatuation of yours :(
 * Actually, I was originally going to choose another Arcade Fire video(Laika!), but I thought I would probably be penalised for that kind of thing. Leave it to the Nightwish fans, I always say :nods: 08:09, 12 September 2008 (EDT)
 * That's a good thing to say. I think. I guess it depends on exactly what it is that should be left to the Nightwish fans. Anyway, I haven't watched your new video yet, since I'm at work and they have little appreciation for such things here. -- 08:23, 12 September 2008 (EDT)
 * Actually, I'm going to change my submission now, so it's lucky for me that you haven't seen it yet. This is what happens when you rush me! :P
 * You still working at the L Adoration Centre? Do they still have Jellyfish Fridays? 08:58, 12 September 2008 (EDT)
 * I'm pleased to take this opportunity to establish in no uncertain terms that I have never worked at any such "L Adoration Centre", nor would I if such an establishment actually existed. Incidentally, Monday will be my last day at my actual job. That feels a little strange.


 * Your song submission is most perplexing. I had just gotten confortable with the idea that you were completely devoid of any taste in music whatsoever, and then you put forward a song which actually has some merit. Although I do like Space Oddity better (Not a submission, just for illustration). -- 11:35, 12 September 2008 (EDT)
 * How much would I have to pay you to work at the L Adoration Centre, then? How about 500 Danemarks?
 * Please haggle.
 * Space Oddity rambles too much. And even if it were perfectly focused, it would still be vastly inferior to Life On Mars :P 12:02, 12 September 2008 (EDT)
 * Depends. How much is a Danemark worth in an internationally recognized currency? And is that per hour? -- 12:29, 12 September 2008 (EDT)
 * You probably call it the krone, or something like that. And it would be a one-off payment for accepting the position. After that you would receive standard pay. 12:55, 12 September 2008 (EDT)
 * Oh, I see - sort of a headhunt bonus. In that case, you're probably looking at at least one month's salary in advance, which is about 30000 DKK (ca. £3175) plus a 10% markup to reflect my incredible awesomeness and level of skill. I'm also available on a freelance basis - in that case, prices obviously vary according to the nature of the work. -- 13:20, 12 September 2008 (EDT)
 * Now look here Adrian -- can I call you Adrian? -- this isn't headhunting per se, as there's nothing preventing you from continuing to work for the Danish Museum of AKjeldsen (or wherever it is, I forget) at the same time that you're working for us. I think 500 DKK is more than reasonable, under the circumstances. I'll throw in a few pokemon cards, alright? Don't say I never do anything for you. 13:30, 12 September 2008 (EDT)
 * I think I would like to know a little more about the nature of this position before we continue these negotiations. -- 13:47, 12 September 2008 (EDT)
 * Your duties would be primarily to adore L, and secondarily to express or demonstrate adoration towards him and/or his person. Happily, only the second part is mandatory ^_^ 14:05, 12 September 2008 (EDT)
 * I see. I assume there's some sort of quota I'd have to fulfill? And what is the "standard pay" for this? -- 14:08, 12 September 2008 (EDT)
 * As far as quotas go, you must achieve the level of "smitten" or higher. You will be paid in elfin gold. 14:17, 12 September 2008 (EDT)
 * Um...
 * I'll think about it, but the projects have simply been heaping up lately, so I can't promise anything. You know how it is.
 * Don't call me. I'll call you. -- 14:24, 12 September 2008 (EDT)