So, the people who behave mean and belittling don't ruin the discussion, it's the people who think mean behavior should be confronted. That doesn't add up. Sounds like a convenient rationalization to excuse mean behavior.

Of course they don't. This is an internet message board, so there's no difficulty like in real life when people talk over each other. There's even a handy ignore function so you don't even have to scroll past big long annoying posts.

There is literally no reason two (or more) people can't have a mutual conversation with almost no distractions from people they consider trolls.

That's not correct. Its just seems simple to you because you like over-simplifying things.

Not only does A not know how serious B is but usually some of the C,D... that A thinks are taking it seriously seem to be taking B seriously.

Lol, if both A and B think they're taking it seriously - let them talk. Interjecting yourself adds nothing of value.

Edit: In fact it just seems condescending that you think you know more than A about how serious B is being.

I wouldn't do that but there may be a case for telling unsuspecting posters who get FLYed that its 'normal' for fly to behave like that.

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Try reading it again. Its from the perspective of person A. A can't interject between A and B.

From your perspective, which I recall from your previous post you take delight in people being mean towards other people in certain circumstances

From a variety of other perspectives, such as new users, your perspective maybe too narrowly suited and self-serving.

Chez, man you are not good at the reading or the logic.

We were talking about a person C interjecting themselves into A and B. Like Foldn did above - talking about he really wanted to have this interesting conversation but someone else was ruining.

It's pretty simple. Stop bitching about the person you think is ruining it and engage with the person you want to engage with.

If the person you want to engage with still wants to talk to the person you think is trolling - then thats their business and you should STFU.

I don't see what you're getting at, I couldn't understand the mindset. I still have issues with it. Teenage pregnancy is a detrimental thing in my eyes. I don't see what's so controversial about that position.

I didn't call her a bad person over it.

Meh, it's kind of stupid that it's good advice here. Then again, it's probably good advice IRL too, not to bring up sensitive/controversial/personal issues with strangers. People are always so concerned with intentions. "Hey, random black guys smoking menthols. I've literally never seen a black guy smoke any other type of cigarette. Why is that?" ...could be taken wrong in a lot of crowds

In so far as I think people with stupid/ignorant/disingenuous positions deserve to be mocked. Sure. That has nothing to do with your point though that people like this ruin your conversation. Ignore those people you think are being mean and move on.

The best part of this post here is JJ playing the role of party C calling people stupid and telling people to STFU. Talk about bad logic and sensibility.

Oh and we can't ignore JJ's posts. Stick a fork in it.

No I'm not. I'm engaging in the discussion I want to have. Notice how I ignore vast amounts of your gibberish, because I couldn't care less what you think about most things.

No, you merely called her "stupid," in possession of a "ghetto mentality," and a bad mother. That whole thread is about you looking down on people.

You responded to my post and you just misread it. Its also not a simple matter of C interjecting between A and B

This is a multi-way conversation. Stop oversimplifying it.

As well as the irony, I don't have your genius, I don't even know if your last few posts have been a genuine attempt to communicate or trolling. Sometimes in non-simple worlds it can be both and even a few more things.

So you are proud to lack curiosity and to demean other people's ideas as gibberish? Fits the profile of someone who delights in being mean towards other people.

It is unlikely you ignored that I have posted several times that I am working on improving my language use capability due to having some unexpected difficulty beyond my control. I say only a true dickhead would demean a person's effort in this regard. If the shoe fits...

I don't know what you're smoking, but zikzak is one of the trolls. Hes just not a douche about it.

Some mean people on the internet are trollish attention whores. Your preferred tactics may not be the best way to engage those sorts of people.

Spanky/jj feud is an exciting new development.

Yeah, but that's total BS. Might work in an AMA thread, but normal threads are a group effort, and the dialogue of the thread will follow the group. One person ignoring the troll doesn't help a damned thing when five other people (possibly trolls themselves) respond. The conversation will move in that direction no matter what you do. There are basically two solutions. One is for moderators to do something about it. The other is to jump ship and start a new thread about what you actually want to talk about and hope the trolls don't follow. Of course, in some forums, the moderators not only won't help but they'll even merge the new on topic thread with the old detailed thread and troll themselves. No point even trying to engage in a real discussion in such a forum.

Spank's best counter-strategy would be to