On Fri, 4 Jun 2021 18:38:45 -0000 (UTC), Mike Duffy >
wrote:

>On Fri, 04 Jun 2021 11:39:06 -0400, Michael Trew wrote:
>
>> Then again, I suppose another purpose of Usenet is to harass others...
>
>As one Michael (offically) to another:
>
>Usenet is the last vestige of another time. The social norms that have
>evolved into it could never have been predicted nor even be reported on
>current 'fake' news lest it would be seen as self-fulfilling prophecy.
>
>To wit, this, the melodious self-assured hinting of narcissistic style
>coupled with fatalistic overtones only possible by someone who has 'done
>the time'.
>
>Compare this to new three, two & one (I kid you not) acronyms on youths
>enthralled with thumb-texting phone apps.
>
>
>Sometimes, the gangstalkee has actually asked for a clever comeback in
>the guise of a deftly-worded riposte.
>
>But more often, especially in the case of bone-headed trolls that only
>have a few seconds so they can jump in on every thread, something said in
>such *invited* jest is either misinterpreted as disrespect, or, for the
>trolls, maliciously decried as so just to humiliate the author. It's easy
>afterwards to just say 'I was kidding', &c.
>
>
>To finish off vaguely on topic for food, my wife & I have started to have
>vague ideas of moving at some time in the future. I am currently
>beginning the planning phase by slowly drinking my liquor cabinet empty.
>I started with the re-bottled stuff that came in bottles to high for the
>cabinet; currently I'm on Galliano.
Ask them, theyre here. "You can stop saying that now. Thank you."
--
Not Dave Smith.