I think StephenBuckley has a point though. Kleinbl00 didn't really enunciate his stance in his post very well, and it made it sound like he only tipped because he had to (with the implication that he doesn't tip very well either). If you want an academic and intelligent discussion about something, you really ought to post something beyond "It's stupid, I hate it, fuck that".
>> you really ought to post something beyond "It's stupid, I hate it, fuck that" You should have a look at who has commented on this discussion, how much, and when. I suspect some people around here are just getting their panties in a bunch when someone says "fuck". But I could be wrong about that, maybe there is a reason for the knee-jerk hostility towards kleinbl00. He has claimed repeatedly that he tips, and tips well.
Well from this thread, it seems like kleinbl00 was being hostile. I thought his originally comment didn't appear very thoughtful (again the "It's stupid, I hate it, fuck that" thing), and Velociraptor posted a video that I thought was meant to be humorous. I understand that kleinbl00 would take offense to that, since the person he is being equated to is cast in a bad light, but he responds with: It's just that "That's stupid, I hate it, fuck that" isn't an academic objection. And we don't lack the attention span to see the difference, just that kleinbl00 didn't take the time to actually make a stance and really differentiate himself. I don't know what you were referring to about who has commented on this discussion, how much, etc. Maybe I'm just missing something.I'm not interfering with other people's business and causing a scene over a dollar - I'm lodging an academic objection to an institution I take exception to. It's not at all related, it's just that you lack the attention span to see the difference.
Really? You can't browse the discussion and see all those paragraphs he has written? Do you expect him to repeat himself because you can't be bothered to scroll down a little?
Hey, mind taking a step back a little? I'm not really for arguing on the internet. No, I can browse the discussion and I don't expect him to repeat himself. Now, mind explaining what you want me to look for or do you just want to keep trying to pick a fight?
Look, I'm not trying to pick a fight, but it is obvious that kleinbl00 has written a lot of words on this thread - thoughtful words, wherein he explains several times that it's NOT because he's cheap. SB comes in and says (without looking at the discussion, apparently) that he "ought to post something beyond "it's stupid, I hate it"". (which he HAD ALREADY DONE). Seems clear to me that SB is the one who is not contributing to this discussion - the very thing he's accused KB of (in addition to telling him "not to be a dick about it"). I called him on it, and you're defending him - you think he had a point, I guess, because KB was being mean or something. I guess maybe you missed the meanness in what SB said, and his link. Did I miss anything?
Right, and we get his point now. I just think he really should have made an effort to do that in his first post, because that sort of comment garners this sort of response.
At the time SB chimed in, KB had already written several long paragraphs, and there were fewer than a dozen comments total, then - so it wasn't difficult to see who was shotgun-commenting and who was not. But I see your point, and it seems that there is also deeper context between commenters here, which I'm not aware of - some bad blood or something. Sorry to have come across as confrontational. Writing in haste; I should have tempered my words a little better. Cheers.