Just Wondering

[frapadoodle]

Just wondering, other than myself, is there someone on this or other forums/websites you would just like to say shut-up and go away?
A simple yes or no will suffice.

As an example,(besides myself), the person who is hung up on one aspect of a hobby and no matter what the thread is about, always brings up that one aspect.

 

[TallTree01]

Yes, there's this bloke on yahoo answers, and he's always telling people with 5 gallon betta tanks to try a common Pleco to deal with the algae. The sad part is evn after all the explaining me and a bunch others do, he still believes it to be good advice!

 

[Tuxyu3]

Somebody once said 'Don't argue with idiots because they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience'.​

I prefer to think of myself as looking down on them from my tower of non-idiocy and dropping bricks of knowledge upon their faces. *Sighs* I really need to get me a tower.​

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Seriously though, too many people to count are just plain annoying, one particular thing that really gets me is when they refuse to take advice and believe themselves to know more than everybody else. Just remember not to waste your time getting too hung up on it.​

 

[TallTree01]

Somebody once said 'Don't argue with idiots because they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience'.
I prefer to think of myself as looking down on them from my tower of non-idiocy and dropping bricks of knowledge upon their faces. *Sighs* I really need to get me a tower.
 
Seriously though, too many people to count are just plain annoying, one particular thing that really gets me is when they refuse to take advice and believe themselves to know more than everybody else. Just remember not to waste your time getting too hung up on it.

To accommodate all those idiots you're going to need a lot of bricks.... I can help you there.

 

[MBOU]

Yes... regularly.. though I think it would be considered very inappropriate for me to do so  

 

[the_lock_man]

Yes there is. *shudders*, Oh, and that other one *shudders again*

 

[Shelster]

Somebody once said 'Don't argue with idiots because they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience'.


Awesome!!!

 

[MBOU]

I think, though may be mistaken and too lazy to look it up.... but I think that is a Mark Twain quote...

 

[the_lock_man]

I think, though may be mistaken and too lazy to look it up.... but I think that is a Mark Twain quote...

 
Twain's quote was actually "Don't argue with idiots, as onlookers may not be able to tell the difference".

 

[Shelster]

Another good one!

 

[MBOU]

Ahh dang nammit, was wrong one! Knew he had a famous quote about idiots, cant remember if that was his.
 
In that case.. it seems people don't seem to know but it might be John Guerrero or Bob Smith LOL

 

[the_lock_man]

I did a bit of a Google, the only name I could see as being the etymology of the exact quote was "Greg King" who didn't even have his own Wiki entry. So I discounted it.
 
I suspect that someone heard the Twain quote, forgot the 2nd half, and made up something different which then stuck.

 

[frapadoodle]

But it's fun to argue with idiot's. Good for stress relief.
As to the yahoo on yahoo and the common plec in a 5 gal., well anything is possible if you don't know what you're talking about.

 

[the_lock_man]

But it's fun to argue with idiot's. Good for stress relief.
As to the yahoo on yahoo and the common plec in a 5 gal., well anything is possible if you don't know what you're talking about.

 
Does that include the "idiot" that doesn't know how to use an apostrophe properly

 
Mark Twain's best quote, and there's a good few to choose from, is "Politicians are like diapers. They need to be changed often, and for the same reason"

 

[Lunar Jetman]

Does that include the "idiot" that doesn't know how to use an apostrophe properly

Ha Ha! I always want to reply to the apostrophe "idiot" but on the occasions that I have it has gone right over their head so don't really bother now.