No one ever debates with me.

Chagen

It's very annoying being treated like a toddler and just having everyone ignore any statement I make without even refuting it.

All Nines

It seems to me, from what I've seen, that it's not so much that it's impossible to debate with you, as much as it is that you always respond in a manner that is aggravating to some, to the point where people get fed up with trying to explain their view on a subject. Most of the time when this happens, it's because you get all melodramatic and unreasonable, or you show that you're going to be easy to provoke.

I might be getting mixed up due to sleep deprivation or whatever (scratch that, that excuse is for pussies. It's only 1:30 in the morning), so correct me if I'm wrong.

Anything in particular you wanna debate? I can try to go along with it (keyword "try"), since I don't have much else to do besides sleep, and fuck that guy, right?

glennmagusharvey

IJBM: Fucking sleep.

DYRE

Shouldn't you like being treated like a toddler?

Chagen

Only when I want to be. Which is not all the time.

Longfellow

We all want and not want to be treated like a toddler at times...

CommandoDude

How many times have you likened me to Hitler again?

If you want to be taken seriously, you should avoid making melodramatic and fallacious arguments. Then crying foul when people call you out on it.

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Being treated like a toddler? By who, Waltzy? Because I think there are far too many people who waste kindness on toddlers.

Also DID I HEAR SEE THE WORD FALLACY? (well, technically no, but...)

(by the way guys does anyone know if ignore...anythings work here.)

snowbull

I think DYRE had an ignore thing set up.

All Nines

^^ http://itjustbugsme.com/forums/discussion/1890/worrying-that-people-might-have-me-on-their-ignore-list

Post 9 by DYRE

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how the fuck do I use that

is it one of them fancy firefox scripts

-using chrome-

Chagen

Shit, I'm already being ignored?

nohaynicklibre

Hey guys do you remember that Chagen guy? Because I sure don't.

Myrmidon

Look, people can't respond to threads about your messed-up borderline abusive family life, because they're too busy dealing with important issues like Vorpy counting to nineteen.

nohaynicklibre

Hey Chagen, at least your threads get some responses. I'm lucky if one of mine gets to 10

RedEyedAbyss

"Look, people can't respond to threads about your messed-up borderline abusive family life, because they're too busy dealing with important issues like Vorpy counting to nineteen."

It's because we can actually have an effect on Vorpy counting to 19.

Myrmidon

Don't be a dick, Worm. Chagen isn't Tnu.

MousaThe14

Now why would  I want to debate with you when history has shown you have this frightening tendency to turn every little comment or disagreement into a personal attack and turn any argument into an aggravating "ALL ABOUT ME! YOU DUN UNDERSTAND" thread that should be put down with extreme prejudice.

While I can admit you have gotten better about this, I'm not going to hold my breath. Time is all that is necessary.

snowbull

^^Are you suggesting we can change Chagen's family life?

Myrmidon

I'd like to note that my previous post was an attack on the Bull Moose party.

Gelzo

In several cases it's difficult for me to either respect Chagen's view on things or expect him to listen to reason. This doesn't make me all that excited about the prospect of debating him.

LouieW

Chagen,
It's very annoying being treated like a toddler and just having everyone ignore any statement I make without even refuting it.

I would be willing to debate you if you want (on a specific topic in some other thread), but unfortunately I am not very skilled at debating so you might not find it that enjoyable.

I understand that it can be pretty difficult to get other people to actually pay attention to what someone says, especially if people already read their preconceived ideas of who that person is into his or her posts. Ultimately, I think that kind of thing can really be out of one's control. Still, I believe that one can sometimes change people's minds if one tries hard enough.

I am not totally sure about this, but maybe a good idea would be to try to gather a good deal of expertise on a specific issue so you can present a stronger and more in-depth argument about it. I think that might help attract some more serious attention to that argument. Sorry, I am not quite sure if you have already done that. I suppose that if you have, my "advice" might be pretty useless.