How to disagree

TWilson

Fun little read I thought.

"But the greatest benefit of disagreeing well is not just that it will make conversations better, but that it will make the people who have them happier. If you study conversations, you find there is a lot more meanness down in DH1 than up in DH6. You don't have to be mean when you have a real point to make. In fact, you don't want to. If you have something real to say, being mean just gets in the way."

http://www.paulgraham.com/disagree.html

Eric Chadwick

That was great. Thanks.

SouL

WHAT? NO COMMENTS?
The first thing I thought of while reading was someone has to have responded with "u r a fag!"

danr

hurray. The last bit of charm sucked from the internet

Ferg

Reginald, I do say, while I did read and understand that fine article, I do not agree with the content it espouses. Furthermore, I believe that any man foolish enough to read such a thing and apply the words to their own habits and tendancies, likely does not do any intelligent disagreement in their conversations anyway.

Poppycock and bollocks, these interweb hoodlums have no shame. Upstanding, well-read gentlemen like ourselves require no "guide" for the vulgar and often inappropriate name-calling that forms the bulk of any truly intelligent disagreement.

JKMakowka

DH7: Posting pictures of cute cats with funny writings

ElysiumGX

Per128 states that it is a great idea for us all to be fags, as seen here:

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let's all be fags, great idea

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I disagree. Per128 is an ass, of course he would say that while pretending to hint at sarcasm. He cannot properly use punctuation marks. The point is, one must be straight before considering the rewards of homosexuality. Clearly he is mistaken. And a cock. What level is this?

danr

"buy a xbox 360 or have a wank"

anyone know the number of a good t-shirt printer?

Rick Stirling

Can I not do both?

My 360 streams porn.

Anyway, internet insults are so mediocre. Boiling it down to bodily waste or sexual practices that you are too ignorant to acknowledge. Meh. Someone post the link to "When Insults Had Class"

danr

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Anyway, internet insults are so mediocre. Boiling it down to bodily waste or sexual practices that you are too ignorant to acknowledge. Meh.

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you shit right up your mum's minge and she says "ooh ooh harder". Meh, indeed

rooster

learn to spell u noob

Rick Stirling

But I am a kiddyfiddling fannywash.

Eric Chadwick

I can't believe I spend so much time here.

danr

while we're on the subject of internet insults ...

"noob"

for which read :

"you have spent less time playing this game/sat in front of a pc than me"

... and that's an insult how?

pliang

I want me 5 minutes back reading and disagreeing with people...

Sa74n

i didnt even have to click on this thread to know that per would be all over the place

ebagg

Too long, did not read. Cliffs?

Emil Mujanovic

noob = variation of newbie, someone that is new and/or inexperienced/uninformed/uneducated regarding a set topic/activity and the like.
Nothing to do with games or sitting at a PC.
I didn't read the article, but did I conform to the correct way of disagreeing?

-caseyjones

Wells

noob is a derogatory form of newb. it implies you are willfully ignorant and sciolistically caustic with no respect for your betters.

casey, you didn't threaten legal actions... so no

Emil Mujanovic

I fail
I guess that makes me a noob.

-caseyjones

dejawolf

noob isent evan an rael word u reatads!!!!11111 one one

teh dirtey seacret: u r aal fags.
btw ur spellin sux.

noobspeek ftw