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Part of my inherent nerd-dom is that I enjoy tabletop wargaming, thanks to some bad choices as a young teenager, a little disposable income as a young adult and a brain that soaks up 'fantasy' like an axolotl eating a fish-food pellet (look it up if you need the visual reference...)
And so, within my now ageing brain rattle details that nobody cares about, and that have exactly zero effect in any real-life circumstance. Thanks brain! ... Within this mess, I include my contemplation of how machine-guns are portrayed in the game Battletech. It is with some annoyance I find myself at the wrong end of how these are perceived at large. But, it's annoying enough that I shall now go into a lengthy internet-bound diatribe detailing my upset on the matter.
Set in a fantasy future in which technological progression is halted by the spread and politic of humanity among a (widely spread) universe. Huge, stompy, gun-toting robots aka "mechs" (battlemechs) are a de facto way of ending future-space arguments.
But then comes "The Machine-Gun"... and here's where I differ greatly from nearly all flavours of Battletech machine-gun I'd seen put into video games, and from that, posted into the mind of players everywhere.
Too often, the machine gun is depicted, or enacted as though it were a trusty modern heavy machine gun probably around 12.7mm / 50 cal. in format and with that familiar thuuba-thuuba-thuuba noise associated to such weapons...
Well, in my head, this is just wrong... plain and simple, just, well... not right. It's the FUTURE... and also, the image of a 'machine-gun' in the reference materials looks like this:-
And to me it meshes well with the fact that in the canon (pun intended) of the fantasy universe that is Battletech, machine guns are supposed to be very fast firing, primarily anti-infantry defence weapons but (and it is a big but...) they are also supposed to be able to just about cause damage to some of the most highly armoured fighting machines ever made... And to me... a minigun has far more potential to find a weaker spot, an exposed gap or even just through impact tear away armour more so than a less lead-spewey weapon.
More so, I would hesitate on a side of caution to state that the weapons of the Mechwarrior sci-fi are more developed than any modern equivalent. I could guess that such a multi-barrelled weapon would likely be akin to the weapons we see on out attack helicoptors or even the ship-bound air-defence weapons...
All while firing some sci-fi armour-piercing tipped bullets of doom. It also follows that in the lore of battletech, one ton of ammo (including the cases and load-feed mechanisms) can fire a machine gun 200 times... Warning BORING MATHS AHEAD...
I would postulate the following;
And so, one ton of bullets, being 200 "shots" would allow each "shot" to be around 100 bullets of fire-effect. This means one ton is actually loading around 20,000 rounds. This would also make more logistic sense of scale in the 'fitting' of the ammo into the mech.
200 bullets can easily be carried by one guy in a small plastic bag, but 20,000 rounds, well that would require specialised ammo bins with enough ammo in them to be 'impressive' in a mecha sci-fi scale.
And so, this rant closes as I frown at the many computer games which portray an underwhelming concept of a firearm. When I shoot a machine-gun from my 10 meter tall death-robot, I want whatever is in-front of me to understand that fact and not just laugh at an impotent pea-shooter.
Credits: Sounds from-
And so, within my now ageing brain rattle details that nobody cares about, and that have exactly zero effect in any real-life circumstance. Thanks brain! ... Within this mess, I include my contemplation of how machine-guns are portrayed in the game Battletech. It is with some annoyance I find myself at the wrong end of how these are perceived at large. But, it's annoying enough that I shall now go into a lengthy internet-bound diatribe detailing my upset on the matter.
ELI5: Battletech-
Machine Guns
Along with lasers, and other 'future' weaponry, mech's have an array of more conventional ballistic weapons. Most are akin to what our modern battle-tanks might have, be it a 30mm automated cannon or a 280mm howitzer style weapon. These are easy for my minds-eye to envision as I get heated and excited mid game as we players discuss the battlefield carnage attempting to bring a cinematic edge to what otherwise boils down to grown men rolling dice and filling out a spread sheet.But then comes "The Machine-Gun"... and here's where I differ greatly from nearly all flavours of Battletech machine-gun I'd seen put into video games, and from that, posted into the mind of players everywhere.
Too often, the machine gun is depicted, or enacted as though it were a trusty modern heavy machine gun probably around 12.7mm / 50 cal. in format and with that familiar thuuba-thuuba-thuuba noise associated to such weapons...
Listen to some dakka:
Well, in my head, this is just wrong... plain and simple, just, well... not right. It's the FUTURE... and also, the image of a 'machine-gun' in the reference materials looks like this:-
I'm gonna need more Cowbell...
Now, as impressive as it might be hearing a 'machine-gun' slowly shouting pop-pop-pop. In my mind, and in my opinion, far more impressive/fear inducing is the BRRRAAAAAAAP of seevral hundred rounds all being spat out in near simultaneous succession.
More audio dakka:
And to me it meshes well with the fact that in the canon (pun intended) of the fantasy universe that is Battletech, machine guns are supposed to be very fast firing, primarily anti-infantry defence weapons but (and it is a big but...) they are also supposed to be able to just about cause damage to some of the most highly armoured fighting machines ever made... And to me... a minigun has far more potential to find a weaker spot, an exposed gap or even just through impact tear away armour more so than a less lead-spewey weapon.
More so, I would hesitate on a side of caution to state that the weapons of the Mechwarrior sci-fi are more developed than any modern equivalent. I could guess that such a multi-barrelled weapon would likely be akin to the weapons we see on out attack helicoptors or even the ship-bound air-defence weapons...
All while firing some sci-fi armour-piercing tipped bullets of doom. It also follows that in the lore of battletech, one ton of ammo (including the cases and load-feed mechanisms) can fire a machine gun 200 times... Warning BORING MATHS AHEAD...
I would postulate the following;
- A machine gun can be fired once in a game turn.
- One game turn lasts for 10 seconds of time.
- A rotary barrelled machine gun could expel up to around 100 bullets (not including downtime for cooling...).
And so, one ton of bullets, being 200 "shots" would allow each "shot" to be around 100 bullets of fire-effect. This means one ton is actually loading around 20,000 rounds. This would also make more logistic sense of scale in the 'fitting' of the ammo into the mech.
200 bullets can easily be carried by one guy in a small plastic bag, but 20,000 rounds, well that would require specialised ammo bins with enough ammo in them to be 'impressive' in a mecha sci-fi scale.
And so, this rant closes as I frown at the many computer games which portray an underwhelming concept of a firearm. When I shoot a machine-gun from my 10 meter tall death-robot, I want whatever is in-front of me to understand that fact and not just laugh at an impotent pea-shooter.
Some Reference Noise Dakka:
- Mechwarrior 2:
- Mechwarrior 3: I have to say... this is the closest to my liking.
- Mechwarrior 4:
- Mechwarrior 5:
Credits: Sounds from-
- https://freesound.org/
- http://soundbible.com/
- And a bunch of people on YouTube that have done sound sampling from the games...
- Oh, and then by fact of original production; the respective game dev companies that commissioned those sounds...
Wargaming Woes - Battletech
Just like anyone with an email account I get spam email. It just so happens that I have seven email accounts, each of which operates for different uses. Sadly this means I have seven spam folders, and fittingly, seven times as much spam.
For the most part, this is irrelevant, and I usually just eject the miscreant messages into the digital aether, no harm, no foul. Just occasionally, I sometimes find a nugget of interest among the pebbles and detritus of pill offers and bitcoin scams.
Not too long ago, I found an email which I ended up reading out at a live open mic poetry session, such was I taken with it. I'm not usually one to do stand up poetry, but a strange coincidence of events brought it about. And It was actually a little fun.
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Today I found a very spammy email. One which in its awfulness just made me smile. My spontaneous smile also then made me sad because I realise that no matter just how terrible the grammar, and regardless of the apparently amusing child-like written nature of the words, this email is written specifically to entice a portion of the population into clicking its included link... and I must assume, that it achieves this goal with enough success that it was worth writing and sending.
Here's the email:
If there are people that are curious enough or compelled enough by this that the click a link, one which I'm certain will not work out well. I'm baffled how we as a species even managed to successfully propagate when clearly there is a gene for utter blind, self-harming stupidity.
But, I'm a curious fellow, and I'm hopefully tech-savvy enough to bypass any potential threat so, I fire up the necessary digital precations and take a look behind the curtain. Sadly, I find nothing amazing, or even unexpected just a few popped windows for "dating" sites all of which are clearly aimed at men. Maybe If I'd followed the links there'd be an email sign up of some kind and that might be the real trap, but I'm really just not that bothered in finding out and so my interest of the email fades away.
I do however take a little joy, just from the line; "perhaps I can delight u with my stretchy butt". I mean, I know what they were intending, but that particular phrasing just makes me chuckle.
If I leave any sentiment from this waffling rant, it's this:
For the most part, this is irrelevant, and I usually just eject the miscreant messages into the digital aether, no harm, no foul. Just occasionally, I sometimes find a nugget of interest among the pebbles and detritus of pill offers and bitcoin scams.
Not too long ago, I found an email which I ended up reading out at a live open mic poetry session, such was I taken with it. I'm not usually one to do stand up poetry, but a strange coincidence of events brought it about. And It was actually a little fun.
Today I found a very spammy email. One which in its awfulness just made me smile. My spontaneous smile also then made me sad because I realise that no matter just how terrible the grammar, and regardless of the apparently amusing child-like written nature of the words, this email is written specifically to entice a portion of the population into clicking its included link... and I must assume, that it achieves this goal with enough success that it was worth writing and sending.
Here's the email:
Good day, I'm Alyssa, I'm 24 years old. It's very monotonous near to me, I wish a man to make me a pretty words:( Can U check out my romantic pics, perhaps I can delight u with my stretchy butt, considering that on all of this images I'm clothed only in very small panties. I eagerly desire to lay in the secure men's palms, I just would like U to hit my tits, lick my young kitty, take me on the table... Take a good look at my pics and write in my dating profile, don't make me wait! We can easily spend it lots more interesting ;)
[link removed]It starts quite well as far as introductions go, a little bit forward maybe, but it is an introduction without notable fault. But from the second sentence on, it's a highway crash of words and nonsense. And the fact that I have drawn the conclusion that there are people that fall for this just makes me sad for humanity
If there are people that are curious enough or compelled enough by this that the click a link, one which I'm certain will not work out well. I'm baffled how we as a species even managed to successfully propagate when clearly there is a gene for utter blind, self-harming stupidity.
But, I'm a curious fellow, and I'm hopefully tech-savvy enough to bypass any potential threat so, I fire up the necessary digital precations and take a look behind the curtain. Sadly, I find nothing amazing, or even unexpected just a few popped windows for "dating" sites all of which are clearly aimed at men. Maybe If I'd followed the links there'd be an email sign up of some kind and that might be the real trap, but I'm really just not that bothered in finding out and so my interest of the email fades away.
I do however take a little joy, just from the line; "perhaps I can delight u with my stretchy butt". I mean, I know what they were intending, but that particular phrasing just makes me chuckle.
If I leave any sentiment from this waffling rant, it's this:
STOP CLICKING ON RANDOM OR UNKNOWN LINKS!
Spam? More like Spasm...
Warning - Extreme Rant Ahead!
Okay, maybe not 'extreme' but I am going to vent. I have an issue. In fact, I have such an issue that it is other peoples' issue too. I'm sure you all have experienced, either online, or perhaps in-person a sales experience, or customer service experience in which you are politely asked to provide a feedback rating of your days' undertakings..,Well, IT'S ALL BULLSHIT.
It's bullshit form a customers perspective. It's bullshit from an employees perspective and, when you boil down the elements it's bullshit even from a corporate perspective. And here's my take on why this is.
Story time!
Here I am, Joe Bloggs at Coffee-O-Rama. I've ordered my usual, a skinny-mocha-latte-frapp with hazel syrup and a squirt of cream, y'know.. like any other sane human.I grab my drink and head to the darkest corner to plot world domination as I enjoy my beverage, I find a little card tucked under my cup... "please rate your visit" the cheery typography chimes at me. Below are three mundane questions each with a 5-star rating to tick.
Was your drink made on the shores of the forgotten lake of Nahelhotep?
Did your server renounce all worldly possessions and swear fealty to you?
Did your drink cost more than the familial income of most small countries?
Well, something along those lines.
And here's where the bullshit begins...
Bullshit Part 1 - The employee
The server, a sweaty looking teenager that has a glazed look on their face will likely have a 'Managerial feedback' process which may or may not include some actual monetary bonus based on the cumulative effect of these little cards. But, generally, and in nearly every example I've found to date... ONLY under the proviso that X% of their card feedback is all ranked as 5 out of 5And so begins the corporate shaming of any service that isn't seen as FUCKING GOD LIKE.. which in itself is a failing of a company to recognise two things...
Bullshit Part 2 - The customer
As an adult, and being capable of what I hope is rational thought, I have the ability to judge for myself how content I am by any given thing. Being stabbed by an angry and confused meth-fueled-mouse: not so happy about. Being given a shoulder rub by an attractive lady: Pretty happy about. It's not a linear scale, nor does it have a defined frame of reference but sufficed to say I can inwardly decide if I'm happy or unhappy.And so, a coffee, which required that I take out a mortgage while enjoyable isn't about to have me writhing on the floor in ecstasy. As a customer I have to be aware of certain things, my role in the transaction is to be 'happy' with the outcome.
Most transactions occur without incident and would as an impartial reference be considered 'the norm' - and so in marking the card, I see 1-star as a terrible experience and 5-star being a very good or even extraordinary experience. That means that my mundane morning coffee acquisition which went just fine can only be seen as a 3, perhaps 4 if I'm in a good mood.
BUT WAIT... I didn't mark it as 5? WHAT THE FUCK!?>! AM I CRAZY?
I know from past experience that anything other than 5 means the poor lad that served me isn't going to be up for that end of month bonus. And yet still I did it...
Well here's the thing, my experience WASN'T a 5-star experience, was I greeted politely upon entering and approaching the counter? Did they hurry me or perhaps did they offer assistance in my beverage choice? Did they clean a table for me to sit at? Did they bring my drink over to me, perhaps offer me a paper to read?
There are so many nuanced elements of interaction even in this hypothetical coffee shop that to have a 5-star experience I, as a customer, need to become cognitively aware that something has happened to elevate me from 'buying a coffee' to 'having an enjoyable experience'. if these things do not seep into my brain to be acknowledged then the server has failed to reach that 5-star...
But that doesn't mean they did a bad job, merely that they did their job as would be expected of them. especially when a lot of folks that endure these 'graded' service feedback are on unimpressive wages and have little reason to exert themselves unnecessarily, I cannot begrudge them that.
And so... In my mind, a score of 3 is just fine, the job was done, I am satisfied, the world continues to spin.
Bullshit part 3 - Corporate / Business interest
Now, I don't profess to be a business boffin (I'd be earning a fuckton more if I were) but I think I grasp the basics, please stop me If I'm wrong:Businesses want to make money
Was I close? Well anyway, I'll continue. In the process of making money a business has to be aware of how efficient it is being, what it's business practice costs financially and the potential gains of its practice. And here's where the 5-star fuckwaddery reaches an all-time peak bullshit.
Let us presume, that poor server lad is now asking that customers give 5 stars so he can get his bonus burrito, and let us assume that all customers are dullards and actually do mark 5 stars on their cards...
This, this selection of lies washes over the most fundamental ideal of business... because now, regardless if that server spat in my drink, throws it over me all while insulting my mother, I mark the card 5 stars but never return for more business...
The managers, looking at their feedback see's a clear 5-star feedback, but their losing money? "how can this be?" they bemusedly wonder?
It's because anytime a customer gives feedback, it should be exactly that their feedback. When it becomes polluted because of incentive or reprisal driven managerial details which only accepts a 5 as being 'acceptable' that feedback is no longer helpful.
Rant summing up
I apologise this was a long one, and if you made it through, thanks for bearing with me.
Let me wrap up by saying this, Customers should be allowed to have 'just okay' experiences... it's what we have most of the time. However, when good things happen, we as customers should be responsible to properly feeding it back, just the same as when something bad occurs.
Retail workers, customer service agents and the rest need to be allowed to just 'be good enough' for most of their working effort they will likely be 'good enough' and that should be okay, not something to be scolded about. But again, If an employee does go above and beyond, or if they're falling short there needs to be proper recognition of their work, good or bad.
And businesses need to take more into account when measuring their business processes. Attention needs to be paid to shortcomings and proportional congratulations or reprimands made where their employees are involved.
And so, please, rate out of 5 your blog reading experience today...
Please rate your experience...
This is a thing that's very recently annoyed me... eBay feedback beggars.
It's story-rant time folks!
So, here I am... I am Joe Shmo, the customer...
I go to buy a thing. I buy it and then after I have received it I'm asked by the dude that sold it to me (or more accurately I'm asked by the service through which the item is sold) - "hey chap, would you leave some feedback about your purchase experience so that others can know how the seller is?!"
Which is good, I think it's awesome that we the customer are granted power.
But that power is a two-way street... and involves the seller meeting their promises.
If the seller says, sure I'll deliver it on about day X ... Aand it then arrives on day X+20 (yes, nearly three weeks late) I will damn sure be marking delivery as 'poor' and perhaps even making a comment of it in the 'description'. There's even a giant button at the top which completely encompasses such occurrences... It reads: "Did this item arrive on time? [ Yes ] [ No ]"
I'm not about to lie to other potential buyers, If it arrived late I'll damn well say so. If I wasn't happy I'LL DAMN WELL SAY SO.
Now, fast forward into a world post-purchase, post-feedback-leaving world. I've moved on with my life, my eBay thingy is here, the seller has my money, the exchange is complete.
But then, what's this in my Inbox? A message...? From the seller? (aside from correcting some punctuation I copy/pasted the following verbatim- )
"Dear friends，we have received your negative feedback from eBay regarding to the following item:[cool item number here yo]
We are really sorry for all the inconvenience caused. I hope I can solve the problem for you. if there is anything I can do for help, pls let me know,
Meanwhile, it would be much appreciate if you could revise the feedback to POSITIVE one, as it is really very important for me
We sincerely look forward to hearing from you soon and sorry for any inconvenience caused.
Best regards"
First off, I'm super, super stoked that there is an apology of sorts in there (I mean it, apologies are in short supply these days, regardless of sincerity the fact it's there is good stuff).
But, with apology accepted... I reply to them that No, I shall not change my feedback, to do so would be lying. I had rated the 'dispatch time' as poor because of a THREE WEEK DELAY ... And honestly, even giveing two stars out of 5 seems like I'm being kind. I guess I'm marking it as such because it did arrive, and was in one piece when it did so.
So, not only are they complaining about my accurate and IMHO, fair feedback ... but they've not even given me any or perhaps are about to give me negative feedback as some kinda blackmail bargain tool.
You know what, I think all in all I was right to mark as a negative experience, even now, well after the purchase, I'm still getting negative experience because of it.
Aaaaand /rant
TTFN peeps.
It's story-rant time folks!
So, here I am... I am Joe Shmo, the customer...
I go to buy a thing. I buy it and then after I have received it I'm asked by the dude that sold it to me (or more accurately I'm asked by the service through which the item is sold) - "hey chap, would you leave some feedback about your purchase experience so that others can know how the seller is?!"
Which is good, I think it's awesome that we the customer are granted power.
But that power is a two-way street... and involves the seller meeting their promises.
Accurate Feedback
So, when I leave NEGATIVE FEEDBACK, it is for a reason. That reason is that I am informing future customers of my experience so that they can be aware when, or before they make their purchase.If the seller says, sure I'll deliver it on about day X ... Aand it then arrives on day X+20 (yes, nearly three weeks late) I will damn sure be marking delivery as 'poor' and perhaps even making a comment of it in the 'description'. There's even a giant button at the top which completely encompasses such occurrences... It reads: "Did this item arrive on time? [ Yes ] [ No ]"
I'm not about to lie to other potential buyers, If it arrived late I'll damn well say so. If I wasn't happy I'LL DAMN WELL SAY SO.
Now, fast forward into a world post-purchase, post-feedback-leaving world. I've moved on with my life, my eBay thingy is here, the seller has my money, the exchange is complete.
But then, what's this in my Inbox? A message...? From the seller? (aside from correcting some punctuation I copy/pasted the following verbatim- )
"Dear friends，we have received your negative feedback from eBay regarding to the following item:[cool item number here yo]
We are really sorry for all the inconvenience caused. I hope I can solve the problem for you. if there is anything I can do for help, pls let me know,
Meanwhile, it would be much appreciate if you could revise the feedback to POSITIVE one, as it is really very important for me
We sincerely look forward to hearing from you soon and sorry for any inconvenience caused.
Best regards"
First off, I'm super, super stoked that there is an apology of sorts in there (I mean it, apologies are in short supply these days, regardless of sincerity the fact it's there is good stuff).
But, with apology accepted... I reply to them that No, I shall not change my feedback, to do so would be lying. I had rated the 'dispatch time' as poor because of a THREE WEEK DELAY ... And honestly, even giveing two stars out of 5 seems like I'm being kind. I guess I'm marking it as such because it did arrive, and was in one piece when it did so.
Oh There's a kicker;
After I formed this rant, but before I'd typed it all up... I went over to eBay and noted that the seller had not left me ANY feedback. Even though I paid immediately (PayPal via Android)So, not only are they complaining about my accurate and IMHO, fair feedback ... but they've not even given me any or perhaps are about to give me negative feedback as some kinda blackmail bargain tool.
You know what, I think all in all I was right to mark as a negative experience, even now, well after the purchase, I'm still getting negative experience because of it.
Aaaaand /rant
TTFN peeps.
eBay Beggars.
Anubis
Thanatos
Baron Samedi
Donn
Ankou
the Shinigami
Thanatos
Baron Samedi
Donn
Ankou
the Shinigami
Whatever you want to call them, the 'gods' of death come for us all.
Wankers...
I'm Mortal
That sucks, I've been sat quietly enjoying some 'retro' soul-funk tunes while playing a game, minding my own business.But it strikes me, I'm going to die.
And that's kinda shitty, I mean, really... after all this, I just die? That's harsh. I've had some fun times, I've got memories of people, places, events...
I can look around and see all the trinkets I've gathered thus far, my models, my computer, note pads filled with nonsense and whims, even just looking at the battered desk to my left it conjures memories... I was only just 18 or 19... young still, life throbbing excitedly in front of me.
I went places, there's a photo on my right above a window of me, sat gormlessly smiling as my mother took a picture of me I forget where, but I remember we were visiting some dull and uninspiring foreign place in blazing heat... I remember the white walls, the grey rocks...
And fuck it all.
All of this, my memories, my desires my books of nonsense, that picture, that desk - fecking everything here, this meat-body of mine included.
In the long run, it really does mean nothing.
It's infuriating, maddening and fills me with dismay that me, and hundreds, thousands... fucking MILLIONS of people before me, we've all been "here". They're gone now, I'm here.
There have likely been people sat right where I am which are no longer trotting about.
What a silly bloody thing life is.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not feeling particularly morose nor am I about to book a single ticket to a specialist clinic in Sweden. But I just can't help but realise how utterly stupid it all is.
I'm worried about my phone bill.
HOW FUCKING STUPID IS THAT!
I can contemplate my own mortality, but only so far as I can see that existence itself is a bloody joke.
It feels wasteful that I've done all these things, it feels wasteful and quite sad.
Think happy thoughts
So, let me introduce this a little...
I've been passing some of my time exposing what little knowledge I have via the medium of the website Quora. On this site, people ask questions, and others answer.
Simple! - but, in order that the site maintains an air of decorum, they moderate (quite heavily) based on a rule referred to as BNBR.
Be Nice, Be Respectful
Again, that's quite simple, some would say sensible.
However...
I find it utterly futile pandering and simpering to idiocy the site is littered with infantile and often deliberately 'troll' questions, such as "if the Earth is flat why is the sky blue?" There are many 'flat Earth' questions. And many other questions which are puerile in nature.
I find it to be utterly redundant being nice, and certainly being respectful to people that I see as either being willfully ignorant (a trait which I personally find to be quite heinous) or blatantly malicious - attempting to bait others (to cause distress) or waste their time.
In what world should I 'be nice; to someone who seeks to deliberately (or casually) make life harder for others.
Fuck them...
For every question I see with a ridiculous or offensive notion I say; FUCK THEM.
The people that genuinely invest their time, their knowledge and experience, those people deserve more respect than is given... those people deserve to not be plagued by trolls and nonsense.
I have absolutely no problem with a genuine question, one born of genuine enquiry, I'd likely go to excess in order that I might help such a person with such a question.
But I have to toe the line when I see questions like "how can you prove X god isn't real when the moon landings never actually happened!"
To those people... I want to say a big, FUCK YOU
Let me make clear that I will not be nice if I consider that your intention is malicious
Let me make clear I shall not be respectful if you lack the decency to respect others
Some ideas, some questions, deserve being disrespected, deserve that they should be called out as stupid, as idiotic and not given the same weight of importance as others.
</rant /vent>
I've been passing some of my time exposing what little knowledge I have via the medium of the website Quora. On this site, people ask questions, and others answer.
Simple! - but, in order that the site maintains an air of decorum, they moderate (quite heavily) based on a rule referred to as BNBR.
Be Nice, Be Respectful
Again, that's quite simple, some would say sensible.
However...
I find it utterly futile pandering and simpering to idiocy the site is littered with infantile and often deliberately 'troll' questions, such as "if the Earth is flat why is the sky blue?" There are many 'flat Earth' questions. And many other questions which are puerile in nature.
I find it to be utterly redundant being nice, and certainly being respectful to people that I see as either being willfully ignorant (a trait which I personally find to be quite heinous) or blatantly malicious - attempting to bait others (to cause distress) or waste their time.
In what world should I 'be nice; to someone who seeks to deliberately (or casually) make life harder for others.
Fuck them...
For every question I see with a ridiculous or offensive notion I say; FUCK THEM.
The people that genuinely invest their time, their knowledge and experience, those people deserve more respect than is given... those people deserve to not be plagued by trolls and nonsense.
I have absolutely no problem with a genuine question, one born of genuine enquiry, I'd likely go to excess in order that I might help such a person with such a question.
But I have to toe the line when I see questions like "how can you prove X god isn't real when the moon landings never actually happened!"
To those people... I want to say a big, FUCK YOU
Let me make clear that I will not be nice if I consider that your intention is malicious
Let me make clear I shall not be respectful if you lack the decency to respect others
Some ideas, some questions, deserve being disrespected, deserve that they should be called out as stupid, as idiotic and not given the same weight of importance as others.
</rant /vent>
