I'm not a big fan of the "Bullshit statement." -> "I may be trolling" approach. He is still spreading misinformation that people here may believe as true.
The guy weighs in on the opposite side of something that is common knowledge, then says you should check what I'm saying because I could be fibbing, oh and I'm famous for having a bias against the side I've just disfavoured — and you reach that conclusion?
If I were a cynic I'd say both you and he were trolling, but I rather think he was just taking the mickey and it's turned into a rather droll black comedy.
I think Zed is a good guy. He is certainly civil in person and tends to have well thought out arguments. I was surprised by the claim without any data to back it up. I missed the whole implicit common knowledge part. I thought people were trying to defend his statement.
> it's turned into a rather droll black comedy.
I'll defer to you on this one. I wasn't intending on being a troll, so sorry if it turned out that way.
I'm just annoyed that I was getting downvoted over what I thought were valid questions.
It figures you downvoted me. You will probably downvote this one too.
I was sort of thinking about it, and I realized you were screwing with me. It's sortof humorous and dickish (sorry douchey is more appropriate) at the same time.
I don't hate you, but it's not how I would conduct myself, especially if somebody is obviously ignorant over a certain context of discussion.
> second rather uncouth one
I thought it was appropriate. I could have been more high-brow about it, but why bother? You would have downvoted me anyway and would not have been any more sympathetic. It certainly made me feel better.
Also using lmgtfy, classy! (I had another comment but decided I didn't want to get downvoted twice by you, so I merged it).
It figures you downvoted me. You will probably downvote this one too.
So that's what concerned you. The points don't matter. Seriously, they don't mean anything and certainly shouldn't change the way you interact with people. Particularly as you don't know who is doling out the points.