tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post858960049106691993..comments2023-06-15T11:59:39.572-04:00Comments on DYVERS: The Problem with Your Theory Begins with You Opening Your MouthDyvershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06032957275132817602noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post-60090968623446135202014-05-15T01:53:49.119-04:002014-05-15T01:53:49.119-04:00I had always been under the impression that your i...I had always been under the impression that your initial dealings with both of them were based on their places within the OSR and how seriously each of them took themselves, but after reading your comment I realize I was wrong. You're absolutely right, comparing the two of them in that light is incorrect. Sorry about that. Dyvershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06032957275132817602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post-60292505775699363252014-05-15T01:47:37.583-04:002014-05-15T01:47:37.583-04:00More important things to worry about I suppose . ....More important things to worry about I suppose . . .Dyvershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06032957275132817602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post-37527390440445365082014-05-14T23:41:04.398-04:002014-05-14T23:41:04.398-04:00My attacks on Jeff began as horseplay -- I made ji...My attacks on Jeff began as horseplay -- I made jibes and silly taunts because I knew he would take them with the humor intended. And he did and would either respond in kind, or with self-deprecating humor. That was, like two years ago and more.<br /><br />Since then I've noticed a change in Jeff, although probably he's not changed much and I'm just disappointed in losing him to Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post-63576071253358382062014-05-14T22:03:48.885-04:002014-05-14T22:03:48.885-04:00I just wonder why this sort of culture never flour...I just wonder why this sort of culture never flourished in Colombia's gaming community.Ochoahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05943203890342605898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post-56106991948270984522014-05-14T21:24:36.164-04:002014-05-14T21:24:36.164-04:00Interpretive dance in Dyvers! Interpretive dance I...Interpretive dance in Dyvers! Interpretive dance I say Dyvershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06032957275132817602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post-76835156727517183112014-05-14T20:29:37.592-04:002014-05-14T20:29:37.592-04:00cool how this thread has become what the original ...cool how this thread has become what the original post is about. That my friends is art.Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12793781986788315513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post-31497489326464053202014-05-14T20:08:27.221-04:002014-05-14T20:08:27.221-04:00" Post much hate mail on your political websi..." Post much hate mail on your political website, do you?"<br /><br />I don't have a political website Alexis, I write a D&D blog. If you managed to read enough to manifest an informed opinion instead of lashing out you would have noticed that was the case. <br /><br />"Instead, they seem to be contrived to justify your presumptive arrogance in being able to know the Dyvershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06032957275132817602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post-68076654265706987012014-05-14T18:34:07.070-04:002014-05-14T18:34:07.070-04:00Nice. As a politician, you've started with in...Nice. As a politician, you've started with insulting all my readers.<br /><br />You should know, I have quite a lot of readers who don't comment at all. I also get a lot of hate mail. Post much hate mail on your political website, do you?<br /><br />Politics is about getting the MOST people on your side. Most people think viscerally. Visceral thinking is useless to me. It would be Alexis Smolenskhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10539170107563075967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post-81727573178903576852014-05-14T16:38:33.983-04:002014-05-14T16:38:33.983-04:00"I only mention it because I get comments tha..."I only mention it because I get comments that tell me all the time that they are swayed."<br /><br />That's because your blog has slowly but surely been culled to the point where you only allow sycophants to comment. All other dissenting voices are either dismissed as intellectually incompetent jag-offs or deleted. It's one of the things that I dislike about your blog because Dyvershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06032957275132817602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post-53414798371949722022014-05-14T16:21:43.700-04:002014-05-14T16:21:43.700-04:00You know they're not? Have you met all these ...You know they're not? Have you met all these people? Do you have paper that entitles you to speak for them? I only mention it because I get comments that tell me all the time that they are swayed. But you know best. You know the interior workings of their minds so well, you can tell me for sure that they're intimidated and not swayed. You must tell me how you manage this, Charles.Alexis Smolenskhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10539170107563075967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post-69243134172483326772014-05-14T13:01:25.412-04:002014-05-14T13:01:25.412-04:00When you are being a dick people are not swayed by...When you are being a dick people are not swayed by your arguments. They may be cowed into agreeing with you for the time being but their opinions are not changed by your boorish behavior. Dyvershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06032957275132817602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post-84278708012323827072014-05-13T15:57:25.163-04:002014-05-13T15:57:25.163-04:00First, it's protocol. Then name calling. Not...First, it's protocol. Then name calling. Nothing unpredictable here.Alexis Smolenskhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10539170107563075967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post-16574550201028119892014-05-13T14:02:54.702-04:002014-05-13T14:02:54.702-04:00I like you. You're silly.I like you. You're silly.Adam Dicksteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04840144928096089178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post-44375009361935107372014-05-13T11:14:42.568-04:002014-05-13T11:14:42.568-04:00Charles, I am a dick all the time. And people are...Charles, I am a dick all the time. And people are swayed by my arguments all the time. So that is a non-sequitur in my experience.Alexis Smolenskhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10539170107563075967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post-36054536733558537572014-05-13T11:13:02.375-04:002014-05-13T11:13:02.375-04:00Right there, Barking, is my point. ". . . bu...Right there, Barking, is my point. ". . . but how you say it." You're concerned with cosmetics. The way you would like someone to "say it" is quite obvious. You want them to substantially agree with you while disagreeing.<br /><br />Thus, no one argues with you.Alexis Smolenskhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10539170107563075967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post-66696278301330482462014-05-13T09:55:47.451-04:002014-05-13T09:55:47.451-04:00"Be a dick and you will rarely find someone w..."Be a dick and you will rarely find someone who will be swayed by your argument."<br /><br />True story.Dyvershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06032957275132817602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post-60797151874594509872014-05-13T09:13:16.497-04:002014-05-13T09:13:16.497-04:00Wow. It must have been major 'cause...I don...Wow. It must have been major 'cause...I don't remember it at all.<br /><br />I think the key, IMHO, and what I get out of both your comment above Alex and Charles' article, is that it's not what you say, but how you say it.<br /><br />Be a dick and you will rarely find someone who will be swayed by your argument.<br /><br />I like to think I am a very open minded, non-judgemental,Adam Dicksteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04840144928096089178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post-26790284330781054142014-05-13T05:09:42.109-04:002014-05-13T05:09:42.109-04:00"This is something we usually abide in realit..."This is something we usually abide in reality, because we don't expect to shut down a real, breathing person with condemnation for their personality without in turn exposing ourselves somehow."<br /><br />In my area of the country we call that consequences. When some jerk says something that goes over the line you are obliged to knock him up side his head. It's what prevents Dyvershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06032957275132817602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post-12450228802267738452014-05-13T05:04:57.136-04:002014-05-13T05:04:57.136-04:00You could just be doing it right! :)You could just be doing it right! :)Dyvershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06032957275132817602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post-18226122681880596242014-05-13T05:04:16.333-04:002014-05-13T05:04:16.333-04:00I've found that YDIS has a tendency to find th...I've found that YDIS has a tendency to find things that should be a concern to all of us before anyone else is even talking about them. Like their <a href="http://yourdungeonissuck.wordpress.com/2013/12/05/monte-cook-took-your-money-but-he-doesnt-want-you-fucking-sub-humans-talking-to-him-with-your-goddamn-bullshit/" rel="nofollow">comments about Monte Cook and his bullshit statement</a> overDyvershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06032957275132817602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post-48936637146433269482014-05-13T04:59:02.429-04:002014-05-13T04:59:02.429-04:00"I think sometimes as the writers of these bl..."I think sometimes as the writers of these blogs we look for the troll in every question, and it may be a mistake."<br /><br />Absolutely, my friend. As a whole we're all putting ourselves out there. You, me, Alexis - all of us. We're taking the time out of our days and lives to reveal our inner thoughts and workings to a wider world that may just turn a deaf ear to us, or it Dyvershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06032957275132817602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post-44572860903154722652014-05-13T04:54:25.406-04:002014-05-13T04:54:25.406-04:00"What I have repeatedly said is that 'fun..."What I have repeatedly said is that 'fun' is not enough. We design things by working on them. Work isn't fun. It is pleasure. People don't seem to be able to tell the difference between those two things."<br /><br />I completely disagree with you on the work isn't fun thing. I not only find work a pleasurable experience I find it quite fun. I enjoy the hell out of Dyvershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06032957275132817602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post-76068608455893385662014-05-13T04:50:07.995-04:002014-05-13T04:50:07.995-04:00"I have argued Religion and Politics online a..."I have argued Religion and Politics online ad nauseum. And I have to say, what a waste of time. The only benefit of all of that wasted time and energy is that it eventually lead me to learning a thing or two about the world I thought I lived in."<br /><br />That's the only benefit that I recieved from doing the same thing. I used to spend way, way, way, too much time doing the sameDyvershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06032957275132817602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post-30344727117639767472014-05-12T22:07:21.583-04:002014-05-12T22:07:21.583-04:00I did try arguing with you once, Barking, but from...I did try arguing with you once, Barking, but from the outset you made it so thoroughly clear that you took umbrage at my demeanor, my expression and my candor that I ceased having anything to say about your points.<br /><br />One of the difficulties in expressing disagreement is that it stems from discontent with the merit or substance of the opinion that has been stated. This is something we Alexis Smolenskhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10539170107563075967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post-65712278516190857432014-05-12T19:52:15.304-04:002014-05-12T19:52:15.304-04:00I had disagreed with numerous posts by numerous bl...I had disagreed with numerous posts by numerous bloggers, got into somewhat heated discussions, but never anything you could call a full blown argument (unless I'm forgetting something, which is possible).<br /><br />Likewise, you could scroll the comments of every post I've ever made and you will almost never find anyone arguing with me, though many have disagreed.<br /><br />I guess I Adam Dicksteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04840144928096089178noreply@blogger.com