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From: HenHanna <HenHanna@devnull.tb>
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Subject: Re: PTD was the most-respected of the AUE regulars ...
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On 7/22/2024 9:40 PM, Steve Hayes wrote:
> On Mon, 22 Jul 2024 12:57:39 -0700, HenHanna <HenHanna@devnull.tb>
> wrote:
> 
>> On 4/13/2024 11:33 AM, HenHanna wrote:
>>>
>>> so it seems PTD wasn't a big fish (Trump) elsewhere.
>>>
>>>
>>>   > The BIG FISH comment reminds me of a Master's thesis, I forget where,
>>>   > that analysed roles of people in newsgroups. It caused great amusement
>>>   > here (AUE) because it so badly miscategorised the roles of the
>>>   > regulars. In
>>>   > particular, it concluded that PTD was the most-respected of the AUE
>>>   > regulars, because of the many responses to him. It's true that he did
>>>   > start the most arguments.
> 


> PTD was a regular in sci.lang via Googlegroups, and suddenly jumped
> into aue as a result of something that was crossposted there.

When was that?

> 
> He became something of a notorious nuisance, a source of
> misinformation about which he was in constant dispute. He was rather a
> disruptive influence.
> 
> He could contribute useful information on topics he knew something
> about, but he became argumentative about things of which he was
> altogether ignorant.
> 
> The instance I remember most was when he denied that the town of El
> Paso, Illinois, existed, and continued to deny its existence no matter
> what evidence was put before him.
> 

                                    (thanks... i'll look that up)



       The instance I remember most was when he (PTD) opined that Most 
Chinese words consisted of 2 Chinese characters.

I and another person gave examples
            ("Wo ai ni",
                 Wood, Water, sky, river, person, paper, ...
                 Most basic words and verbs are 1-character)

but that was when  PTD  became  [quintessentially PTD].


i couldn't quite tell
       1. if he was  convinced of some fact, info, or assertion, or
       2. if he was  just being like a 5 year old boy.


_________________

Another thing i remember about him...
a few months after exchanging 100+ messages in this way...
            he didn't remember my name (HenHanna)  at all.

Was he the same way toward  AUE  regulars?