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From: Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us>
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: obs-studio, vlc
Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2024 17:02:42 -0400
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-hh wrote this copyrighted missive and expects royalties:

> On 10/28/24 11:23 AM, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:
>> -hh wrote this copyrighted missive and expects royalties:
>> 
>>> On 10/27/24 10:52 PM, DFS wrote:
>>>> On 10/27/2024 1:33 PM, Stéphane CARPENTIER wrote:
>>>>> Le 27-10-2024, chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> a écrit :
>>>>
>>>>>> There's not one thing wrong with talking about, or insulting, some
>>>>>> dumb fsck in your kill file.
>>>>>
>>>>> It's not an explanation, it's a confirmation of your pretended
>>>>> "deleted not read" messages. It's a loss of time and it proves
>>>>> that the guy you pretend to killfile is way more important to you
>>>>> than what you claim.
>>>>
>>>> shitv is pathetic.  He's been talking about me and responding to me 3rd
>>>> party from behind his killfile for 20 years.  Think about that.
>>>>
>>>> Creepy Chris Ahlstrom does the same thing, not just to me but to a
>>>> variety of 'trolls'.
>>>>
>>>> Now Bloaty's put me in double-secret probation.
>>>
>>> Everyone has their own way of coping with assholes.
>> 
>> Fixed it for you.
>
> Not really, because not everyone that one disagrees with is an asshole.

It's not a matter of disagreement. It's a matter of producing insulting trash
talk or spamming the group with falsehoods or obviously biased opinions not
recognizing the validity of the opinions of COLA denizens.

> Which is what the term "shoot the messenger" illustrates:  it describes 
> a hypocritical reaction to receiving news that one didn't like.  Even 
> though the messenger isn't responsible for what the news was:  shooting 
> the messenger is a very poor means of coping with being informed of the 
> reality which one did not like.

There's no way of shooting the messenger online. Sad.

> Nevertheless, point taken: reality includes that there's some people who 
> insist on being assholes, too.  Fortunately, most people can separate 
> the message from the messenger.

When a messenger frequently posts crap messages, one tends to believe the
messenger is crap as well.

-- 
Drinking coffee for instant relaxation?  That's like drinking alcohol for
instant motor skills.
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