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From: Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com>
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Subject: Re: An explanation of why Apple trolls are afraid of the truth about
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Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2025 22:18:34 -0700
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On 2025-03-21 14:14, Tom Elam wrote:
> On 2/26/2025 12:39 PM, Marion wrote:
>> On Wed, 26 Feb 2025 00:24:49 -0000 (UTC), badgolferman wrote :
>> 
>> 
>>>> I had to look up what "51" meant, where perhaps it's a
>>>> reference to...
>>> 
>>> Alan has an insulting name he uses for me so I have adopted one
>>> for him as well. 51 refers to the 51st state.
>> 
>> Oh, thanks. Apparently 51 is also slang for people who are
>> mentally ill (although it's more often called "5051" in the normal
>> police code jargon).
>> 
>> As you are aware, I've studied all of these strange Apple trolls,
>> because they can't think on their own; they're 100% wired to be
>> herd animals.
>> 
>> To these Apple trolls who can't think on their own, there is
>> safety in number, which is why you'll see them desperate for
>> affirmation stats.
>> 
>> Haven't you noticed how desperate the Apple trolls are for
>> affirmation that their chosen herd, the Apple ecosystem, comprises
>> only Apple herd animals?
>> 
>> I don't fit into their herd-animal mentality because I think for
>> myself. So they hate me. It's not so much they directly hate me.
>> They directly "fear" me. Because I can think outside of the herd.
>> And that's what they hate.
>> 
>> Anyone who can think outside of their herd mentality, is someone
>> to be feared because that person will tell them what they won't
>> like about Apple.
>> 
>> So you're "dangerous" to them because you threaten their herd
>> mentality.
>> 
>> They seem to dislike you because you too can think for yourself 
>> outside of their Apple herd mentality - so people like Alan Baker
>> are afraid of you.
>> 
>> The reason they're herd animals is there is "protection" in the
>> herd. Instead of making their own choices, they follow the herd
>> instead.
>> 
>> They assume if everyone else is doing it, then it must be the
>> right thing. This herd-animal mentality is critical for
>> understanding Alan Baker's mind.
>> 
>> Knowing Alan Baker is who he is "because" he's a herd animal is 
>> exactly why he can't scratch the surface on *any* topic - because
>> the herd does his thinking for him. He doesn't bother to think any
>> deeper than the surface.
>> 
>> An example is Alan Baker claims to own a BMW and yet he doesn't
>> know the first thing about bimmers because his decision was based
>> not on thinking about bimmers, but in following what he perceived
>> the herd to be doing.
>> 
>> Given Alan Baker's entire mentality is that of a herd animal, it's
>> not surprising Alan Baker doesn't know anything about the betrayal
>> of Norway.
>> 
>> All Alan Baker knows about Norwegian history is this one betrayal. 
>> Anyone who thinks for themselves, is, to Alan Baker, betraying the
>> herd.
>> 
>> Since you think logically on your own, without mindlessly
>> following the Apple herd animals, Alan Baker feels you've
>> "betrayed" the newsgroup.
>> 
>> Essentially, your ability to think on your own is a 'betrayal' in
>> his mind. That's how these mindless herd animals actually think.
>> 
>> Every time Alan Baker tells you that you've "betrayed the herd",
>> he's informing all of us that he can't think outside the Apple
>> herd animal mind.
>> 
>> It's why he is who he is. He's a herd animal - so by thinking -
>> you've 'betrayed' his chosen herd.
> 
> That is some kind of twisted logic! Alan does own a BMW. His family
> sold it to him at what he admitted was a sweetheart deal price. It's
> 13 years old now and a 1 series. Before that he had a clapped out
> red Miata. It used to be in his Facebook image.

It was a good deal, no doubt...

....but it was also all that my brother was being offered for it in trade.

As for "clapped out", that Miata was modded and rebuilt with a new 
engine and A/C.

But then you've never even tried to be honest about anything about me, 
have you?