Path: ...!news.nobody.at!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!reader5.news.weretis.net!news.solani.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: badgolferman Newsgroups: misc.phone.mobile.iphone Subject: Re: did this group die? Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2024 21:57:52 -0000 (UTC) Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2024 21:57:52 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: solani.org; logging-data="280466"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@news.solani.org" User-Agent: NewsTap/5.5 (iPhone/iPod Touch) Cancel-Lock: sha1:WP9k96/4PWCyAIeSoP26B8CCvsk= sha1:eOfYKq26jkoJnWYTigI+BcfZgbA= X-User-ID: eJwNyMkRACAIBLCWuF3KQZT+S9CZvOIaHL0sPMzHp5iz+MjFGFo7LCUcfDI3aPjUSkKLpG4Co37Pzvu5UegDQNQU6g== Bytes: 3357 Lines: 60 Alan wrote: > On 2024-10-30 10:39, badgolferman wrote: >> Alan wrote: >>> On 2024-10-30 10:02, badgolferman wrote: >>>> Andrews wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hemidactylus wrote on Wed, 30 Oct 2024 03:31:07 +0000 : >>>>> >>>>>>>> I wonder if you Apple zealots have any idea that the Windows and >>>>>>>> Android newsgroups are alive & kicking. >>>>>>>> It's just the Apple-related newsgroups that are moribund. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Do you even know why? >>>>>>>> I do. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Cancel culture. >>>>>>> >>>>>> You�re either being flippant or paranoid delusional. That phrase >>>>>> has lost all meaning, if it had any sincerity to begin with. >>>>> >>>>> Since all you zealots do is attack people, you missed the sage wisdom >>>>> in badgolferman's response explaining why, when he posts to other >>>>> newsgroups, he's not called a troll - yet - when he posts on Apple >>>>> groups, he is. >>>>> >>>>> *You were so intent on attacking the poster - that you missed the >>>>> point.* >>>>> >>>>> What badgolferman said is exactly why the Apple newsgroups are >>>>> moribund. >>>>> >>>>> *And your attack-on-him response proved that badgolferman was correct* >>>> >>>> >>>> What is kill filing, shouting down, berating, and calling someone a >>>> troll anything other than forms of canceling a person? Having >>>> disagreement using normal conversations without hurling aspersions is >>>> how emotionally mature people communicate. >>>> >>> >>> You can't "shout down" anyone in a newsgroup, you ignoramus. >>> >>> None of those things cancel a person. >>> >>> Now put on your big boy pants and stop snivelling. >>> >> >> Apparently you don’t understand expressions. >> > > Nope. > > I understand them just fine. > > You having to face criticism is not "cancel culture". > You contribute absolutely nothing to this group. You’re only here for your amusement, to criticize, and to play games. That’s the definition of a troll.