While poking through the back end of Wikipedia (I have a really boring job, OK?), I found this tidbit regarding "tendentious editors," in a list about how to determine if you or someone else is being counterproductive:
But it's worse than that. Because this describes Mr. Church to a T, it also points at an even worse problem for him. Compared to pretty much any other lolcow, Teej is just boring. Over 280+ pages, his posts are completely predictable, with hardly any change in his logic or writing style - you could probably cough up a decent Teej post emulator in BASIC. Input posts nightly, make some dumb insults out of people's names, proclaim your intellectual superiority, discount/ignore all criticism, GOTO 10.
People watch lolcows because they're unpredictable: people spent years poking and prodding at Chris to get him to do anything, and without prompting, all of a sudden we have tomgirl, blue arms and pepper spray. In a couple months' time, TJ will still be posting the exact same things he posted last night and for weeks on end before that, using the exact same tactics and wordings even. No reasoning, no realizations, no real arguments to be had with him, just a continual barrage of toxic, self-aggrandizing narcissism. And he does this on every board he's been on, day in, day out, ad infinitum.
They say that one of the hallmarks of life is that it changes over time, so what does that say about him? Or the fact that he's so proud of his unwavering stasis?
Wikipedia:Tendentious Editors said:If your arguments are rejected, bring better arguments, don’t simply repeat the same ones. And most importantly, examine your argument carefully, in light of what others have said. It is true that people will only be convinced if they want to be, regardless of how good your argument may be, but that is not grounds for believing that your argument must be true. You must be willing to concede you may have been wrong. Take a good, long hard look at your argument from as detached and objective a point of view as you can possibly muster, and see if there really is a problem with it. If there isn't, it's best to leave the situation alone: they're not going to want to see it and you cannot force them to. If there is a problem, however, then you should revise the argument, your case, or both.
But it's worse than that. Because this describes Mr. Church to a T, it also points at an even worse problem for him. Compared to pretty much any other lolcow, Teej is just boring. Over 280+ pages, his posts are completely predictable, with hardly any change in his logic or writing style - you could probably cough up a decent Teej post emulator in BASIC. Input posts nightly, make some dumb insults out of people's names, proclaim your intellectual superiority, discount/ignore all criticism, GOTO 10.
People watch lolcows because they're unpredictable: people spent years poking and prodding at Chris to get him to do anything, and without prompting, all of a sudden we have tomgirl, blue arms and pepper spray. In a couple months' time, TJ will still be posting the exact same things he posted last night and for weeks on end before that, using the exact same tactics and wordings even. No reasoning, no realizations, no real arguments to be had with him, just a continual barrage of toxic, self-aggrandizing narcissism. And he does this on every board he's been on, day in, day out, ad infinitum.
They say that one of the hallmarks of life is that it changes over time, so what does that say about him? Or the fact that he's so proud of his unwavering stasis?
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