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I would put both posters at about the same level when it comes to their OP content. faqs is certainly higher in volume.

Oddly, one of them seems to be receiving an appropriate amount of attention in relation to their content. The other, far more attention than they deserve.

It's a free speech board and all, so by all means take this as just the passing thought that it is and only intended to be. Yet it interests me what makes the difference between one ranting fool
left to talk primarily to themselves while the other seems to have a contagion that infects others so they engage in debate with him.

SAVELLI1 doesn't have a history of being a compulsive liar, stolen valor "Marine" and wife beater so far as I know. Would that account for it?

I think ldsfaqs is more topical and thus some posters like to use him as a Conservative foil. He's too oblivious to understand he's a knucklehead and, also, his personal identity is wrapped up in an ethos he's too weak to live, but still feels the need to trumpet loudly and proudly. This sort of incongruence is kind of irresistible when it comes to discussions. Thanks to him and his shitposting, I've been reading all of RI's climate change posts, and as a result I've become far more informed on climate change had ldsfaqs not posted at all. Hell, I even read mikwut's linked paper which forced me to spend a morning researching who wrote it, their extensive publishing, related rebuttals, other people's publishings on AGW, so on and so forth. It's kind of like Mormonism. Sure, you know the topic because *reasons*. However, when the mopologists start their BS you become FAR more educated in the dogma, policies, history, and politics of Mormonism than you otherwise would've known.

I'm glad ldsfaqs posts here. I'm unironically smarter because he's such a raging moron.

- Doc

I posted on his return thread, that the best thing to do with any faqs thread is to ignore it. I stick by that assertion.







With Savelli1, there is nothing to engage with. The wildest of unsuported conjecture, and he doesn't actually respond. Might be a language barrier. I could respond in Portuguese, but then 90% of the board wouldn't follow the discussion.

A middle school bully thread?

How special.

I view the incessant climate change threads as a diversion from the many Trump scandals.

One thing lacking in diversionary oil industry fueled climate change ramblings is the ability to set lyrics to the Bernstein/Sondheim song Maria like you could do with the word Benghazi.

Benghazi, Benghazi, Benghazi, Benghazi
All the cacophonous sounds of the world in a single word
Benghazi, Benghazi, Benghazi, Benghazi,
Benghazi, Benghazi,
Benghazi!

You could so the same thing with SAVELLI, but not LDSfaqs or oleomargarine.

Ceeboo wrote:A middle school bully thread?

How special.

It's interesting you show up to this this one thread and clutch your pearls, but can't seem to find your voice the literal hundreds of times ldsfaqs has berated the board and posters as 'you people', 'lying liars', and everything in between.

Hrm... I wonder why...

- Doc

Ceeboo wrote:A middle school bully thread?

How special.

Yeah, not fair to SAVELLI1.

Doctor CamNC4Me wrote:I think ldsfaqs is more topical and thus some posters like to use him as a Conservative foil. He's too oblivious to understand he's a knucklehead and, also, his personal identity is wrapped up in an ethos he's too weak to live, but still feels the need to trumpet loudly and proudly. This sort of incongruence is kind of irresistible when it comes to discussions. Thanks to him and his shitposting, I've been reading all of RI's climate change posts, and as a result I've become far more informed on climate change had ldsfaqs not posted at all. Hell, I even read mikwut's linked paper which forced me to spend a morning researching who wrote it, their extensive publishing, related rebuttals, other people's publishings on AGW, so on and so forth. It's kind of like Mormonism. Sure, you know the topic because *reasons*. However, when the mopologists start their BS you become FAR more educated in the dogma, policies, history, and politics of Mormonism than you otherwise would've known.

I'm glad ldsfaqs posts here. I'm unironically smarter because he's such a raging moron.

- Doc

Good points that probably do explain much of the difference. Plus, I didn't realize SAVELLI1 was not a native English speaker so Steelhead's observations also make sense.