[Snip huge, untrimmed quote which would get Wendigo flamed to a cinder on Usenet.]
Ah here comes another
narcissistic
nobleman trying to assert his superiority by pushing out these literary growing pains of mini-essays that
nobody cares about. And while you are still at it, could you please give Lauda some private lessons in English punctuation 'cause I think his English textbook is not up to snuff and I am tired of reading his inappropriately used commas that tend to litter his nicely spaced out ramblings.
Thanks for your time and have a
nice day, k
nobhead ;D
Once upon a time, I seduced a beauteous lady of arts and letters with a running erotic joke about commas, interspersed with intercourse on Byron. Thence ensued a story more appropriate for /u/GirlsGoneBitcoin than here, wherein she confirmed my reputation as mad, bad, and dangerous to know. Thus, I do understand why youre jealous of my way with words; you should be.
I'm actually hating that this thread is still going.
And your opinion matters, because...?
Empathy is a weakness. All it does is cloud your judgement, thus severely impacting your ability to think rationally.
I'm actually hating that this thread is still going. But that's my issue. I've quoted a post by a person I don't like much. This isn't secret.
Shame on you for cherry-picking a quote, and leveraging that to take a holier-than-thou attitude toward someone who has freely given extraordinary amounts of time to helping newbies, squashing predatory scammers, and fighting spam. I dont wonder why your reply picked on that, instead of this:
...I won't forget that he took on his own time to help with empathy someone he didn't know.
I have helped thousands of users here over the years, and felt no empathy towards any case. You do
not need empathy to help someone. You were saying?
I am also unsurprised that you argued with one line out of a discussion, whilst conveniently avoiding all I said in my own
far more detailed substantive response.
Disgusting attitude.
Yours is. Moreover, the whole notion of empathy is disgusting. It is nothing more than an emotional blank cheque demanded by the weak and incompetent on those who are not so. It is the distilled essence of the
Sklavenmoral. But as all such things, it is a poison which acts only against those who choose to drink it. Repudiate the concept, and it is as powerless as its preachers.
I work in a position where I am responsible for looking after 20 direct reports, who in turn look after a chain of over 500 indirect reports. I rely on these people to empathise with our customers and drive promotion. If I were to adopt this frankly ridiculous position, the company I represent could never have grown.
Nice boast, as a setup for an air of superiority. But you must be new to the Internet, if you presume that others will do other than take that a grain of salt. Maybe youre telling the truth; maybe youre not. I dont care, either way. You will never know who I am. In either case, publicly visible actions hold more weight than mere stories.
Now, youve popped up in this thread with rude pretension, unjustifiable contempt, and imperious demands unmatched by your ability to argue a point, much less enforce yours on anybody. What it boils down to is more whining: So, youre actually hating that this thread is still going. Thats amusing enough, but also mildly irritating. Shoo. If you so hate this, then I think we can agree (or at least concur) that you shouldnt stick around here.
I owe others a reply upthread (including squatters well-thought response; fancy that, a desire for quantitative data with a sample size greater than one). Have not forgotten. TODO. Meanwhile, I intend to fulfill my promises to anybody who brought popcorn.