@naita (naita) posted a new topic, subject ""Why do you bother?"-posts". It read:

   > Why do you bother fighting a troll/replying to a crank/attempting to educate the unteachable/fight ignorance? It's not going to work.
    
    Well why do you bother posting a “Why do you bother?”? You do realize you're not going to have any more effect than we do, don't you?
    
    I'd put more effort into this pitting, but I'm afraid it might provoke a serious “Why do you bother asking the why bother people why they bother?” which I'd have to replay to and then …

So @Shodan (Shodan) replied

    What do you expect to achieve with this Pitting?
    
    Regards,  
    Shodan

@BubbaDog (BubbaDog) replied

    I'm very bothered by this.

To which @Riemann (Riemann) replied

    Lauren would _never_ bother.

@Gatopescado (Gatopescado) replied

    Does anybody else type out responses to threads and then say to themselves, “Why bother?”, and just hit the back button and not post?
    
    I do all the time.
    
    Should have done it once more.

Then @naita (naita) said

    Shodan:
    
    > What do you expect to achieve with this Pitting?
    > 
    > Regards,  
    >  Shodan
    
    Sweet, sweet release!

So @John_Mace (John Mace) replied

    Gatopescado:
    
    > Does anybody else type out responses to threads and then say to themselves, “Why bother?”, and just hit the back button and not post?
    > 
    > I do all the time.
    > 
    > Should have done it once more.
    
    No, I nev

To which @Qwakkeddup (Qwakkeddup) replied

    Why bother? Cause I can't afford another keyboard right now. My Doctor is putting his second child through collage with the money he got treating me for QWERTY face, and getting broken keys outta my nose and teeth.
    
    I need a padded keyboard soooo badly.

Then @VinylTurnip (Vinyl Turnip) said

    Gatopescado:
    
    > Does anybody else type out responses to threads and then say to themselves, “Why bother?”, and just hit the back button and not post?
    
    Frequently, but not often enough.

To which @BubbaDog (BubbaDog) replied

    Gatopescado:
    
    > Does anybody else type out responses to threads and then say to themselves, “Why bother?”, and just hit the back button and not post?
    > 
    > I do all the time.
    > 
    > Should have done it once more.
    
    This bothers me too.

To which @Alma (Alma) replied

    Gatopescado:
    
    > Does anybody else type out responses to threads and then say to themselves, “Why bother?”, and just hit the back button and not post?
    > 
    > I do all the time.
    > 
    > Should have done it once more.
    
    It's pretty much all I do.

To which @Trinopus (Trinopus) replied

    Gatopescado:
    
    > Does anybody else type out responses to threads and then say to themselves, “Why bother?”, and just hit the back button and not post?
    > 
    > I do all the time. . . .
    
    Grin! I've done it no few times.
    
    I do bother – take the 0.999~ <> 1.0 thread – for two reasons: I'm learning how to construct better arguments, and it might do some good for some third party reading the thread (although I pity them!)
    
    We don't pour water on creationists because it's fun; we do it to keep the conflagration from spreading. We don't mud-wrassle the pig for kicks (although it can be entertaining!) but to try to keep him from getting into the tomato garden.

Then @Gatopescado (Gatopescado) said

    I didn't expect such a response to that post. Might explain why most of my threads die with no replies! 
    
    Why bother?

Then @snfaulkner (snfaulkner) said

    Anybody else thought that this was gonna be a pitting of Machinaforce?

So @BigT (BigT (he/him)) replied

    Do these things get said to people who just make a single post? Or people who go on and on? I read those types of comments as a way to basically give them an “out,” since the person seems to think they need to keep arguing. If they don't want it, fine.
    
    Though I admit that particular way of putting it can seem dismissive. Better to just say “I don't see much point in arguing with a troll/crank/idiot/etc.”

Then @naita (naita) said

    BigT:
    
    > Do these things get said to people who just make a single post? Or people who go on and on? I read those types of comments as a way to basically give them an “out,” since the person seems to think they need to keep arguing. If they don't want it, fine.
    > 
    > Though I admit that particular way of putting it can seem dismissive. Better to just say “I don't see much point in arguing with a troll/crank/idiot/etc.”
    
    Or you could just shut up.

After which, @kambuckta (kambuckta) added

    naita:
    
    > Or you could just shut up.
    
    WTF? Do you have a bad dose of pre-election jitters, or are you always this much of a cunty arsewipe??

@naita (naita) replied

    naita:
    
    > Or you could just shut up.
    
    kambuckta:
    
    > WTF? Do you have a bad dose of pre-election jitters, or are you always this much of a cunty arsewipe??
    
    You are going for irony here, right?

To which @watchwolf49 (watchwolf49) replied

    naita:
    
    > You are going for irony here, right?
    
    He sure missed, on the idiot side of foolishness …
    
    … oh sorry … didn't mean to bother anyone here …


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