Python IRC dictatorship

[Cliff Wells]

On Mon, 2002-11-25 at 14:50, Robin Munn wrote:
> Timothy Rue <threeseas at earthlink.net> wrote:
> [Snip a large IRC log]
> > ThreeSeas I'm a genius... If I can't answer your question I will try and make
>             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> > out that you don't know what you are talking about..... but are there really
> > 120 users here that hail to ...... dash
> 
> A free piece of advice for you. It's been my experience, along with the
> experience of many others, that anybody who claims publicly to be a
> genius:
> 
> a) Almost certainly has an ego problem, and
> 
> b) Usually isn't worth listening to.

I would shorten the second to

b) Usually isn't.

It's odd how someone who purports to be a genius can be so stupid when
it comes to dealing with people.  Since he seems to be incapable of
communicating with anyone on any level, I wonder how he is able to
compare his own intelligence with that of others.

> I'm afraid that you won't find too many people on this newsgroup
> sympathetic to you until you approach matters with a little humility and
> begin first by considering the possibility that you might be wrong. If
> you start by assuming "I'm must be right, therefore anybody who doesn't
> agree with me is an idiot," you will find that very few people are
> willing to listen to you.
> 
> I, in fact, am not one of those people willing to listen to you. If you
> reply to this message, I won't see your reply; my newsreader will filter
> it out automatically.

I've considered filtering him every time he posts, but sometimes I need
the laughs.  I really enjoyed the post of his IRC session.  Pure comedy
(and a lot better than his usual material).

Perhaps the Ruebot should be considered for honorary "Village Idiot"
status on c.l.py.  The subject line on all of his posts could be
prefixed with "[Comedy Relief]" to help avoid misunderstandings.


-- 
Cliff Wells, Software Engineer
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