Akwat Kbrana said:
Gee, looks like twooffour wrote a couple of his trademark novel-length posts in response to something I said. I hope you weren't planning on a response; in case you didn't notice, I put you on my ignore list a long time ago due to the condescending, conceited tone of every post of yours I've ever observed. So when you address one of your posts to me, this is all I ever see of it:
Just FYI.
If anyone else (that is to say, anyone who makes a habit of sensible posting) wants to continue to discuss this issue, I stand by my earlier comments. If I have strongly negative preferences regarding a particular film, I see no reason to go out of my way to secure a copy so my child can watch it. And I certainly don't think regulating what movies I do or don't show my children constitutes manipulation.
So I take it you clicked on the "click here" button, then, because somehow you know my responses were long, right? Hey, man, I know how easy and seductive it is to click on that small button... "hey, I know this guy wrote something... and I'm one click away from finding out! is it long? or is short... ah damn, now i clicked it!"... I really know how completely useless that makes this so-called "ignore function"... don't worry, I'm not telling anybody, I've got a thin skin, too...
I mean, hey, you know, if you don't want to read something that directly relates to you and what you have to say, because it's "too long" - does everyone need to cater to your ADD syndrome? - or is in "condescending tone" - 'cause you're not reading anything that doesn't bother to show respect for you, the reader, even if it may be relevant to the issue! - then you have no one else to blame than yourself! ;)
I mean, if you purposefully ignore what's said to you, you run the risk of ending up looking like a complete dunce when saying things like:
If I have strongly negative preferences regarding a particular film, I see no reason to go out of my way to secure a copy so my child can watch it.
Everyone else who's read the response will think "lol, what this guy said about imposing his preferences on his kids, that just got validly compared to buying toy cars LOL, and this guy just obliviously repeats the same thing again!", and you'll just be like "haha, i have no idea what this guy sed, i do not listen, lala! i didn't click the click button... i didn't, didn't click the click button..."
Whatever, man. If someone else explains to you thoroughly how what you're doing is "manipulative", remember to get all butthurt about the "condescending tone", put them on ignore, too, and then continue on saying "lol everyone's telling me it's manipulative, but i don't see how! anyone wanna tell me?"