Hello

[accelafine]

The endless questioning harpy.....Socratic method or a feminine tactic of annoying the other until he surrenders?

In this case....the 'other' that 'said so,' is you.
So, sarcasm is not your forte.
Insults are.
Quick to the draw.
Premature... interlocutor. He wants to get off fast. The impulse cannot be restrained.

Defensive, as fuck.
Brittle ego.

Age is a man who believes he's channeling the conscious universe. His comments are all the same--an insanity-inducing stream of pointless questions and condescending put-downs. He has driven several members to nervous breakdowns. Engage at your peril.

[Pistolero]

More than one, like him, on this forum.

[accelafine]

No. He's definitely unique.

[Flannel Jesus]

More than one, like him, on this forum.

Who do you think is like him? The closest I can think of is Iambiguous, but even he's far away from Age.

[Pistolero]

She's more calm, after years of performing the same routine, with no success.
Even harpies get tired.

[FlashDangerpants]

More than one, like him, on this forum.

There's broadly speaking two types of person who could end up here. One set are people with some sort of actual interest in philosophy as a field of study that covers questions about what we can know about some X, and what a certain type of proposition in regards to X could mean if we aren't in agreement on the prior question etc...

The others are the people who think that there is some relationship between philosophy and wisdom that goes beyond a mere etymological accident (a demonstrable falsehood) and are here to explain how massively wise they are. This population is highly varied. Some are autistic like age whom you have already met. Some have narcissistic personality disorders and consider themselves the greatest philosopher of all time (currently we have around 7 of the world's single greatest ever philosopher, they don't argue with each other as much as you might expect). More than one show signs of psychopathy and at least one is most certainly a serial killer with an entire collection of beheaded truck stop prostitutes.

To complete your induction, somebody with Oppositional Defiance disorder will be along presently to start an argument with you over nothing. After that we will assign one of the multiple people we keep on staff whose deep and personal relationship with either a deity or the entire cosmos makes them the only possible source of THEE TrooTH, and then one final autist can tell you about something you urgently need to understand called an "FSK".

Only then will you be fully able to engage in important conversations about wokeness.

[FlashDangerpants]

More than one, like him, on this forum.

Who do you think is like him? The closest I can think of is Iambiguous, but even he's far away from Age.

VA, surely

[Flannel Jesus]

More than one, like him, on this forum.

Who do you think is like him? The closest I can think of is Iambiguous, but even he's far away from Age.

VA, surely

I don't think they're very similar

I guess they're similar in one way, they don't really engage in anything resembling conversation most of the time. But it's for very different reasons. Age doesn't because his brain is too fried, he doesn't know how to. VA doesn't because she's just so full of hate and anger.

[Pistolero]

The causes are different..... the choices are similar.
Coping mechanisms.

[Atla]

More than one, like him, on this forum.

There's broadly speaking two types of person who could end up here. One set are people with some sort of actual interest in philosophy as a field of study that covers questions about what we can know about some X, and what a certain type of proposition in regards to X could mean if we aren't in agreement on the prior question etc...

The others are the people who think that there is some relationship between philosophy and wisdom that goes beyond a mere etymological accident (a demonstrable falsehood) and are here to explain how massively wise they are. This population is highly varied. Some are autistic like age whom you have already met. Some have narcissistic personality disorders and consider themselves the greatest philosopher of all time (currently we have around 7 of the world's single greatest ever philosopher, they don't argue with each other as much as you might expect). More than one show signs of psychopathy and at least one is most certainly a serial killer with an entire collection of beheaded truck stop prostitutes.

To complete your induction, somebody with Oppositional Defiance disorder will be along presently to start an argument with you over nothing. After that we will assign one of the multiple people we keep on staff whose deep and personal relationship with either a deity or the entire cosmos makes them the only possible source of THEE TrooTH, and then one final autist can tell you about something you urgently need to understand called an "FSK".

Only then will you be fully able to engage in important conversations about wokeness.

Every year this list gets longer and funnier

[Pistolero]

Does not ideological competition participate in natural selection?

There is no absolute truth, therefore we are linguistically competing over which worldview is closest to the truth.
What varies is the objective and the linguistic method being used.

[FlashDangerpants]

Who do you think is like him? The closest I can think of is Iambiguous, but even he's far away from Age.

VA, surely

I don't think they're very similar

I guess they're similar in one way, they don't really engage in anything resembling conversation most of the time. But it's for very different reasons. Age doesn't because his brain is too fried, he doesn't know how to. VA doesn't because she's just so full of hate and anger.

I wasn't sniping at Veggie that time, but rather at Vestible Arquebus, who is, like age, happy to just do the same conversation over and over and over again. Also quite incapable of reading other people's writings with any intent of finding out what that other person is attempting to communicate.

[Flannel Jesus]

VA, surely

I don't think they're very similar

I guess they're similar in one way, they don't really engage in anything resembling conversation most of the time. But it's for very different reasons. Age doesn't because his brain is too fried, he doesn't know how to. VA doesn't because she's just so full of hate and anger.

I wasn't sniping at Veggie that time, but rather at Vestible Arquebus, who is, like age, happy to just do the same conversation over and over and over again. Also quite incapable of reading other people's writings with any intent of finding out what that other person is attempting to communicate.

Oh Sorry, of course, it would be VT if it were veggie.

You're right actually though about VA, VA is remarkably close to Age. A different style, but similar destination.

Age's style is, and will forever be, unmatched. The amount of energy it takes to behave like Age could power a small city.

[Pistolero]

The common thread, connecting all of these psychotics, is their inability to be affected by reasoning.
They repeat the same behavior, as if the other said nothing to make them doubt their positions.

The other connecting thread, is their conviction that the other is trying to impose his perspective on them, because they are unable to offer counterarguments to what challenges their absolutist perspective.
The underlying position being all perspectives are equally plausible, because nobody is omniscient, and only power imposes certain perspectives on the powerless - a Marxist position, that can be traced back to Abrahamic dogma.
When their positions are threatened they must play the victim, fighting against power.
They feel bullied. victims of a fascist threatening their peace of mind.
Their potions could be postmodern cultural-Marxist, or Globalist Americanism, or Christian (Abrahamic) totalitarianism....
Doesn't matter.
Popularity is a factor. Not rationality.
They've assumed that existence must follow their reasoning, but they cannot explain how, so they automatically attack and repeat their defensive methods that prevent them from ever doubting themselves.

Unable to challenge another position, so as to preserve their own, they must accuse it of dogmatism, authoritarianism, totalitarianism....ironically their own often conceals these motives.
All must agree with my dogma, otherwise it is dogmatic, because I cannot contradict the challenges it posits to my dogmatism.

[accelafine]

The common thread, connecting all of these psychotics, is their inability to be affected by reasoning.

Unlike you of course. I haven't seen you write a coherent sentence yet. Are you using a philosophical bullshit-generator?