Yeah I think English people appear to have more of a sense of humour. Do you think the name ‘papsweb’ is stupid and insulting?
I seem to be in the minority with C B Fry and alone in thinking he is just a jumped up internet bully and a prize jerk. Over the years I have been on various forums and log on to read the gossip about the football club I support and to join in with some friendly banter. I dont like to read posts where people are just trying to make themselves bigger by belittling others or to be on the end of that behaviour. We all get wound up by others and sometimes overreact, but to come on each day looking for targets to attack (I guess it is know as trolling) is something that shouldnt be tolerated, especially when it goes too far, as it often does. You expect this stuff with kids, but it doesnt sit right when grown men with children behave like hormonal teenagers. I know I sound like a true sadoldgit, but I still believe that you can have a laugh without behaving like a total cunt.
Originally posted by @Sadoldgit
MLGs problem is that he comes across as if he is well along the spectrum. Probably the biggest pedant I have ever come across on forums, and that is saying something.
Not sure why being on the ‘sprectrum’ is a ‘problem’. I spend an awful lot of my time around people with Asperger’s (not on here, I hasten to add) and they’re the easiest to get along with in the usual give-and-take of life. MLG may be a pedant but he’s also mostly right. The ‘problem’ is the vitriolic and churlish responses which seem to follow even the most innocuous of his posts.
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Originally posted by @Furball
Not sure why being on the ‘sprectrum’ is a ‘problem’. I spend an awful lot of my time around people with Asperger’s (not on here, I hasten to add) and they’re the easiest to get along with in the usual give-and-take of life. MLG may be a pedant but he’s also mostly right. The ‘problem’ is the vitriolic and churlish responses which seem to follow even the most innocuous of his posts.
Tsk. How long have you been on Internet forums? Long enough to know that “on the spectrum” is the go-to way to say “you’re mad, but it’s not your fault. Look at how benevolent we are for understanding”.
Well, if you were that fucking good, chaps, you’d presumably be on a huge doctor’s salary. What are you doing all day on an Internet forum? Haven’t you got patients to see?
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I didnt mean it in a pergortive sense although I did used to work with someone with similar issues and it was a nightmare. Apart from being in my office every five minutes explaining why their colleagues were doing everything wrong, they also had no social skills and would often bring unfounded complaints against their workmates and myself. I am sure MLG is a perfectly nice chap and is just overly dilligent.
The what now web? What this?
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Being right in itself is not a “problem.” What does become irritating is being picked up every five minutes because you said Mick Channon scored 25 goals in one season when in fact he scored 26 (please dont check, it is just a guess for an example). There are some things you should just let go.
LOL. Since my anti CBF post he seems to have shot ahead in the populartity poll !!!
I’ve added some more options based on feedback in the thread.
I also don’t understand how hypochondriac was left off the list.
Good call. Hypo was CBFs wing man though so probably got lost in his shadow.
There’s a chap beginning with T who’s going to be secretly fuming he’s not on the list.
Good point.
Originally posted by @Redslo
I am not a big fan of calling things by stupid insulting names which seem less and less clever as time passes. Is that an English thing?
ok, Redslob
Hypo has no personality. That’s the issue.
Originally posted by @Bearsy
Originally posted by @Redslo
I am not a big fan of calling things by stupid insulting names which seem less and less clever as time passes. Is that an English thing?
ok, Redslob
Loser D is also available - but only if you’re English.
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Although he doesnt post very often, my favourite would be Minty. His arse must be full of splinters with all that fence sitting but a more even handed poster would be hard to find. From the voting so far it seems that the folks here prefer a more aggressive, combative type of poster though (the ones I came here to get away from 
).
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I too spend a lot of time with people on the spectrum. Truth be told most of us do - probably without realising it. I work with some wonderful examples of how beautiful humans can be created when nature gets it wrong.
Being on the spectrum is less of an insult and more a statement of fact for many, and it’s a great shame that the term carries elements of pejorative instead of being a routine diagnosis.
I figure that I am probably on the spectrum, my wife and son definitely are (daughter less so), but my mother-in-law is off the scale.
Without aiming to insult MLG, he either has the driest sense of humour, coupled to the most dedicated wind-up strategy in history, or he’s ‘on the spectrum’ with the rest of us.
My guess would be that this isn’t news to MLG, and that he has used elements of his make-up to his advantage to get something great out of life.
I wouldn’t presume to diagnose MLG, but for some there is no grey - only black and white. When they experience the grey that others observe and simply ignore, it can represent itself in a way that feels physically painful.
For many, the grey is difficult to ignore.
I personally think that MLG is an excellent contributor.
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We have all got stuff going on I’m sure. I was married to someone with big time OCD and that was a nightmare. My current wife has mild OCD which is no problem at all. I dont have OCD but have buttons that can be pushed at times. When I talked about MLG has having a problem I just feel that people who constantly pull up others for mistakes do get a bit waring at times. I once worked with a guy in a management team and all he would do was pull up people for spelling or gramatical mistakes. You would never get an opinion about what was written, just a…oh look he has spelled that wrong. Clearly it was something that rattled his cage but I used to think what is more important, the content or the presentation? We are all wired differently I guess.
It’s a shame that Redslo is too modest to put himself on the poll…Just sayin’
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Can I take my vote back? I forgot about ART!
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