On Thu, 04 Mar 2010 15:32:56 -0600, Omelet wrote:

> In article
> >,
> Dan Abel > wrote:
>>
>> I'm not sure what that word means. What many of us have realized is
>> that Sheldon thinks that this group is just a big joke. This is his
>> sense of humor. Some people enjoy it, others don't. Someone who he
>> used to bombard with Emails (and he has stated quite clearly that he has
>> only Emailed a handful of people on this group, and then only a couple
>> of times) explained it once. He posts the most outrageous things, and
>> then waits to see what reaction he gets. Sometimes people believe him.
>> Sometimes they get really irate. Either way he is happy. He's probably
>> chuckling away to his cats right now about how he's got you going again.
>
> So you are saying he likes to yank chains? <g> Who'd a thunk it?
>
> Personally, I like Sheldon and find him entertaining to read. I think
> that overall, like Swertz, he's really a good person at heart but uses
> usenet as much for entertainment as anything else. And both of them
> really are good cooks...

no. a 'good person at heart' does not go out of his way to insult people
just to get a rise out of them. whether the insults are what he 'really
feels' or not is immaterial. i suspect the insults are completely sincere.

what he is at heart is a fourth-grader with social adjustment issues, and a
not-very-bright fourth-grader at that.

your pal,
blake