In article >,
blake murphy > wrote:

> 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

<shrugs> ok. It's just that I've personally met some people who behaved
like that only on usenet for the entertainment value, and were actually
really nice people in "real life". It seems to be a usenet thing. I
personally try to be myself here for the most part. ;-)
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