On Saturday, November 21, 2020 at 2:23:19 PM UTC-6, Bruce wrote:
> On Sat, 21 Nov 2020 12:01:07 -0800 (PST), Bryan Simmons
> > wrote:
>
> >On Saturday, November 21, 2020 at 1:27:47 PM UTC-6, Bruce wrote:
> >> On Sat, 21 Nov 2020 11:06:40 -0800 (PST), Bryan Simmons
> >> > wrote:
> >>
> >> >On Saturday, November 21, 2020 at 12:39:33 PM UTC-6, Bruce wrote:
> >> >> On Sat, 21 Nov 2020 06:52:52 -0800 (PST), Bryan Simmons
> >> >> > wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> >I've known him since we were teenagers. We were both on alt.punk
> >> >> >for years before we were here.
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> It could be that he just gets along well with juveniles because his
> >> >> >> medical / mental condition makes meaningful dialogue with them easier
> >> >> >> than with most adults. Or, they are lighter to manipulate when that is
> >> >> >> needed, or less disposed to become violent, etc.
> >> >> >
> >> >> >You prefer to believe that he does not have a sexual interest in the vulvas
> >> >> >of young girls.
> >> >>
> >> >> You call this a ceasefire?
> >> >
> >> >John wrote the magic words. He fired the first shot. I guess some other
> >> >nurse is going to *get to do* the procedures that he was so hoping that
> >> >he'd get to do. You know he's never gotten into a serious relationship
> >> >with a girl who was older than 14. He's over 60, and he's never gotten
> >> >into a serious relationship with a girl who was older than 14.
> >>
> >> I don't understand why you're so offended when John calls you a
> >> narcissist. You are a narcissist or you're not. Whether John calls you
> >> one doesn't change reality.
> >>
> >Look, Bruce, I'm never going to convince you that schadenfreude can be
> >joyous, and you're never going to convince me it isn't. What's fun is
> >knowing that John really does know that he'll never again get to pediatric
> >nurse again, and that adds another barrier, another level of suspension of
> >disbelief to overcome in his masturbatory fantasies. Yep, *that sinking
> >feeling*.
> That has nothing to do with what I said.

So, I don't get to hate folks who insult me? Well, hmmmph! I suppose I'm
not supposed to engage in tasteless humor either.
https://groups.google.com/g/alt.tast.../c/nyw1HLwiLog

--Bryan

On Sat, 21 Nov 2020 12:28:36 -0800 (PST), Bryan Simmons
> wrote:

>On Saturday, November 21, 2020 at 2:23:19 PM UTC-6, Bruce wrote:
>> On Sat, 21 Nov 2020 12:01:07 -0800 (PST), Bryan Simmons
>> > wrote:
>>
>> >On Saturday, November 21, 2020 at 1:27:47 PM UTC-6, Bruce wrote:
>> >> On Sat, 21 Nov 2020 11:06:40 -0800 (PST), Bryan Simmons
>> >> > wrote:
>> >>
>> >> >On Saturday, November 21, 2020 at 12:39:33 PM UTC-6, Bruce wrote:
>> >> >> On Sat, 21 Nov 2020 06:52:52 -0800 (PST), Bryan Simmons
>> >> >> > wrote:
>> >> >>
>> >> >> >I've known him since we were teenagers. We were both on alt.punk
>> >> >> >for years before we were here.
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> It could be that he just gets along well with juveniles because his
>> >> >> >> medical / mental condition makes meaningful dialogue with them easier
>> >> >> >> than with most adults. Or, they are lighter to manipulate when that is
>> >> >> >> needed, or less disposed to become violent, etc.
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >You prefer to believe that he does not have a sexual interest in the vulvas
>> >> >> >of young girls.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> You call this a ceasefire?
>> >> >
>> >> >John wrote the magic words. He fired the first shot. I guess some other
>> >> >nurse is going to *get to do* the procedures that he was so hoping that
>> >> >he'd get to do. You know he's never gotten into a serious relationship
>> >> >with a girl who was older than 14. He's over 60, and he's never gotten
>> >> >into a serious relationship with a girl who was older than 14.
>> >>
>> >> I don't understand why you're so offended when John calls you a
>> >> narcissist. You are a narcissist or you're not. Whether John calls you
>> >> one doesn't change reality.
>> >>
>> >Look, Bruce, I'm never going to convince you that schadenfreude can be
>> >joyous, and you're never going to convince me it isn't. What's fun is
>> >knowing that John really does know that he'll never again get to pediatric
>> >nurse again, and that adds another barrier, another level of suspension of
>> >disbelief to overcome in his masturbatory fantasies. Yep, *that sinking
>> >feeling*.
>> That has nothing to do with what I said.
>
>So, I don't get to hate folks who insult me? Well, hmmmph!

Is it an insult? Asshole is an insult. Narcissist is a diagnosis or an
attempt at diagnosis.

Trump's a narcissist. 70 million Americans love him!

On Saturday, November 21, 2020 at 2:41:57 PM UTC-6, Bruce wrote:
> On Sat, 21 Nov 2020 12:28:36 -0800 (PST), Bryan Simmons
> > wrote:
>
> >On Saturday, November 21, 2020 at 2:23:19 PM UTC-6, Bruce wrote:
> >> On Sat, 21 Nov 2020 12:01:07 -0800 (PST), Bryan Simmons
> >> > wrote:
> >>
> >> >On Saturday, November 21, 2020 at 1:27:47 PM UTC-6, Bruce wrote:
> >> >> On Sat, 21 Nov 2020 11:06:40 -0800 (PST), Bryan Simmons
> >> >> > wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> >On Saturday, November 21, 2020 at 12:39:33 PM UTC-6, Bruce wrote:
> >> >> >> On Sat, 21 Nov 2020 06:52:52 -0800 (PST), Bryan Simmons
> >> >> >> > wrote:
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> >I've known him since we were teenagers. We were both on alt.punk
> >> >> >> >for years before we were here.
> >> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> >> It could be that he just gets along well with juveniles because his
> >> >> >> >> medical / mental condition makes meaningful dialogue with them easier
> >> >> >> >> than with most adults. Or, they are lighter to manipulate when that is
> >> >> >> >> needed, or less disposed to become violent, etc.
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> >You prefer to believe that he does not have a sexual interest in the vulvas
> >> >> >> >of young girls.
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> You call this a ceasefire?
> >> >> >
> >> >> >John wrote the magic words. He fired the first shot. I guess some other
> >> >> >nurse is going to *get to do* the procedures that he was so hoping that
> >> >> >he'd get to do. You know he's never gotten into a serious relationship
> >> >> >with a girl who was older than 14. He's over 60, and he's never gotten
> >> >> >into a serious relationship with a girl who was older than 14.
> >> >>
> >> >> I don't understand why you're so offended when John calls you a
> >> >> narcissist. You are a narcissist or you're not. Whether John calls you
> >> >> one doesn't change reality.
> >> >>
> >> >Look, Bruce, I'm never going to convince you that schadenfreude can be
> >> >joyous, and you're never going to convince me it isn't. What's fun is
> >> >knowing that John really does know that he'll never again get to pediatric
> >> >nurse again, and that adds another barrier, another level of suspension of
> >> >disbelief to overcome in his masturbatory fantasies. Yep, *that sinking
> >> >feeling*.
> >> That has nothing to do with what I said.
> >
> >So, I don't get to hate folks who insult me? Well, hmmmph!
> Is it an insult? Asshole is an insult. Narcissist is a diagnosis or an
> attempt at diagnosis.
>
Asshole is part of the body. To illustrate this, I will use asshole in a sentence.
John enjoyed licking his married, Nepalese housemate's asshole.
>
> Trump's a narcissist. 70 million Americans love him!

Narcissist is an insult.

--Bryan

On Sat, 21 Nov 2020 12:47:02 -0800 (PST), Bryan Simmons
> wrote:

>On Saturday, November 21, 2020 at 2:41:57 PM UTC-6, Bruce wrote:
>> On Sat, 21 Nov 2020 12:28:36 -0800 (PST), Bryan Simmons
>> > wrote:
>>
>> >On Saturday, November 21, 2020 at 2:23:19 PM UTC-6, Bruce wrote:
>> >> On Sat, 21 Nov 2020 12:01:07 -0800 (PST), Bryan Simmons
>> >> > wrote:
>> >>
>> >> >On Saturday, November 21, 2020 at 1:27:47 PM UTC-6, Bruce wrote:
>> >> >> On Sat, 21 Nov 2020 11:06:40 -0800 (PST), Bryan Simmons
>> >> >> > wrote:
>> >> >>
>> >> >> >On Saturday, November 21, 2020 at 12:39:33 PM UTC-6, Bruce wrote:
>> >> >> >> On Sat, 21 Nov 2020 06:52:52 -0800 (PST), Bryan Simmons
>> >> >> >> > wrote:
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> >I've known him since we were teenagers. We were both on alt.punk
>> >> >> >> >for years before we were here.
>> >> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> >> It could be that he just gets along well with juveniles because his
>> >> >> >> >> medical / mental condition makes meaningful dialogue with them easier
>> >> >> >> >> than with most adults. Or, they are lighter to manipulate when that is
>> >> >> >> >> needed, or less disposed to become violent, etc.
>> >> >> >> >
>> >> >> >> >You prefer to believe that he does not have a sexual interest in the vulvas
>> >> >> >> >of young girls.
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> You call this a ceasefire?
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >John wrote the magic words. He fired the first shot. I guess some other
>> >> >> >nurse is going to *get to do* the procedures that he was so hoping that
>> >> >> >he'd get to do. You know he's never gotten into a serious relationship
>> >> >> >with a girl who was older than 14. He's over 60, and he's never gotten
>> >> >> >into a serious relationship with a girl who was older than 14.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> I don't understand why you're so offended when John calls you a
>> >> >> narcissist. You are a narcissist or you're not. Whether John calls you
>> >> >> one doesn't change reality.
>> >> >>
>> >> >Look, Bruce, I'm never going to convince you that schadenfreude can be
>> >> >joyous, and you're never going to convince me it isn't. What's fun is
>> >> >knowing that John really does know that he'll never again get to pediatric
>> >> >nurse again, and that adds another barrier, another level of suspension of
>> >> >disbelief to overcome in his masturbatory fantasies. Yep, *that sinking
>> >> >feeling*.
>> >> That has nothing to do with what I said.
>> >
>> >So, I don't get to hate folks who insult me? Well, hmmmph!
>> Is it an insult? Asshole is an insult. Narcissist is a diagnosis or an
>> attempt at diagnosis.
>>
>Asshole is part of the body. To illustrate this, I will use asshole in a sentence.
>John enjoyed licking his married, Nepalese housemate's asshole.
>>
>> Trump's a narcissist. 70 million Americans love him!
>
>Narcissist is an insult.
>

Maybe to a narcissist.

On Sun, 22 Nov 2020 08:08:31 +1100, Bruce > wrote:

>On Sat, 21 Nov 2020 12:47:02 -0800 (PST), Bryan Simmons
> wrote:
>
>>On Saturday, November 21, 2020 at 2:41:57 PM UTC-6, Bruce wrote:
>>> On Sat, 21 Nov 2020 12:28:36 -0800 (PST), Bryan Simmons
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>> So, I don't get to hate folks who insult me? Well, hmmmph!
>>> Is it an insult? Asshole is an insult. Narcissist is a diagnosis or an
>>> attempt at diagnosis.
>>>
>>Asshole is part of the body. To illustrate this, I will use asshole in a sentence.
>>John enjoyed licking his married, Nepalese housemate's asshole.
>>>
>>> Trump's a narcissist. 70 million Americans love him!
>>
>>Narcissist is an insult.
>>
>Maybe to a narcissist.

By the way, quite a few people here always go on about themselves and
never show an interest in anybody else, John being one of the best
examples. I don't think they're all narcissists.

Bryan Simmons wrote:
> On Saturday, November 21, 2020 at 2:41:57 PM UTC-6, Bruce wrote:
>> On Sat, 21 Nov 2020 12:28:36 -0800 (PST), Bryan Simmons
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> On Saturday, November 21, 2020 at 2:23:19 PM UTC-6, Bruce wrote:
>>>> On Sat, 21 Nov 2020 12:01:07 -0800 (PST), Bryan Simmons
>>>> > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Saturday, November 21, 2020 at 1:27:47 PM UTC-6, Bruce wrote:
>>>>>> On Sat, 21 Nov 2020 11:06:40 -0800 (PST), Bryan Simmons
>>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Saturday, November 21, 2020 at 12:39:33 PM UTC-6, Bruce wrote:
>>>>>>>> On Sat, 21 Nov 2020 06:52:52 -0800 (PST), Bryan Simmons
>>>>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I've known him since we were teenagers. We were both on alt.punk
>>>>>>>>> for years before we were here.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> It could be that he just gets along well with juveniles because his
>>>>>>>>>> medical / mental condition makes meaningful dialogue with them easier
>>>>>>>>>> than with most adults. Or, they are lighter to manipulate when that is
>>>>>>>>>> needed, or less disposed to become violent, etc.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> You prefer to believe that he does not have a sexual interest in the vulvas
>>>>>>>>> of young girls.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> You call this a ceasefire?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> John wrote the magic words. He fired the first shot. I guess some other
>>>>>>> nurse is going to *get to do* the procedures that he was so hoping that
>>>>>>> he'd get to do. You know he's never gotten into a serious relationship
>>>>>>> with a girl who was older than 14. He's over 60, and he's never gotten
>>>>>>> into a serious relationship with a girl who was older than 14.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I don't understand why you're so offended when John calls you a
>>>>>> narcissist. You are a narcissist or you're not. Whether John calls you
>>>>>> one doesn't change reality.
>>>>>>
>>>>> Look, Bruce, I'm never going to convince you that schadenfreude can be
>>>>> joyous, and you're never going to convince me it isn't. What's fun is
>>>>> knowing that John really does know that he'll never again get to pediatric
>>>>> nurse again, and that adds another barrier, another level of suspension of
>>>>> disbelief to overcome in his masturbatory fantasies. Yep, *that sinking
>>>>> feeling*.
>>>> That has nothing to do with what I said.
>>>
>>> So, I don't get to hate folks who insult me? Well, hmmmph!
>> Is it an insult? Asshole is an insult. Narcissist is a diagnosis or an
>> attempt at diagnosis.
>>
> Asshole is part of the body. To illustrate this, I will use asshole in a sentence.
> John enjoyed licking his married, Nepalese housemate's asshole.
>>
>> Trump's a narcissist. 70 million Americans love him!
>
> Narcissist is an insult.
>
> --Bryan
>

Relax man, and go with the flow. Druce is just getting off by
sniffing your asshole.

Eat a big bowl of pinto beans, a pound of Limburger cheese, and
drink lots of beer. Make the poor guy happy tomorrow. He might even
become so ecstatic that he reads your book.

I can already hear the clicking of wooden shoes.

On 2020 Nov 21, , Bruce wrote
(in >):

> Trump's a narcissist. 70 million Americans love him!

In this World there is a human spectrum. There are narcissists, there are
individualists, there are individualists that step above and run companies,
there are individualists that step above and run sheeple, and there are
sheeple. ThatEURTMs it. You can see where the conflict occurs.

On Sat, 21 Nov 2020 23:46:28 -0800, Leo >
wrote:

>On 2020 Nov 21, , Bruce wrote
>(in >):
>
>> Trump's a narcissist. 70 million Americans love him!
>
>In this World there is a human spectrum. There are narcissists, there are
>individualists, there are individualists that step above and run companies,
>there are individualists that step above and run sheeple, and there are
>sheeple. ThatâEURTMs it. You can see where the conflict occurs.

I guess Trump's the type who runs sheeple (and runs companies into the
ground).

On 2020 Nov 21, , Bruce wrote
(in >):

> On Sat, 21 Nov 2020 23:46:28 -0800, >
> wrote:
> > In this World there is a human spectrum. There are narcissists, there are
> > individualists, there are individualists that step above and run companies,
> > there are individualists that step above and run sheeple, and there are
> > sheeple. ThatEURTMs it. You can see where the conflict occurs.
>
> I guess Trump's the type who runs sheeple (and runs companies into the
> ground).

Sure, why not. Otherwise, I am concerned with how my newsreader is
occasionally presenting apostrophes, quotes and double quotes. I wrote
That(apostrophe)s it. I see(EURTM) as an apostrophe. Sometimes I see
Chinese characters as apostrophes. Do you see that? Seriously. I think I´m
going to alt.test, but I would like an answer.

On Sun, 22 Nov 2020 01:28:15 -0800, Leo >
wrote:

>On 2020 Nov 21, , Bruce wrote
>(in >):
>
>> On Sat, 21 Nov 2020 23:46:28 -0800, >
>> wrote:
>> > In this World there is a human spectrum. There are narcissists, there are
>> > individualists, there are individualists that step above and run companies,
>> > there are individualists that step above and run sheeple, and there are
>> > sheeple. ThatâEURTMs it. You can see where the conflict occurs.
>>
>> I guess Trump's the type who runs sheeple (and runs companies into the
>> ground).
>
>Sure, why not. Otherwise, I am concerned with how my newsreader is
>occasionally presenting apostrophes, quotes and double quotes. I wrote
>That(apostrophe)s it. I see(âEURTM) as an apostrophe. Sometimes I see
>Chinese characters as apostrophes. Do you see that? Seriously. I think I´m
>going to alt.test, but I would like an answer.

I think that's very complex stuff about character sets and conversions
between them. The way I see it, the simple, standard straight
apostrophe ' always gets displayed correctly, but when you use curly
ones or otherwise fancy ones, it goes wrong. Maybe on smartphones
fancy ones are the standard ones?

On 2020 Nov 22, , Bruce wrote
(in >):

> I think that's very complex stuff about character sets and conversions
> between them. The way I see it, the simple, standard straight
> apostrophe ' always gets displayed correctly, but when you use curly
> ones or otherwise fancy ones, it goes wrong. Maybe on smartphones
> fancy ones are the standard ones?

Dunno yet. I have gone from UTF-8 to ISO Latin 1 (8 bit) with crazy
characters. Now I´m trying ISO Latin 1 (7 bit) starting now. If anyone sees
nutty characters instead of an apostrophe or quote from now on, first I will
dink with my fonts and second, contact the developer. I don´t have a
"smart quotes" option to turn off, and I am seeing smart quotes quoted as
such right now.
I don´t even recognize what I write, and it´s pure genius ;-)

Bruce wrote:
>
> On Sat, 21 Nov 2020 23:46:28 -0800, Leo >
> wrote:
>
> >On 2020 Nov 21, , Bruce wrote
> >(in >):
> >
> >> Trump's a narcissist. 70 million Americans love him!
> >
> >In this World there is a human spectrum. There are narcissists, there are
> >individualists, there are individualists that step above and run companies,
> >there are individualists that step above and run sheeple, and there are
> >sheeple. ThatâEURTMs it. You can see where the conflict occurs.
>
> I guess Trump's the type who runs sheeple (and runs companies into the
> ground).

You should read *all* of this, Bruce. It's not very long but a
decent summary.

https://www.snopes.com/news/2016/08/...-bankruptcies/