Called a "bot" again, and I am getting more than a little tired of it

[Peacetrain]

Seriously, up to my ears with it. Let us try a little "decorum in the forum" I do not call people names, and expect the same.

end of rant

[BeFree]

1. Obama bot?

Be proud, be loud. He's the best thing this country has seen in 20 years.

[Donald Ian Rankin]

28. Why 20?

I could understand calling Obama the best president the US has had for 8, 28 at a pinch, 40, 46, conceivably 56 or possibly even 64 years; 20 doesn't seem an obvious number.

[Sebastian Doyle]

30. 28?

I think it's a little early to rank Obama as President yet, but he's obviously better than Reagan, Poppy, or Chimpy, and by comparing the first 50 days out of the gate, better than Clinton as well.

So he's easily the best president of the last 28 years.... so far.

We now return you to the previous "bot" conversation......

[Marrah_G]

2. Put people like that on ingore

They are not worth a minute of your time worrying over.

[Peacetrain]

9. I hate putting people on ignore.. I love discussion..

probably more with people who disagree with me the most.. But I hate the name calling that side rails a thread..

[Marrah_G]

17. Then my friend.... I mean this in the nicest of ways....

You just have to toughen up and accept that a good portion of the internet community are not going to be nice, are not going to be civil, are not going to be polite.

I know for myself, the best choice is to put those sorts on ignore. That way I can enjoy DU with less risk of losing my temper and putting my own status on DU at risk as have in the past.

:hug:

Good Luck

[Peacetrain]

23. You give good advice Marrah

:hi:

[Occam Bandage]

3. Whatever, civility-bot.

[SemiCharmedQuark]

4. Cram it with walnuts, Snark-Bot.

[Occam Bandage]

8. Whatever, white-knight-bot.

Is that acceptable? Can bots have two hyphens? I mean, I think we should have an upper bound somewhere. We don't want to see things like "Kucinich-supporter-during-the-2004-and-2008-primaries-who-never-really-supported-Obama-except-as-an-alternative-to-McCain-
who-now-is-pretending-to-be-a-longtime-Obama-supporter-who-feels-betrayed-by-Obama's-pursuit-of-consensus-bot." That would just be silly.

So if the boundary is at one hyphen, I'll have to reconsider. Maybe something like "bot-bot?" It doesn't make sense, but it sounds a bit like a Belgian kids' comic book character, and that has to be worth something.

[Adelante]

13. A many-hyphenated funny

:D

[Bolo Boffin]

15. Stifle, hyphen-bot. n/t

[Runcible Spoon]

32. oo oo "bot" me next please!

:bounce:

[SemiCharmedQuark]

5. What kind of bot?

[wyldwolf]

6. ever notice those who call people bots are the biggest bots around?

[Peacetrain]

7. Well it just is one of those things that stops a discussion cold wyldwolf

:shrug:

[Occam Bandage]

10. That's the intent. "Whatever, I don't have to listen to anyone who disagrees with me,

because they're just robotic morons who don't think." A bit ironic.

[Peacetrain]

11. That is probably the truth of the matter..

And the thing is, they may have this wonderful insight, but how can you get to it when someone is so dismissive of you.

Kind of like seeing a woman you do not know, and instead of say Hey there, they yell Hey Bitch.. I mean the intent to get my attention is the same, but the results are going to be 180 degree difference :)

[cliffordu]

14. That's right. That one is a cold water bot

Or a wet blanket bot

Or a stick in the mud bot.



I myself am a tired cliche generating bot

[BeyondGeography]

12. Shouldn't this be in the bot forum?

[WI_DEM]

16. For some the primaries never ended. Some people here were never happy that Obama won.

[dionysus]

21. cha-ching!!!!

if you're not prepetually outraged that obama did(n't) do _______ you're just a lockstepping, hope snorting obama-bot

[Jennicut]

18. This thread reminds me of the Spongebob episode where he thought Mr. Krabs was a robot

Beep beep boop beep boop.

[Bicoastal]

22. What are you, ten years old?

'Cuz I'm nine. Wanna date?

[Jennicut]

25. LMAO! No, but I watch way too much Nickelodeon as a Mom of a 3 and 4 year old.

I think I have every Spongebob episode memorized. Its a ritual to watch at least one half hour of Spongebob a day.

[Number23]

26. That was a hoot!

Okay, my two-year old loves Spongebob. Here in Australia, I think they only have about 9 episodes of the show and they play them over and over and over again. The "robot" one is one of the nine. :)

[Jennicut]

34. I heart Spongebob.

Glad to know I am not the only one!

[Solomon]

19. Remember, this is how the republicans have taught americans

to debate issues. Call each other names and hurl insults at each other, never getting to the underlying issue. Americans have been doing it for too long and are having a hard time breaking this habit.

[dionysus]

20. whatev chavez\hillary\obama-bot

:evilgrin:

[Cha]

24. No one better

call me a bot..they'll get it back in their little bot face.

[Drunken Irishman]

27. Eh, bot you!

[Iggo]

29. I think you should call them out.

Yep, that's exactly what you should do.

[Jackeens]

31. No 'ifs, bots, or maybes' - Obama won. Simple as.

:-)

[camera obscura]

33. You guys are all such botbots.