Anyone else thinks that Google sucks, more and more ? (rant!)

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by Ducimus

The use of profanity is more forceful, the words are more powerful, and their use doesn't necessarily indicate lack of intelligence.

You didn't quote my second line. Did you read it? If you had you might have realized that the first line was aimed at myself as much as anybody else.

Originally Posted by Nippelspanner

Steve, welcome to my trap!
I just KNEW you had to address this, I knew it and that's why I added the note before sending the text!

No trap at all. The note was the only reason I even responded.

Now I feel smart.

You are smart. As I said above, my comment was aimed at myself.

A good f-bomb once in a while can be a good stress killer - for me at least.

Hence my second line. I swear a lot, but never in public and never on Subsim. In public because I believe in a certain level of propriety, and on Subsim because Neal wants a forum an eight-year-old can be comfortable reading.

[Ducimus]

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

You didn't quote my second line. Did you read it? If you had you might have realized that the first line was aimed at myself as much as anybody else.

I read it, but dismissed it. You always cite rules, but you jump on the anti-profanity train so often, with such zeal, that i have a hard time thinking that it is for any reason other then that profanity offends your moral sensibilities.

[Wolferz]

The use of profanity is not a clear indicator of lack of intelligence.
Just lack of vocabulary.

[antikristuseke]

I disagree with that passionately Wolferz.
Use of profanity has its place and is part of the vocabulary for a reason, but this isn't that place, even though I have fallen foul of that rule at times.

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by Ducimus

I read it, but dismissed it. You always cite rules, but you jump on the anti-profanity train so often, with such zeal, that i have a hard time thinking that it is for any reason other then that profanity offends your moral sensibilities.

Then you don't know or understand me at all. These days my moral sensibilities are minimal if not nil. I'm more of a rules-nazi than anything else.

[Ducimus]

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

Then you don't know or understand me at all. These days my moral sensibilities are minimal if not nil. I'm more of a rules-nazi than anything else.

I still don't buy it. I've liven my whole life going by laws, rules, and regulations. Regimentation is nothing new to me.

As an example, for most of us, lying is against the rules in life. Yet children are lied to all the time in the form of the Easter bunny, Tooth Fairy, and Santa Clause.

Or another example, say the posted speed limit is 65 MPH, but the flow of traffic is 75 MPH, ill wager you'll be going with the flow of traffic, or at a minimum, doing 5 over. Furthermore, more often then not, someone doing the speed limit, or even 5 under, becomes a safety hazard to the flow of traffic.

Don't tell me you have NEVER crossed the street outside boundaries of a crosswalk.


What I'm saying is that 100% strict adherence to the letter of rules and laws is unrealistic, and unattainable. We all bend or break them a little bit, even the most high moral and law abiding amongst us in society.

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by Ducimus

I still don't buy it.

Of course you're entitled to think whatever you want. I've said my piece, and don't think I need to explain further since you won't believe me anyway.

Or another example, say the posted speed limit is 65 MPH, but the flow of traffic is 75 MPH, ill wager you'll be going with the flow of traffic, or at a minimum, doing 5 over. Furthermore, more often then not, someone doing the speed limit, or even 5 under, becomes a safety hazard to the flow of traffic.

Not really. I do tend to stay in the slow lane, though.

Don't tell me you have NEVER crossed the street outside boundaries of a crosswalk.

Sure, when the crosswalk is several hundred feet away. On the other hand I never cross against the light.

What I'm saying is that 100% strict adherence to the letter of rules and laws is unrealistic, and unattainable. We all bend or break them a little bit, even the most high moral and law abiding amongst us in society.

I've saved your first comment for last, since you didn't ask me if I've never lied. I'm not quite a compulsive liar, but I realized long ago that I'm habitually dishonest. I make a point of trying not to lie, cheat or steal, yet I'm painfully aware of the times I still do all of those. On the other hand I'm perfectly willing to talk about those, so while I'm conflicted I don't consider myself hypocritical. You might say that these days I'm brutally honest about my own dishonesty.

So no, it's not about the language. I just don't like seeing the rules being ignored. Sure I'm over-zealous sometimes. I admit it. That said, if the rule were to change tomorrow I'd roll with it.

[Ducimus]

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

Of course you're entitled to think whatever you want. I've said my piece, and don't think I need to explain further since you won't believe me anyway.

Well, you are right, I do not know you. In fact, I don't care how long you can "talk" to someone on the internet, in all reality, you really don't know them. In my opinion, the only people someone can really know, are people they physically see and interact with in their daily lives. So, I don't know you from Adam. At the end of the day, you don't have to prove anything to me, or anyone else, and neither do I.

As people go, the way i see it, this is the internet. People say A LOT of things about themselves, in many subjects. Some of it may be true, some of it isn't true, and it's often impossible to tell which.

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by Ducimus

As people go, the way i see it, this is the internet. People say A LOT of things about themselves, in many subjects. Some of it may be true, some of it isn't true, and it's often impossible to tell which.

True, but some of us are more than willing to meet each other face-to-face, vouch for each other, post pictures that are verified by others, including pictures taken together, and communicate from time to time by means other than the internet. On the other hand some of us seem afraid to meet other members, no matter how many times they're asked.

Who should you trust more?