William Shakespeare, Quentin Tarantino or Lena Dunham

[Mechaman]

I pretty much agree with Dibble.  I've never heard of Lena Dunham, and I generally like Tarantino's work (except for Inglorious Basterds), but Shakespeare's too revolutionary to dismiss.  I'd even say that without him, we probably wouldn't have all the great screenwriters we do today.  Though I know you won't agree with that sentiment, BRTD.

I'm not saying Skakespeare sucks, but following the logic of this wouldn't that also mean that the Cro Magnon is the greatest man, since his discovery of fire influenced generations of man afterward?

I mean, how would society survive without fire?

[Mechaman]

Like I said, I don't know, it could've either been pruned or I deleted it awhile ago for whatever reason, in the past browsing archives I have thought "wow that was kind of dumb" and deleted a thread. Google's caches stay around for a long time (hence the warning sometimes given that if you post something here you can't just expect to delete it later and have it be gone forever.) If you're implying I deleted it and then made the new one it would've been less work just to bump the old one you know (and you all know I'm certainly not prone against bumping old threads.)

Well we know it wasn't auto-pruned.  That doesn't happen to 2-year-old threads.

So your story is that at some point, you thought "Wow, that's a dumb poll", and deleted it, only to later repost a poll that was basically the same thing?  You're beginning to sound like Bushie... that just doesn't add up, unless you're bipolar when it comes to your views of your own polls.

Actually being "bipolar" on polls might be a good description, since my views can change on them based on a lot of things, including alcohol consumed before making them. I'm sure this isn't the first time I deleted a poll in the archive and made a similar one later.

What's also quite likely is that I wasn't bothered by the poll itself but rather something incredibly offensive that I said later in it (considering the things I said about Irish at the time you're stating it wouldn't be surprising). I know I deleted a lot of stuff with such stuff in it around late 2011/early 2012, my whole finding Jesus time. Around that era wasn't it common that I accused Irish-Americans of being Gaddafi sympathizers? That might've been it actually.

And you are not hostile to Irish Americans now?!

If there is one achievement I could give you, Zachary, it's your ability to make me understand how black people feel when idiot white racists spout off Ku Klux Klan talking points.

[Mechaman]

Like I said, I don't know, it could've either been pruned or I deleted it awhile ago for whatever reason, in the past browsing archives I have thought "wow that was kind of dumb" and deleted a thread. Google's caches stay around for a long time (hence the warning sometimes given that if you post something here you can't just expect to delete it later and have it be gone forever.) If you're implying I deleted it and then made the new one it would've been less work just to bump the old one you know (and you all know I'm certainly not prone against bumping old threads.)

Well we know it wasn't auto-pruned.  That doesn't happen to 2-year-old threads.

So your story is that at some point, you thought "Wow, that's a dumb poll", and deleted it, only to later repost a poll that was basically the same thing?  You're beginning to sound like Bushie... that just doesn't add up, unless you're bipolar when it comes to your views of your own polls.

Actually being "bipolar" on polls might be a good description, since my views can change on them based on a lot of things, including alcohol consumed before making them. I'm sure this isn't the first time I deleted a poll in the archive and made a similar one later.

What's also quite likely is that I wasn't bothered by the poll itself but rather something incredibly offensive that I said later in it (considering the things I said about Irish at the time you're stating it wouldn't be surprising). I know I deleted a lot of stuff with such stuff in it around late 2011/early 2012, my whole finding Jesus time. Around that era wasn't it common that I accused Irish-Americans of being Gaddafi sympathizers? That might've been it actually.

And you are not hostile to Irish Americans now?!

If there is one achievement I could give you, Zachary, it's your ability to make me understand how black people feel when idiot white racists spout off Ku Klux Klan talking points.

You can own him all you want, dude, but he will never understand. More likely, he'll accuse you of loving the IRA.

As I stated in another thread, one of my best friends in real life, who I go to shows with all the time, is Irish. Do you think I have ever accused him of loving the IRA?

Also Mecha is from a Protestant family anyway so it would make even less sense for him to love the IRA than it would for me (his family would be Unionists in Northern Ireland.)

Regardless of how I would be if I was in Northern Ireland, that doesn't change the fact that you've made some very dumb and ignorant statements in the past.  Like this:

IRC Chatlog, sometime last year:

BRTD: "LOL, I can imagine the "scene" in Ireland is miserable."
Mechaman: "BRTD, have you even been to Ireland?"
BRTD: "No, but from what I've witnessed from the diaspora I'm guessing it must be a pretty miserable place."
Mechaman: "That's kinda racist, ya'know?"

Of course, this isn't the exact words (which nevertheless sound pretty stupid), but you still said something very close to that effect.  Now sure, I don't hate you and in fact consider you a forum buddy.  With that said, I think that doesn't prevent me from having the ability, in fact the right, to call you out for your stupidity.
Just saying.