[Lorric]

We've already got one.

http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php?topic=79574.340

[Scotty]

Take a look at the year marker on that one, Lorric.

[StarSlayer]

Take a look at the year marker on that one, Lorric.

Yes look

* StarSlayer Evil Russian Laughter

[Lorric]

Take a look at the year marker on that one, Lorric.

Yes look

* StarSlayer Evil Russian Laughter

On a serious note I don't see why we have to bin the old one and start a new one. And have all those posts sink away in a thread that has been consistently posted in and 2015 hasn't magically stopped people posting in it.

[The E]

Take a look at the year marker on that one, Lorric.

Yes look

* StarSlayer Evil Russian Laughter

On a serious note I don't see why we have to bin the old one and start a new one. And have all those posts sink away in a thread that has been consistently posted in and 2015 hasn't magically stopped people posting in it.

I don't see why, instead of using the report function, you felt the need to jump in to backseat moderate again.

[Lorric]

Oh, so that's how it's going to be, is it...

I had higher hopes for you after we chatted nicely in the Puppies thread yesterday. I guess I was wrong.

[The E]

We can chat on topic. I have little patience for meta stuff right now, especially things like "Should this thread be merged?". Had you opened a report, I wouldn't have been in any way offended or aggravated, but no, you decided to make a post about it, derailing the thread. I won't have that.

[Lorric]

Alright, that's fair.

Old thread's been running since 2012. Why do we need to throw all those posts in the bin?

I have to step away for half an hour or so now just so you know.

[Scotty]

Alright, that's fair.

Old thread's been running since 2012. Why do we need to throw all those posts in the bin?

I have to step away for half an hour or so now just so you know.

Lorric are you totally incapable of realizing that you're still doing it?

[Lorric]

We can chat on topic.

[AdmiralRalwood]

Okay, so this is a bit of an experiment. Let's see if we can get a thread going about books, novellas, short stories and graphic novels the way our music and anime threads are going. What I would like to see here are books you are reading, or are excited to be reading in the near future.

Is that not the point of the "What Literature Be Ya Absorbed In?" thread?

[The E]

Yes, I somehow forgot and then forgot to merge the threads.

[Lorric]

Yes, I somehow forgot and then forgot to merge the threads.

That's what I said. Why did it take Ralwood to point that out?

We point out that there's already a thread for things all the time, in thread. Thread gets merged. That's what I did. Why did we need all this? Why was the thread not just merged after I posted? Did you click my link?

[AdmiralRalwood]

That's what I said.

Well, no, that's not what you said:

We've already got one.

That is not the same thing as:

Is that not the point of the "What Literature Be Ya Absorbed In?" thread?

(But of course, I wouldn't even have posted that, had I read the other thread first; that was just exceedingly unlikely given reading posts from oldest to newest and not waiting until every thread has been read before replying.)

[Lorric]

Well clicking the link makes it clear. And even if the link wasn't clicked what came after it made it pretty damn crystal clear.

[AdmiralRalwood]

Well clicking the link makes it clear. And even if the link wasn't clicked what came after it made it pretty damn crystal clear.

No no no, Lorric, I removed the links because they're not the focus of my point. What is the primary difference between those two quotes?

[Lorric]

Well clicking the link makes it clear. And even if the link wasn't clicked what came after it made it pretty damn crystal clear.

No no no, Lorric, I removed the links because they're not the focus of my point. What is the primary difference between those two quotes?

You asked the question.

Me, it was different. I read his description of the "experiment" he was going to do, and stated "we've already got one" as it was no different to the literature thread.

I don't need to explain this with a laser focus. Clicking the link makes it clear.

[AdmiralRalwood]

Well clicking the link makes it clear. And even if the link wasn't clicked what came after it made it pretty damn crystal clear.

No no no, Lorric, I removed the links because they're not the focus of my point. What is the primary difference between those two quotes?

You asked the question.

Correct! I asked for clarification: "Is that not the same as this other thread? (implication: Have I missed something? Did you make a mistake?)"
You asserted that we already had an identical thread: "We've already got a thread for that. (implication: I have already decided that you ****ed up, and I feel compelled to point this out.)"

One of these is not like the other.

[Lorric]

Don't put words in my mouth.

I asserted something that was obviously correct. And I was correct.

[AdmiralRalwood]

Don't put words in my mouth.

I didn't. Do you know what the word "implication" means?

I asserted something that was obviously correct. And I was correct.

So even after having it explicitly spelled out to you, you have no idea what you did wrong. Okay. Good to know.