--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb <no_reply@...> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, laughinggull108 <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > I'm sure Robin enjoys a good argument as much as anyone > > (and who doesn't like to win that argument!)... > > Actually, there are quite a few people who don't like > to argue, period, much less "win" or claim to "win" > those arguments. It seems to me that to even entertain > the concept of arguing one has to 1) be attached to > something strongly enough to argue it, and 2) be attached > to one's view of that something strongly enough to believe > that it is "right" or "correct" or "true" or even "more > true" than someone else's view. In other words, there has > to be a shitload of ego present to even *want* to argue. > > > ...but it takes two to tango, and if there's no response to > > someone's post or comment, then it usually ends at that > > point (unless you're Buck and respond to your own posts!). > > Or, as has happened several times, if the person wishing > to perpetuate the argument writes five or more posts > totaling literally tens of thousands of words berating > the other person for bailing on the argument and stating > what a terrible person they are for doing so. Just sayin'... > > > I should know because very few of my posts receive a response. > > I'm replying to this one out of pity. :-) > > > But it doesn't matter because I don't post to receive a > > response; I post because I have something to say that may > > be of value to someone... > > I have no such illusions about the supposed "value" of > any of my posts. I post because I feel like it. End of > story. > > > ...and once I've said it, I'm done. > > In this respect, we're alike then. I honestly don't > understand someone who feels that they need five or > six posts in which to state their ideas. I usually > get it right (or at least right enough to suit me) > in the first post. What is the point of saying it > again in different ways, or of arguing with someone > over it? >
Funny how Barry feels he needs thousands of posts to state the same dishonest unaccountable ideas for nearly 20 years. He invents infantile, bullshit fantasies out of whole cloth simply to elevate himself and put people down...exactly as he does in this post. Anyone that fixated on polishing his image to make himself appear superior to others sees no reflection in life more beautiful than his own. Just as Narcissus did when he gazed into a pool of water and fell in love with himself. No one can compare in wit or intelligence to Barry in his own glorious opinion of himself. Robin must be quite a threat to the pedestal upon which he has placed himself and why he hates it when Judy knocks him off it. Barry's constant harangue that Robin suffers from NPD is nothing more than a projection of his own NPD. Nothing new here folks...move along. > > Anyway, that's why I think that none of us can say that > > the Robin of today is the same as the Robin of long ago, > > because we have no basis on which to make that judgment > > without being around him physically for a reasonable > > amount of time to witness what I think of as true > > *actions* with all the accompanying nuances, body > > language, etc. etc. > > I'm not going to argue this point with you :-), but > I will say that I think you're being either a bit > naive or overly confident of your "seeing" abilities > here. If my assessment of NPD is correct, you would > never be able to see the "real Robin" even if you > were with him in person because for the NPD sufferer > there IS no "real" personality. It's all a series of > masks or acts...ALL of it. Every word, every action, > every feigned emotion. > > OF COURSE I could be incorrect in my lay diagnosis, > but I'm sticking with it for now until I perceive > a radically different pattern to his interactions > with other people. > > > And besides, who can say that Robin isn't laughing his > > ass off or doesn't have his tongue firmly planted in his > > cheek as he types his comments here at FFL...maybe he's > > just having a little fun at our expense. > > That may be a possibility, but it doesn't make him sane. > > Especially the irony thang. One way of looking at the > overuse of irony is that it's a way to give oneself > the ultimate "out." You can basically say anything > you want, because if someone calls you on it you can > then just say, "Oh...did you take that seriously? I > was just being ironic...couldn't you tell?" :-) >
