> It would not surprise me to learn that BipolarBear0 is a plant.
If he is, I hope he's fired. Removing an article like that to cover your ass seems like an inordinately stupid thing to do.
> It would also not surprise me to learn that he's a pedantic basement-dweller
This characterization bothers me. "Basement dweller" and "neckbeard" seem to have become the way that fellow nerds can insultingly call each other nerds.
Basement-dweller was intended to rather more mean "person with a lot of time on their hands" - no slight was intended. Hell, I live a basement, albeit not my mom's!
Anyway, he appears to be a DoD contractor with far too much time on his hands.
This may be too much of a tangent, but I think there's a line between being a nerd who functions as a normal citizen and one who doesn't. For me, that's what the "basement-dweller" thing is pointing at, as I think the long version of that is "mom's basement".
I think if anybody's equipped to usefully judge how people deploy their nerdiness, it's other nerds.
If someone is being a pedantic asshole, it's enough to say that.
> I think if anybody's equipped to usefully judge how people deploy their nerdiness, it's other nerds.
I think my point is that calling someone a basement dweller or a neckbeard isn't useful. It doesn't help the point being made; it just insults the other person -- it stands out, in my mind, of nerd being thrown around as an insult in high school.
And, no. I don't think nerds will usefully judge how people deploy their nerdiness.
One of the reasons I'm cynical about online communities is because certain users will seem to have invested their entire life into participating, e.g. spending 12-16 hours a day online (per their post history). Basement Dweller is an dumb insult, but some useful distinction could be made about these people.
If he is, I hope he's fired. Removing an article like that to cover your ass seems like an inordinately stupid thing to do.
> It would also not surprise me to learn that he's a pedantic basement-dweller
This characterization bothers me. "Basement dweller" and "neckbeard" seem to have become the way that fellow nerds can insultingly call each other nerds.