Self-Important Meatheads

Posted on June 22, 2002 in Clueless Oafs IRC/Chat

As I write this, I am also watching the activity at #news_garden at Dalnet.com. Usual silliness there. But it can be refreshing after an evening debating people who take themselves way too seriously in groups like #philosophy and #politics. Last night I spent a long time explaining my view of history to a thickhead in the former group. The guy wanted to attribute everything in modern civilization to the revolution in health that has occurred in the last 200 years. When I pointed out that other things contributed as well, he argued with me as if I was saying that improved health had played no role at all! An all too typical exchange on IRC. Sometimes I, too, get myself caught up in my own words and don’t really read the other guy, but in this case, I was all too right about being misrepresented.