Posted by Darth Dobbin at 208-58-250-204.s458.tnt1.nwhv.ct.dialup.rcn.com on July 02, 2000 at 13:58:49:
In Reply to: I'm at a complete loss posted by StygianRules on July 02, 2000 at 13:30:57:
then someone must a)not like you, b)have a completely bizarre sense of practical jokery, c)have an almost Kaufman-esqe sense of the absurd, as they did not use your name to shotgun offensive things per se, but rather to paint you be a truly insipid moron.... And further, if this is true, it HAD to be someone you know (who else would dedicate such time and venom), which indicts you on some level anyway by association. Birds of a feather, and all..
If, however, this is NOT TRUE, and you are trying to invent some Munchausian scenario of stolen identity after what may be described as a pyschotic break into idiocy, then you are perhaps the strangest, saddest, most quizzical and curious weirdo I've ever..um..typed to.
I'm willing to give you the benefit of the doubt, but at the same time, Occam's razor dictates that the least improbable explaination be accepted.
("when you have two competing theories which make exactly the same predictions, the one that is simpler is the better.")
Only, for the life of me, I can't figure out which of these two scenarios is more improbable.
I'd change my board name in either case, if I were you. Baggage and all. Beyond that, what does it mean anyway? Is "Rules" a noun, or a verb? If it's a verb, how can an adjective "rule" anything? The mind boggles.
: My fellow Askewers, I've been away in California and unable to access these boards for about two days. Yet now I return to find my name up and down the page getting into fights with various people and saying absolutely ridiculous things. I don't even know what to say. I believe the last message I posted was the Damn Canadians one (which, by all means, was sincere sarcasm) and I'm at a loss as to what happened afterwards.
: For any trouble it may have caused, I'm sorry though I had no involvement in the insane posts I find standing by my name. I find myself and other people confused and hope that whatever happened can be fixed. I've changed my password and hopefully whoever is using my board name and working in my style will cease as of this moment, and wish that grudges are forgiven and turned to the proper party. Undeniably, I am very angry at what has been going on and am doing my best to find out further information on it, but until then I'll deal with it and I hope you will do the same. I truly apologize for any confusion and hope that this is quickly resolved, and do promise that it eventually will be.
: Thank you,
: StygianRules