Things to remember in very hot weather

In rec.aviation.student wrote:
I think there is ample evidence M Anthony is a loser with no desire to
change that state. His utility here is to post questions that lead to
long and sometimes humorous threads. It's especially fun to read his
posts as a way of gaining insight into a mind with some seemingly
interesting deviations from normal.

Yep, I have to agree with you there.

He's a standard deviation or two away from normal for many parameters,
but not the ones he's claim, like wisdom, insight or intelligence.

I think he's pretty intelligent. From what I can see, a lot of the really
inane stuff he posts comes from a strange compulsion to disagree with
almost anything anyone says, no matter how sensible it may be. Wise or
insightful, no way.

I look often for him to open a new topic, but that'll be delayed
because this one still has legs.

Well, I'm pretty much done with my part. I've made all the points I wanted
to make, and unless he surprises me, he'll devolve into repetition now.

He is fun, isn't he?

Sure is. I've known a few like him over the years. They annoy me at first,
then I get to understand how they work and they're just amusing.

I was actually friends with one of them in real life for a while, after
I'd talked to him online for a few years first. We ended up at the same
college and started hanging out. It was interesting because he wasn't
nearly as weird in real life as he was on the internet. He was still a
little kooky, but not any more kooky than many of my other college
friends.

Given MX's extreme anti-social bent I doubt he'd be interesting to meet in
real life, though.

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Mike Ash
Radio Free Earth
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