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So the spirits are going to save the world by saying the word "robin?" How does this save the world?
 
I think the spirits have moved from the fingers to the wires to the engine cab. This train is completely off the rails.

I'm generally a snarky sumbitz, but I'm personally not real fond of the "find the sock" game, and from experience, accusations of sock puppetry will wind your butts up in AAH.

I don't really think it's necessary to make fun of the participants. If anyone can find the list that flaccon made of the "believers", I think you'll find a number of them who hold menial jobs. It's just possible that they believe or believe in Tracey and want to support her but aren't real swell communicatioinists like we all is.
 
Foolmewunz said:
I think the spirits have moved from the fingers to the wires to the engine cab. This train is completely off the rails.

I'm generally a snarky sumbitz, but I'm personally not real fond of the "find the sock" game, and from experience, accusations of sock puppetry will wind your butts up in AAH.
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I wasn't attempting to make accusations of sock puppetry. I have no idea if they are one in the same, and don't care. But it does appear to me that these three posters are, as you say, off the rails, and attempting to play well meaning posters for fools. Enough already.

I don't really think it's necessary to make fun of the participants. If anyone can find the list that flaccon made of the "believers", I think you'll find a number of them who hold menial jobs. It's just possible that they believe or believe in Tracey and want to support her but aren't real swell communicatioinists like we all is.
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Agreed. I wasn't making fun of the participants, other than to suggest flaccon may be delusional, which I don't consider funny. I WAS poking a little fun at both the ridiculousness of the claim that ghosts in the machine can prevent the world from imploding, and the specious replies from the two supporters and flaccon. Posters here have been largely polite and helpful, only to be met with out of sync responses, excuses, dodges, and unfounded accusations. Inviting a second supporter to come on and say flaccon was mistreated (she wasn't), and offer the same ridiculous claim of hearing voices of spirits as "proof" just jumped the shark.

If I was offensive, I apologize.

It's a typical train wreck. flaccon, you came here looking for skeptics. You found them. Now what?
 
desertgal said:
Really? Why do they care? They don't occupy this world-they are spirits. World events don't affect them in the slightest. They will continue to be spirits regardless.
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When the world is "blown to bits," then we all will be spirits too, so, "What? Me worry?"
 
Alderbank said:
In my post I politely asked you some questions. You always completely ignore anything I say. I consider this to be rude. Please have the courtesy to reply to me before asking more questions of your own. That is how a discussion works.
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scrappy said:
Biscuit, the spirits claim that they are here to change the world for the better, before its blown to bits .
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If the spirits in flaccon's computer are here to save the world, why can't they fix flaccon's internet connection?
 
desertgal said:
I wasn't attempting to make accusations of sock puppetry. I have no idea if they are one in the same, and don't care. But it does appear to me that these three posters are, as you say, off the rails, and attempting to play well meaning posters for fools. Enough already.



Agreed. I wasn't making fun of the participants, other than to suggest flaccon may be delusional, which I don't consider funny. I WAS poking a little fun at both the ridiculousness of the claim that ghosts in the machine can prevent the world from imploding, and the specious replies from the two supporters and flaccon. Posters here have been largely polite and helpful, only to be met with out of sync responses, excuses, dodges, and unfounded accusations. Inviting a second supporter to come on and say flaccon was mistreated (she wasn't), and offer the same ridiculous claim of hearing voices of spirits as "proof" just jumped the shark.

If I was offensive, I apologize.

It's a typical train wreck. flaccon, you came here looking for skeptics. You found them. Now what?
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I don't think you were particularly offensive, but I must confess that I didn't pin names on the posts I was reading as I'm not looking to blame but to do a little Net Nanny housekeeping. If I'm wrong and the posts by our new visitors are really the work of a single entity trying to wind people up, or of a few of them playing games, well then,... I'm going to be wrong. It's happened before and I can live through being wrong, believe me.

If I'm right, then a few people here are going to feel rather worse, because there are some bullying posts making fun of someone who may have less of an education than some of us do. Doesn't it say something about "friendly" to go along with "lively" in that slug on the masthead?
 
Vortigern99 said:
I'm expecting the Bishop to show up at any moment, followed by the GP, Tracey's living relatives in rapid succession, Tracey's dead relatives and finally, Leonardo Da Vinci.
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You left out Thomas Edison.
 
Foolmewunz said:
<snip>If I'm right, then a few people here are going to feel rather worse, because there are some bullying posts making fun of someone who may have less of an education than some of us do. Doesn't it say something about "friendly" to go along with "lively" in that slug on the masthead?
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I didn't see that mockery, but I may have missed it. What I read was a few posters noting a consistent improper punctuation in the posts of flaccon's two supporters. I don't think that's unfriendly, although making fun of a lack of education is.
 
asydhouse said:
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I predict more such sudden forays and wild goose chasing. Perhaps they will lose interest in this thread altogether, and return here less and less, in favour of their delicious play that they see as holy work.

Just trying to see things as they must be seeing themselves. We are dreary dull work, when what they crave and are getting is the liberation of fantasy come to reality (not that they see it as fantasy, but that conveys how I think they feel).

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Well said. These are points that make me quite sure we are not dealing with an internet hoax.

We are not competing with clever trolls. We're faced with people intoxicated by the paranormal. Life after death, spirits, demons, ghosts... this story has a lot to offer the credulous.

Simple things like fact-checking and consistency go by the wayside when such 'awesome, wonderful' issues are at stake. Fact-checking and consistency are terrestrial, mundane stuff.

The paranormal offers a cheap thrill, a high, a sense of being special.

What do we offer? Cold hard facts and the relief of understanding.
 
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