Is the above A: to be taken literally, or B: to be taken as sarcasm?
... suffer from epilepsy (or worse) from the pills two months later. ...
HIlite by DaylightstarI began hearing "voices in my head" in 1994 and, since then, I have talked about this phenomenon with physicians several times (either psychiatrists or general practitioners, also a neurologist). ...
I believe it's literally sarcastic.

.........the second line in MikeG's post is way below his principal statement, so low that it appears to avoid association with the principal statement as if the second line really is a lie, which it then is, which makes the principal statement true?....
It seems to me he was trying to poison me (in his erratic style), this is just more of the same on this forum. It doesn't take that much courage to swallow pills, or to tell others that they are psychotic and that they should swallow pills (especially if it is a lie). Of course, those who give this "advice" are not the ones who are going to suffer from epilepsy (or worse) from the pills two months later. Doing a serious, honest and original research requires perhaps more work and courage, it seems to me.
Now I write (for example): "My first episode was way back in 1988". Perhaps, according to this gentleman, if I follow the medication path, after 12 years of trials and errors, I shall write (like him): "My first episode was way back 1988". I can see this improvement. Thank you, thank you, "JREF", I am so grateful... I wonder what the next exciting step would be. "Sssssank yu" perhaps?
I think it's safe to say Michel is beyond any traditional help it serves no purpose for anyone to continue in the conversation.
I suspect it will be..Yeah, righto, Michel, whatever you say. You're always right, and we've just been stringing you along for 3 years.
Is the above A: to be taken literally, or B: to be taken as sarcasm?
Thank you for confirming it.Yeah, righto, Michel, whatever you say. You're always right, and we've just been stringing you along for 3 years.
How can a question be a lie?
The large gap was to give Michel pause to think, so that he can then make a choice between my options A or B.
?I've tried stopping people, but it seems an impossible task here. At least the unproductive sarcasm and mockery has died down.
I've tried stopping people, but it seems an impossible task here. At least the unproductive sarcasm and mockery has died down.
Clearly, your question was aimed at obtaining a "sarcasm" answer where clearly no sarcasm was detected by you?
Just one of those skeptics' tactics?
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There is nothing wrong about being "special" in this thread, about saying something different from the majority.MikeG, hopefully you realized I was just trying to be ..... Speshul.
There is nothing wrong about being "special" in this thread..........
Yes of course, but that's not what "special" generally means. I am worried that conservative people impose more and more their will in my threads, by "urging other people to not participate in this bad test (sic)", with some support from the moderating team. The end result of that kind of "urging" might well be that I am no longer getting enough answers to do my research, and to do my statistical analyses.Yes there is, if special means wrong and deluded.
The end result of that kind of "urging" might well be that I am no longer getting enough answers to do my research, and to do my statistical analyses.
The case of a new instant messaging service is different. One reason is that people seem to be generally much more honest on these simple technical things. A second reason is that, when you a telepathy test (with a number to guess), you can scientifically figure out whether some telepathy took place by doing a standard statistical analysis on the numerical answers alone. And a third reason is that, on this large "skeptical" forum, hostility towards my claims is pretty enormous, with people supporting each other, so that a "I don't know" answer is not very interesting (it might be just related to the place where I am).Since you're already ignoring null results, your statistical analyses are meaningless anyway. If you were testing, say, a new instant messaging service by sending out a message and asking who'd received it correctly and who incorrectly, and you ignored every response that said they hadn't got the message at all, do you think your results would be credible?
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There is nothing wrong about being "special" in this thread, about saying something different from the majority.
It does in this case.Yes of course, but that's not what "special" generally means. ...
It's not a test, it's a number guessing game. It's also a mechanism to support evasion of appropriate attention.... ... this bad test (sic)", ...
Your 'research' and 'statistical analyses' are only your mechanism to not face your real problems, in addition to defining your condition (voices telling you to kill yourself) as a 'telepathy problem'.... The end result of that kind of "urging" might well be that I am no longer getting enough answers to do my research, and to do my statistical analyses.