Ignore him, correct him offlist, or killfile him and move on

[Michael]

And thank you Keith for your words! I wish I could remember meeting you.
The only names I can associate with a 30 year younger face is Brian and
Hans.

On Wed, Jun 19, 2024 at 8:30 PM Michael <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks for the support, Eric.
> So glad that things are working out for you!
>
> On Wed, Jun 19, 2024, 12:14 AM Eric Oyen via PLUG-discuss <
> plug-discuss at lists.phxlinux.org> wrote:
>
>> Guys,
>>
>> I am totally blind, and that’s partly due to traumatic brain injury back
>> in 1989. I’ve also had my moments where I am exceedingly curse when it
>> comes to some subjects. I also tend to be a little bit obsessive,
>> compulsive, and that happens to be the autistic side of my nature which
>> I’ve had all my life. I am a bit unusual, but science and technology are my
>> thing so I tend not to ask too many questions because I’ve already done
>> most of the research. However, sometimes research isn’t enough and I may
>> end up having gas questions here. So, one should look past some of the
>> commentary on here and recognize and realize those of us were traumatic
>> brain. Injuries may not necessarily operate in a normal fashion. I happen
>> to be one of the few exceptions because the area of the brain and question
>> for me that was damaged with my visual cortex.  Also, as an aside, I also
>> have prosthetic eyes, so it doesn’t matter what my visual cortex does
>> because I wouldn’t be able to perceive anything anyway. In any case, this
>> really hasn’t slowed me down much in both the accessibility and Lennox
>> fields. I’ve been writing a bunch of scripts, especially for . Comes in
>> handy when I want to download a video from YouTube and then listen to it
>> using VLC. Makes a lot easier than having to deal with the stupid app and
>> their commercials.
>>
>> Anyway, that’s my opinion on this subject and now we should probably get
>> back to Lennox and what it can be used for and how accessible it really is.
>>
>> – Eric
>> From the central offices of the Technomage Guild,  Opinions and research
>> department.
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> > On Jun 16, 2024, at 6:22 AM, Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss <
>> plug-discuss at lists.phxlinux.org> wrote:
>> >
>> > I hear about and read about everyone wanting to get along.  I am old
>> enough to know that is impossible.  I tend to get political and my views
>> are at odds with some or maybe most on the list.
>> >
>> > Here is what I came to say.  Shame on you all.  You need to take an
>> inventory for what you have.  Most of you can run me in the ground.  I
>> struggle with technology.  I always have.
>> >
>> > I talked with Mike about 10 years ago.  Apparently you do not know that
>> Mike experienced a traumatic brain injury.
>> >
>> > Mike do not let this get to you.  It is just junior and senior high BS.
>> >
>> > I've been on this list since 1999 or 2000.  Some of the questions I ask
>> are probably annoying.  I use Google and as of late have started using
>> ChatGPT (AI) to seek information.  The latter seems to do a better job.
>> >
>> > I believe we are all here because of our common goal to work with,
>> learn, and enjoy Open Source - I know I am.  I also know we do not live in
>> a vacuum. Other things overflow that are not Open Source.
>> >
>> > We are a community.  I could go as far as to say we are a family.  I
>> heard a pastor say once that families prepare us for the world.  I guess
>> families have a lot of strife.
>> >
>> > Keith
>> >
>> >
>> >> On 2024-06-15 22:54, Steve Litt via PLUG-discuss wrote:
>> >> There's been a long thread of people mocking somebody who asked a
>> >> stupid question. Yeah, the guy's annoying; annoying Open Sourceenough
>> that I piped
>> >> all his posts to /dev/null starting two or three years ago. This thread
>> >> worsens the list's signal to noise, and personally, it constantly
>> >> reminds me of the annoying person I killfiled years ago.
>> >> I have a suggestion. If the guy annoys you, either ignore him, correct
>> >> him offlist, or killfile him and move on. There's no need to mess up
>> >> the list with mockery. Whether you believe, as I do, that he's an
>> >> attention seeking troll who thinks his stupidity is cute, or whether
>> >> you believe his behavior is entirely caused by some sort of brain
>> >> injury, either way, the on-list mockery does no good for anybody.
>> >> Ignore him, correct him offlist, or killfile him and move on.
>> >> SteveT
>> >> Steve Litt
>> >> Autumn 2023 featured book: Rapid Learning for the 21st Century
>> >> http://www.troubleshooters.com/rl21
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