Well gosh SmartIvan, you've proven yet again your vast inability to make any sense IN the lines so any sense MUST be somewhere else.

I wonder if a monkey hitting keys at random on a typewriter keyboard for an infinite amount of time would type as much meaning between the lines as the complete posts of IvanJim?

Almost surely!


Sam old Ivy.

You make a comment about what my life must be like in the real world, based on how I "comport" myself here and it's just an observation.

I make the same type of comment and you feel threatened? It's nice to know you are so easily frightened in the safety of your own home. All I said was, "I hope you don't act like this in the real world. You wouldn't have any teeth left," but I shouldn't have worried, you probably are smart enough to not act like you do here, in the real world. Probably just with people you feel safe being yourself with, like waitresses, small children, old ladies, people on the phone...

Pretense? Geez, lighten up on the pseudo-intellectual clap-trap buddy, it's getting away from you.

You're still attempting to dismiss my words. If they're to simple-minded, they should be easy to address. It's certainly not my problem that you can't handle it, but I'm always ready to help out a little. That is until I see that it makes no difference.


Again, you're evading. I'm using all of these words in the proper manner, so I don't know why you're having so much trouble sorting them out. I guess plain language confuses you. Maybe you could try reading everything twice.


I'll just point out the obvious and say that this last part of your post is completely untrue. Go ahead and reject it outright, you've got to stick with what you know, Paul. I mean Ivan, sorry!

I have no doubt that for you the named scenario would have just as much meaning. After all, when you can't understand what you're reading, nothing seems to make sense. Therefore, to you, everything you don't understand comes across as nonsense. My guess is that most of what you read is nonsense to you.


I don't feel any fear of you, SlowJoe, I just recognize that you seem to be turning to tacit threats when you can't make any headway with your words. Fortunately for me I can recognize that your competence level is such that you couldn't possibly be effective even if you tried to get physical.

That you'd think the word "pretense" or it's concept is either intellectual or pseudo-intellectual says an awful lot about your perceptual abilities.

Let me try to dumb it down for you a little. You're trying to fake it and you're failing.

What you seem lost in is the fact that I already did address and dismiss your words. That you'd like to pretend that this hasn't happened is just so Geedis (which is to say, weak and dishonest)


No confusion here, Geedis, you just don't like the reality of the situation. Denial is apparently the best defense you've been able to come up, and it seems that you'll have to stick with it.


No problem, Hillary--oops, I mean Geedis--, except for the fact that you've typed the words "this last part of your post is completely untrue" without qualifying it when the clear case is that you just don't like being accurately described. Don't worry, though, I'm sure that you can pretend that I've written something other than what I've written.

Forget dumbing it down, just stick to using it as originally intended. If you're going to keep making up your own rules, you should probably warn people.

You're also really bad at accessing the meaning of my words, though I suspect this is intentional. It wasn't a lack of understanding of the word that inspired me to comment on your use of it, but we both know you knew that.


Oh, I know you think you did. I'm saying you sure as shit did not, which is the whole focus here. You just keep saying everyone else is stupid. That's not much of a defense, and it's not effective enough for you to spread it as thinly as you insist on doing.

You'e basically saying I'm wrong becasue I'm stupid. That's not addressing anything. I'm saying you're a pathetic insane little dork based specifically on your words and mannerisms. Not everyone, just you. And Paul.


Ha, now you're just copying me! I caught it!


You really believe that the Hillary thing will somehow become funny if you repeat it? Yeesh, now you're not even trying.

I don't have to pretend, I'll leave that to you. Just keep making posts about how much smarter you are than everyone else, and we'll all do our best to ignore the fact that no intellectually superior person would even be here doing what you're doing.

Ivy. Really?

As usual you try to have it both ways. I never threatened you, despite your claim that I did. But that doesn't stop you from making the IvanDim equivalent of a counter threat, which I'm sure you will claim was just an apt description.

But seriously can you get off the claims of physical threats and ridiculous posturing. That's even more boring than normal for you. You can't possibly think it brave of you to attempt to threaten me, while we are both nowhere near each other, and not likely to ever meet.

If you really are that upset, get away from the computer for a few minutes and go join a health club. Take care of that unwarranted aggression. Besides the workout would probably do you some good. You must be a real wuss to feel the need pretend to be so tough on a comic book message board. That's that whole puffer fish thing you were going on about right? Funny that you keep accusing everyone else of the stuff you're guilty of...

You guys are NOW just realizing this?

Well...better late than never.

Ouch! You just KNOW that's gonna stick in IvanJim's craw! :p

HEY! I'll cop to the insane part, but the rest? Uh uh!

Dammit! Why are you guys just NOW getting this? Sheesh! :rolleyes: