Reply #144: My list

[Lydia Leftcoast]

4. Going off on a personal obsession and not wanting to be confused with facts

3. Just repeating one's assertions again and again, without answering critics who have made a very sound counter-argument.

2. Starting a post with an eye-catching headline without any meaningful content. Example: Headline: "OMG, Conyers is really ripping the Repukes a new one" Post: "n/t"

1. Not reading the other responses to the OP. Example:

OP: The moon is made of green cheese. We should harvest it and solve world hunger.

#1. Great idea! A rationale for the space program.

#2. Sorry, Snopes says that the idea of the moon being made of green cheese is an urban legend.

#3. What about the people who don't like green cheese? Are there any planets for vegans?

#4. Look, I'm an astronomer, and I assure you that the moon is made of rocks, not of green cheese.

#5. Are they sure that the whole moon is made of green cheese? Couldn't the dark side just have one of those black wax rinds on it?

#6. Duh! The moon is NOT made of green cheese.

#7. Get a clue! The moon is made of rocks!

#8. Dude, it couldn't be made of green cheese. Our astronauts were there, and they would have said something.

#9. Green cheese! KEWL! Any idea what the other planets are made of? etc. etc.