Mr. Smart is the Best Forum Poster [INTERNET HISTORY ITT]

[Furiously]

I want Geldon and Dr. Smart to have babies. That would be awesome.

Such a child would probably rate about 870 milliNevas (or 87 centiProks if you prefer) on the tragically misunderstood genius scale.

Wow - bringing in SL'isms. That's just cold.

[Stormwaltz]

I'm listening to one of my favorite podcasts (Three Moves Ahead, episode 64 and a round 36:00), and I had to transcribe the following exchange:

Julian Murdoch: "I actually did really learn how to play (Battlecruiser 3000 AD) because I had an interview with him, and I was doing an article on - you know, the brief history of Serek Dmart - and... God! Ugh!"

Troy Goodfellow: "I also learned how to play it and it was... it was a chore. I made myself play it."

(snip)

Julian: "I always likened it to learning how to start your car by going under the hood and figuring out just exactly where to hold the spark plug... Every other game you get in the car and you turn on the key, because that's the natural way you start an engine.  The Serek Dmart game you go and you actually have to hold all six spark plugs over the cylinders at the same time to get the engine started."

Troy: "Yes... Derek, please do not write."

[Ollie]

Well, he IS the dean of awesome at Desktop Emulation University, so you know his games deliver the very latest in user friendliness and UI design. And even if they don't, it obviously isn't his fault. And even if it is, you need to get a life. 

[Azazel]

Some people don't consider that sexual intercourse.

Late to reading the latest drivel in the thread, but I have topay that one. Well played, madam.

I also liked Geldon's stuff. I wish he could be allowed back here to demonstrate maturity and how to not be a drama whore.

[Sheepherder]

You could always troll him on Lum's blog.

EDIT:  Also, isn't his account still active?

[Azazel]

Troll him? Oh, I just enjoyed the lulz from reading his posts. I don't think I ever interacted with him.

[HaemishM]

Troll him? Oh, I just enjoyed the lulz from reading his posts. I don't think I ever interacted with him.

Believe me, you'd remember it as the time you sat staring at the computer screen with the words "Is this fucking guy serious?" on your lips and a gobsmacked look on your face.

[IainC]

You really need to read the comments on Lum's blog if you're wondering what you're missing.

[Cadaverine]

You really need to read the comments on Lum's blog if you're wondering what you're missing.

 

Jesus.  I need to scrub my brain. 

[Sheepherder]

Holy fuck, what have I done?

It's like Cthulu has an online presence.

[squirrel]

Holy fuck, what have I done?

It's like Cthulu has an online presence.

Well. Cthulu is a little much, he's not that good. But yes, it's amazing. And since he left here he's been terrorizing Lum. Which is alternatively sad and hilarious!

[stu]

I was thinking Mister Mxyzptlk or Bat-Mite.

 

[Sheepherder]

Well. Cthulu is a little much, he's not that good.

It's not his skill, it's the completely alien way in which his mind operates.  Awesome, terrible, and utterly foreign from the human condition at the same time.

[Abagadro]

Woooo, I killed the thread!

[Sheepherder]

I was going to throw in a "You still haven't answered the fucking question."

[Abagadro]

The guy reminds me of Otto in Fish Called Wanda.

[Ollie]

The sociopathy fits. All he needs to do is start spouting fake Italian and sniffing women's shoes, and we'd have a match.

[Bunk]

That was actually fun to read, though I had to skip a few of the wall o' text posts (I am at work, afterall).

So essentially he took one of those ideas that everyone has, but knows that there is no practical, real life way to enact - and then tried to argue that it should be attempted.

We all have ideas like that:
 - require minimum requirements be met before having kids
 - prove a certain level of informedness before voting
 - prove the ability to ignore "your computer is at risk!" popups before being allowed on the net

Only Geldon has the nerve to try to argue that there should be a way to enact something like that. Of course, it doesn't help that so many people are willing to jump in and tell him how wrong he is, as you all know that is what he thrives on.

[HaemishM]

Well. Cthulu is a little much, he's not that good.

It's not his skill, it's the completely alien way in which his mind operates.  Awesome, terrible, and utterly foreign from the human condition at the same time.

As I said, he is possibly the closest any of us will ever come to seeing the inner workings of the mind of a serial killer.

[NowhereMan]

Only Geldon has the nerve to try to argue that there should be a way to enact something like that. Of course, it doesn't help that so many people are willing to jump in and tell him how wrong he is, as you all know that is what he thrives on.

The magical part is that he comes up with these thoughts most people had when they were 17, suggests a way that they be carried out and then when people point out all the flaws with this suggestion his response is that they're supporting the status quo or too immature to understand the need for change. He never bothers to defend his suggestions or even come up with more, he instead attacks people for finding fault with his because if they're not supporting him clearly they're in favour of whatever he's arguing against. It's introducing someone to the first law of thermodynamics, they realise that entropy will eventually destroy the everything in the the universe and suggest we harness the sun to somehow stop it. When you point out the idea is moronic they go off at you for your willingness to watch all life die and start thinking of themselves as the lone voice of warning scientist in a natural disaster movie. It requires a special blend of being just smart enough to see these problems, dumb enough not to question the solutions and having an ego large enough to collapse in on itself, dragging with it anyone that happens to read your posts.

[Velorath]

Ever has my volume of spam only been in reply to others who solicited it.  However, as it seems my presence offends with it’s inconvenient, hard-to-swallow truths, I’ll attempt to resist the impulse.  This is humankind we’re talking about here.  People who behave such as I have today tend to get nailed to wood.

You stay classy, Jesus Geldon.

[Musashi]

Dude needs help.  Seriously.

[Ratman_tf]

Well. Cthulu is a little much, he's not that good.

It's not his skill, it's the completely alien way in which his mind operates.  Awesome, terrible, and utterly foreign from the human condition at the same time.

As I said, he is possibly the closest any of us will ever come to seeing the inner workings of the mind of a serial killer.

He's just a pompus ass on the internet. I wouldn't compare him to a serial killer. Maybe a stalker. 

[Stabs]

Dude needs help.  Seriously.

I've got a pair of pliers handy.

[Musashi]

You're gonna need lots of pliers.

[Triforcer]

Well. Cthulu is a little much, he's not that good.

It's not his skill, it's the completely alien way in which his mind operates.  Awesome, terrible, and utterly foreign from the human condition at the same time.

As I said, he is possibly the closest any of us will ever come to seeing the inner workings of the mind of a serial killer.

He's just a pompus ass on the internet. I wouldn't compare him to a serial killer. Maybe a stalker. 

If he was "just" a pompous ass he wouldn't stand out.  Pretty much everyone on this site is a pompous ass at one time or another.  Geldon has a rare gift- that very special ability to poke the part of the brain that feels mosquito bites or sunburn-  A horrible buzzing and sick malarial heat grows inyour mind as you read his words.  Even if he cut and pasted a reasonable post by a reasonable poster, it would still SOMEHOW CAUSE THAT HORRIBLE BUZZING. 

[RhyssaFireheart]

Oh christ on a cracker.. why did I go read those comments?  It's the start of a lovely long holiday weekend and I went to read Geldon's babblings.  Why?

[Hutch]

What the hell is going on in here?

The beautiful thing about Geldon getting banned was that he could no longer tard up every thread on the site with his all-about-Geldon babbling. Once we had our eleventy-page catharsis, the rest of us could stop talking about him too.
Now it's two years on, and somehow he's come bubbling up through the cracks in the ground. He's like toxic waste. It's time to excavate your minds!

Granted, this thread's primary topic is an internet troll even more deranged and persistent, so I see the common theme.

Still. Shut up about Geldon. You see up there, where it says "8 guests are viewing this topic"? He's one of em. You're just giving him fuel for his next f13 rant.

[rattran]

I disagree with what you said.

[Azazel]

I laughed. I cried.

I think he has Aspergers. But not the genius-level IQ that everyone on the internet associates with it. 

However, I do recant my previous wish that he not be banned from here.

[Sheepherder]

Granted, this thread's primary topic is an internet troll even more deranged and persistent, so I see the common theme.

I'm working on a theory.  It involves Parthenogenesis.

[Bzalthek]

I counter with Occam's razor in that entities must not be multiplied beyond necessity and posit in its place lead paint chips.

[schild]

I bet his mom thinks he's just peachy and wishes he wouldn't spend so much time tying up the phone line trying to order more red hair dye for his "ladyfriends."

Ya'll are just mean.

[Mrbloodworth]

I'm not sure what all of the above has to do with Mr.Smart.

[UnSub]

I'm not sure what all of the above has to do with Mr.Smart.

Geldon is the amuse bouche in between courses of the good Doctor's appearances. We're all waiting to see what will be served up next in the degustation menu of MMO misteps.