The art of Internet etiquette is one of subtlety and, one may also say, balance. Let me explain.
Before you start posting on forums, it is accepted practise to introduce oneself before any in-depth or scientific discussion. It is therefore generally disapproved of if any new forum member submits a reply containing derision and disrespect. It is also exhibits highly childish behaviour to seemingly brag about your IQ; you mention that you are in Mensa. I assure you, it does not impress us, and only makes you appear to be bragging.
It shows a degree of bad-manners, and one may conclude rudeness, to end your post with
I have never heard of you
or your research, and that acts as both a correction and a statement.
Which leads me onto the next point. Your posts are riddled with grammatical, and punctuation errors; maybe Einstein was right when he talked of Shakespeare and an infinite number of typewriters. You also exhibit a distain of forum members by your continued sarcasm and arrogance, explaining what B.O.L.’s are. We know what B.O.L.’s are. Congratulations, you just made yourself appear even
more unprofessional.
You direct various comments towards forum members, and indeed you called me a clod, and also boorish. You should have learnt from school (if indeed you went to one
"Spare some change guv'nor - I'm a hard up researcher, down on my luck, there's nothing left for me to do then make petty arguments on forums™") that name-calling will get you nowhere, although it will compound your previous instances of appearing rude, unprofessional, disrespectful, to name a few.
My post was intended as a light and humorous interlude; I hoped my tongue-in-cheek reference to “do(ing) well in every bar” would raise an odd giggle out there in cyberspace. I apologise if I didn’t make you laugh.
As it happens, I am boorish and am indeed a clod, so excuse me while I return to counting out the requisite number of McNuggets™, and I will of course ask a grown-up if I need help with any big words or if I need to use a pair of scissors.
As for the Internet, I hear that’s on computers nowadays. Can you believe it?!
Put bluntly, you come in, cast aspersions on our individual (and collective) intelligence, and have the cheek to call us names.
Well, it seems we have taken your poorly disguised bait Sir, let argument and recrimination commence! Huraah – FT’s first flame, so who’s first?
Ooh pick me Sir! *stretches arm upwards* pick ME!
