The idiot side of the internet
adam.gerstein.net: Yeah, smoking’s not bad for you…
In June, I posted something after reading some of the trials and tribulations that Dave Winer who, at the time, was recovering from a smoking related heart problem (he was never specific, and I respect his right to do that).
The reason I posted it was that he included a very interesting quote about how Nicotine is stored in your body and continues to have an effect on your body for years after you quit smoking.
So then I made some comments about the quote and Dave’s situation, then closed it with a sarcastic note about how bad smoking is (but it wasn’t phrased that way – because I was being sarcastic).
So why am I re-living this now? ‘Cause a bunch of morons keep adding comments to the entry saying that I’m dumb for saying the opposite of what I said. And since it’s in black and white, and on my server, it’s not like I’m being misquoted – I’m just dealing with morons.
I just added a note to the posting indicating that if someone reads through the entry, then the comments and still makes an idiotic comment I will change their words and ridicule them. Guess what? I’m waiting for the first idiot to rise to the occasion. I’m thinking it’s going to be about 5 days….