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> It would not surprise me to learn that BipolarBear0 is a plant. If he is, I hope he's fired. Removing an article like that to cover your ass seems like an in

> It would not surprise me to learn that BipolarBear0 is a plant. If he is, I hope he's fired. Removing an article like that to cover your ass seems like an inordinately stupid thing to do. > It would also not surprise me to learn that he's a pedantic basement-dweller This characterization bothers me. "Basement dweller" and "neckbeard" seem to have become the way that fellow nerds can insultingly call each other nerds.

eco 13y ago
> If he is, I hope he's fired. Reddit moderators are not employees of reddit. They're just regular users with moderation powers for a particular subreddit.
- rz2k 13y ago
  I think NegativeK meant fired by whatever organization supposedly planted him.
  - NegativeK 13y ago
    I did.
wpietri 13y ago
This may be too much of a tangent, but I think there's a line between being a nerd who functions as a normal citizen and one who doesn't. For me, that's what the "basement-dweller" thing is pointing at, as I think the long version of that is "mom's basement". I think if anybody's equipped to usefully judge how people deploy their nerdiness, it's other nerds.
- NegativeK 13y ago
  If someone is being a pedantic asshole, it's enough to say that. > I think if anybody's equipped to usefully judge how people deploy their nerdiness, it's other nerds. I think my point is that calling someone a basement dweller or a neckbeard isn't useful. It doesn't help the point being made; it just insults the other person -- it stands out, in my mind, of nerd being thrown around as an insult in high school. And, no. I don't think nerds will usefully judge how people deploy their nerdiness.
  - flomo 13y ago
    One of the reasons I'm cynical about online communities is because certain users will seem to have invested their entire life into participating, e.g. spending 12-16 hours a day online (per their post history). Basement Dweller is an dumb insult, but some useful distinction could be made about these people.
madaxe_again 13y ago
Basement-dweller was intended to rather more mean "person with a lot of time on their hands" - no slight was intended. Hell, I live a basement, albeit not my mom's! Anyway, he appears to be a DoD contractor with far too much time on his hands.

eco 13y ago

> If he is, I hope he's fired. Reddit moderators are not employees of reddit. They're just regular users with moderation powers for a particular subreddit.

rz2k 13y ago
I think NegativeK meant fired by whatever organization supposedly planted him.
- NegativeK 13y ago
  I did.

wpietri 13y ago

This may be too much of a tangent, but I think there's a line between being a nerd who functions as a normal citizen and one who doesn't. For me, that's what the "basement-dweller" thing is pointing at, as I think the long version of that is "mom's basement". I think if anybody's equipped to usefully judge how people deploy their nerdiness, it's other nerds.

NegativeK 13y ago
If someone is being a pedantic asshole, it's enough to say that. > I think if anybody's equipped to usefully judge how people deploy their nerdiness, it's other nerds. I think my point is that calling someone a basement dweller or a neckbeard isn't useful. It doesn't help the point being made; it just insults the other person -- it stands out, in my mind, of nerd being thrown around as an insult in high school. And, no. I don't think nerds will usefully judge how people deploy their nerdiness.
- flomo 13y ago
  One of the reasons I'm cynical about online communities is because certain users will seem to have invested their entire life into participating, e.g. spending 12-16 hours a day online (per their post history). Basement Dweller is an dumb insult, but some useful distinction could be made about these people.

madaxe_again 13y ago

Basement-dweller was intended to rather more mean "person with a lot of time on their hands" - no slight was intended. Hell, I live a basement, albeit not my mom's! Anyway, he appears to be a DoD contractor with far too much time on his hands.