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<p>[QUOTE="Insider, post: 8291987, member: 24314"]I disagree. A flee or roach can keep things interesting for a cat or dog and what is interesting for lower forms of life such as a worm may just be amusing, boring, or go unnoticed by organisms with a higher intellect. </p><p><br /></p><p><b>A true contrarian is a person who opposes or rejects popular opinion. </b> In order to do that with any validity in an interesting way, <i><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 51)">the contrarian must have an acceptable degree of knowledge about the subject he has a contrary opinion about. </span></i><span style="color: #000000">Even the best humor is based on a degree of knowledge about the subject.</span></p><p><br /></p><p>To keep this related to generalities and coins I'll use this example: A strictly CRH collector has no business commenting in a discussion on the availability of an XF-40 Miller-32.3 Connecticut Copper <i><span style="color: #b30000">UNLESS</span></i> they wish to appear a fool, troll, or no-life, lonely, wannabe. Anonymous chat forms encourage their need for attention for them and their ilk. <b><span style="color: #ff0000">I can speak with authority on this subject as a long time ago I was a no-life, juvenile, loser, wannabe, know-nothing, friendless, rejected little nerd crying out to be noticed. </span></b></p><p><b><span style="color: #ff0000"><br /></span></b></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Now, I just use <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie13" alt=":android:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie14" alt=":angelic:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie15" alt=":arghh:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie16" alt=":artist:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie17" alt=":astronaut:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie19" alt=":banhappy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie20" alt=":banghead:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie22" alt=":beaver:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie24" alt=":blackalien:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie26" alt=":bookworm:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie27" alt=":bored:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie28" alt=":borg:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie30" alt=":bucktooth:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie31" alt=":cat:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie31" alt=":cat:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />...</span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Insider, post: 8291987, member: 24314"]I disagree. A flee or roach can keep things interesting for a cat or dog and what is interesting for lower forms of life such as a worm may just be amusing, boring, or go unnoticed by organisms with a higher intellect. [B]A true contrarian is a person who opposes or rejects popular opinion. [/B] In order to do that with any validity in an interesting way, [I][COLOR=rgb(102, 0, 51)]the contrarian must have an acceptable degree of knowledge about the subject he has a contrary opinion about. [/COLOR][/I][COLOR=#000000]Even the best humor is based on a degree of knowledge about the subject.[/COLOR] To keep this related to generalities and coins I'll use this example: A strictly CRH collector has no business commenting in a discussion on the availability of an XF-40 Miller-32.3 Connecticut Copper [I][COLOR=#b30000]UNLESS[/COLOR][/I] they wish to appear a fool, troll, or no-life, lonely, wannabe. Anonymous chat forms encourage their need for attention for them and their ilk. [B][COLOR=#ff0000]I can speak with authority on this subject as a long time ago I was a no-life, juvenile, loser, wannabe, know-nothing, friendless, rejected little nerd crying out to be noticed. [/COLOR][/B] [COLOR=#000000]Now, I just use :android::angelic::arghh::artist::astronaut::banhappy::banghead::beaver::blackalien::bookworm::bored::borg::bucktooth::cat::cat:...[/COLOR][/QUOTE]
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