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[TheRocketSurgeon]

Please tell me your username doesn't refer to the "roadrunner tactic" of debate If you don't know what I'm talking about, then all is well

The username comes from when I first started on Delphi forums, and was creating a username for a motorcycle forum.  Delphi is huge, so each name I chose was already taken.  At that time, I had "roadrunner" internet from time warner, and tried that (as it was on the mouse pad I had in front of me). It seemed to go with the purpose I was joining, and I do like Looney Tunes.   I've used that on other forums, and decided to keep it here. 

While it sounded familiar, I did have to look up the "roadrunner tactic".  I would say I'm more familiar with the form called a "suicidal argument".  What is your issue with it? If someone rejects the conclusion using there own reasoning, when applied to something else, then why should I accept their reasoning?   It's often a quick way, to show absurdity, and if someone doesn't live by their reasoning, then why should I?

Emphasis mine.

I mean no disrespect, but I literally have no idea what this pair of sentences means in any normal context or application to conversations here. I'm sure you mean something, but you lost me. But this is an introductory thread, so that's the kind of thing probably best hashed-out in another arena.

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Two useful features, here. The "Alerts" button lets you know when someone has replied to you specifically, as above, linking you directly to that reply.

Secondly, I make heavy use of "Today's Posts" button, rather than bothering to surf each individual thread, since it lists the most recent conversations, in order, and lets you know which discussions are active. 

As for the settings, I'm sure one of the Original Gangstas here will explain soon. I'm pretty new here, myself, and I can't parse what you were even asking, for most of the above! (Sorry!)

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Thanks,  I love that quote from "The Princess Bride" in your sig by the way.  I've used it with those who don't really understand a fallacy, but seem to latch on to it, and use it for everything (or whenever I can really).

Thanks! Yes, I get a lot of anti-evolution discussions going, here, from theists who just seem to absolutely refuse to learn what evolution actually is, or what it actually claims... and they'll throw terms around that just baffle me, in terms of how badly they are being misused. It gets really frustrating because they simply refuse to listen, and will even go so far as to say, "Well evolutionists claim..."

And I'm sitting here, often with my fiancee right here with me (she, who is a Methodist and also still working as an evolutionary biologist, likes to watch and mock, but not participate, as I argue on the forum), they'll tell me (totally wrongly) "what scientists say", then tell me it's impossible to be a Christian and an evolutionist. So, since my Beloved and I love The Princess Bride, I thought it fitting (given the rocky terrain).