--- In [email protected], Bhairitu <noozguru@...> wrote: > > ROTFL! Anyone reading your posts know you're an asshole and > a fool and have been for years. We put up with you and mostly > ignore you.
I haven't been following whatever it is you're responding to, but I would suggest that the only problem with your comment above is the word "mostly." I'm reminded of advice I was given when I first moved to New York on how to deal with bag ladies and shopping cart crazies on the street. A long-time native told me, "Sure, they'll scream at you as you pass and try to get you to respond to them, but for your sake and theirs, don't. The best approach is to treat them as if they don't exist, because that's what they fear most. They're afraid that they're invisible and that nothing they say or do matters or affects the people around them. Remind them that this is true and eventually they'll quiet down leave you alone." The guy had a point. As he explained, the problem with "mostly" is that random partial reinforcement serves only to *encourage* bad behavior in humans, the same way it does in dogs or other animals. Consistency is the key.
