Comments on: Paranoia, the Destroyer http://eyeonwiner.org/archives/2007/paranoia-the-destroyer Keeping an eye on Dave Winer Thu, 23 Sep 2010 16:45:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Diego http://eyeonwiner.org/archives/2007/paranoia-the-destroyer/comment-page-1#comment-540 Diego Fri, 17 Aug 2007 10:44:14 +0000 http://eyeonwiner.org/archives/2007/paranoia-the-destroyer#comment-540 <p>I like the line "as long as I have to carry the rep with me" Or just a rep well earned?</p> I like the line “as long as I have to carry the rep with me” Or just a rep well earned?

]]> By: Gustaf http://eyeonwiner.org/archives/2007/paranoia-the-destroyer/comment-page-1#comment-539 Gustaf Fri, 17 Aug 2007 08:12:01 +0000 http://eyeonwiner.org/archives/2007/paranoia-the-destroyer#comment-539 <p>When Dave is an asshole, the soap opera can begin.</p> <p>I was a bit bored following Dave until the whole Calacanis brouhaha. It's Dave at his finest. Very entertaining.</p> <p>I say, bring on the assholery!</p> When Dave is an asshole, the soap opera can begin.

I was a bit bored following Dave until the whole Calacanis brouhaha. It’s Dave at his finest. Very entertaining.

I say, bring on the assholery!

]]> By: zaphodim http://eyeonwiner.org/archives/2007/paranoia-the-destroyer/comment-page-1#comment-538 zaphodim Thu, 16 Aug 2007 22:24:22 +0000 http://eyeonwiner.org/archives/2007/paranoia-the-destroyer#comment-538 <p>I wonder who the "friend" is that made the remark. Sounds like marc canter. He and dave are bestest buddies, and it would be hard to pick who is the bigger asshole. Well not really, winer is a bigger asshole. Sorry, I lost my head for a second.</p> I wonder who the “friend” is that made the remark. Sounds like marc canter. He and dave are bestest buddies, and it would be hard to pick who is the bigger asshole. Well not really, winer is a bigger asshole. Sorry, I lost my head for a second.

]]> By: EyeOnWiner http://eyeonwiner.org/archives/2007/paranoia-the-destroyer/comment-page-1#comment-537 EyeOnWiner Thu, 16 Aug 2007 21:55:17 +0000 http://eyeonwiner.org/archives/2007/paranoia-the-destroyer#comment-537 <p>"Where’s the fun in being a nice guy who everyone says is an asshole?"</p> <p>Maybe he should ask someone in that situation. He certainly has no first-hand knowledge of it.</p> “Where’s the fun in being a nice guy who everyone says is an asshole?”

Maybe he should ask someone in that situation. He certainly has no first-hand knowledge of it.

]]> By: Tom http://eyeonwiner.org/archives/2007/paranoia-the-destroyer/comment-page-1#comment-536 Tom Thu, 16 Aug 2007 20:45:40 +0000 http://eyeonwiner.org/archives/2007/paranoia-the-destroyer#comment-536 <p>All I could think reading those tweets is that I can't believe he spent the whole trip stewing about people who hate him (and probably at least the whole morning given he was talking about it the night before)</p> <p>He must have the most terrible heart burn...</p> All I could think reading those tweets is that I can’t believe he spent the whole trip stewing about people who hate him (and probably at least the whole morning given he was talking about it the night before)

He must have the most terrible heart burn…

]]> By: zaphodim http://eyeonwiner.org/archives/2007/paranoia-the-destroyer/comment-page-1#comment-535 zaphodim Thu, 16 Aug 2007 20:26:46 +0000 http://eyeonwiner.org/archives/2007/paranoia-the-destroyer#comment-535 <p>It never ever occurred to dave that he might be an asshole that everyone says is an asshole. There is an old saying, "if only we could see ourselves as others see us."</p> It never ever occurred to dave that he might be an asshole that everyone says is an asshole. There is an old saying, “if only we could see ourselves as others see us.”

]]> By: McD http://eyeonwiner.org/archives/2007/paranoia-the-destroyer/comment-page-1#comment-534 McD Thu, 16 Aug 2007 19:56:00 +0000 http://eyeonwiner.org/archives/2007/paranoia-the-destroyer#comment-534 <p>Well... step inside Dave's mind:</p> <p>They love me, they hate me... I love me... I hate them... I don't need friends... I have a few friends that value... I thought (also nameless) was my friend... or maybe (also nameless) thought I was fooled into thinking they we're my friend but I just played them... the list of people that pretended to be my friend and then stabbed me in the back is so long that I stopped keeping that Outline on my laptop... but I do keep it in my head... elephants know exactly what I mean.</p> <p>Looks pretty familiar to me (being inclined to paranoia).... but I wouldn't expect to build trust with such candor. In fact, experience tells me that announcing an attack befor the just makes the onlookers nervous... and adds crazy people to the campaign.</p> <p>"We're all bozos on this bus." - Firesign Theater</p> Well… step inside Dave’s mind:

They love me, they hate me… I love me… I hate them… I don’t need friends… I have a few friends that value… I thought (also nameless) was my friend… or maybe (also nameless) thought I was fooled into thinking they we’re my friend but I just played them… the list of people that pretended to be my friend and then stabbed me in the back is so long that I stopped keeping that Outline on my laptop… but I do keep it in my head… elephants know exactly what I mean.

Looks pretty familiar to me (being inclined to paranoia)…. but I wouldn’t expect to build trust with such candor. In fact, experience tells me that announcing an attack befor the just makes the onlookers nervous… and adds crazy people to the campaign.

“We’re all bozos on this bus.” – Firesign Theater

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