Comments on: Dave Winer vs. Michael Arrington, Round 3

By: Jeff Ryland

Jeff Ryland — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 16:34:15 +0000

I don’t know how to contact you guys, but you missed this one:

http://foggynoggin.com/blog/index.php/2008/03/03/quixote/

By: EyeOnWiner

EyeOnWiner — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 20:47:53 +0000

Yeah, you’re so right. Asking adults to act like adults is silly.

By: JRT

JRT — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 15:30:34 +0000

Worded in the way that’s akin to “talk to the hand”. I usually see younger people use that to describe anybody who’s older who gets into a petty fight. Age does not mean anything in this regard, so I usually think it reflects badly on the person who uses that old cliche, rather than the people they’re talking about.

If BSM wanted to editorialize, I wish he did it in a more original way.

By: EyeOnWiner

EyeOnWiner — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 01:42:01 +0000

You’re sick of suggestions that people should act their age, JRT?

By: Master Bay Shin

Master Bay Shin — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 20:25:53 +0000

Seems asif Arrington has a bone to pick with Winer. I guess he doesn’t like that Dave said that he was trying to turn Techcrunch into CNET, but that’s not news, MA has said as much. Fight? You’re trying to hard.

By: JRT

JRT — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 17:04:29 +0000

Yeah, I’m just sick of the comments akin to that. That oft-repeated phrase is almost as bad as saying “talk to the hand” or tl;dr.

By: What's Your Winer Number?

What's Your Winer Number? — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 16:35:37 +0000

I read that post as “old enough to know better”, not “look at those crazy old coots.”

(I’m over 40, btw)

By: JRT

JRT — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 16:20:45 +0000

It’s more “hilarious” to see anonymous people always making the comment about how “old” people are and the BS people in general fight about.

I just see that ad hominem attack used so much I get sick of it myself. The young people too also argue about petty things.