Guy I just blocked just emailed me to berate me, which was surprisingly ineffective at making me regret my decision to block him.
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@mattblaze send him this and tell him to die mad. https://youtu.be/WKFJ0DcMY6A?is=g8uGjhVr1irtonBC
He's still going in email. "I've been nothing but polite! You should be better than this".
I think this ends up with pistols at dawn.
@mattblaze https://wondermark.com/c/1062/
In case you're not familiar with this particular cartoon from Wondermark ...
@mattblaze wow! an actual sea lion phrase.
@rayckeith It's a cliche for a reason, I suppose.
@mattblaze I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A CIVIL CONVERSATION ABOUT YOUR STATEMENT
Now he's pointing out that he can just create new accounts to harass me any time he wants.
Yes, this is totally hinged and proportional.
@mattblaze That fucking guy needs to get a life.
To emphasize the point he sent that last email three times from different accounts.
Now he says he's going to "ask my colleagues what they think about my [presumably abhorent] behavior". He wonders how I got tenure (me too!).
The problem is that while most of the time these people fizzle out on their own, once in a blue moon they show up to try to "settle things in person" or whatever. That never works out well for them, but it's helpful for there to be a well documented record on file with campus security.
@mattblaze is there any chance you can send a letter to his employer with all the correspondence from him and something to the effect of "your dog is loose" ?
@mattblaze Sounds like he's being very cool and normal about this disagreement.
@mattblaze block early, block often
@mattblaze when I was a moderator on a small politics social media website (peaked at 17th) I suspended someone for a clear violation.
They emailed back wanting a "face to face conversation" because "I know where your offices are."
That email also didn't improve their chances of being not suspended
@mattblaze lock your doors
The kind of person that makes you wish there was a way to find a given user's other social network accounts automatically and sync the block on all of them, right?
@mattblaze Someone keeps texting WMBR during my modern classical radio program insisting that no one wants to hear information about the pieces and composers - that if they did, they could just look it up themselves. There is such a thing as turning the dial.
@fullyabstract I am part of the silent majority that wants the metadata!
@mattblaze I include it partly because over the 11 years I've been producing the program, I've included music by over 1000 living composers - and most people would have trouble naming 5.
@fullyabstract Indeed. Plus, I want to know I'm listening to live radio, programmed by an actual human!
@mattblaze As an acquaintance once quipped "His head is so far up his arse he can give himself colonoscopies." It's kind of amazing the number of people whose opinions are of the utmost importance you end up blocking 😆 Closing yourself off to all the world's thought leaders, don't you worry you will miss something?!? 🤣
