Don't be mean, unless you're Graham.

This wasn't meant as a joke. Obviously, as your loving tyrant, I reserve the right to be a total dick, and Matthew has carte blanche when Graham goes to sleep, but everyone else agreed to this when they signed up for the new site, and seeing as it's one of LL's precious few rules of conduct (the others being (1) no politics, (2) no porn, (3) no Corco baiting, and (4) no GTE outside of the designated GTE-approved time period between the start and end of a game), I expect people to abide by it.

"But Jeff," you ask, "what if somebody's talking nonsense?"

Stupid people tend to take being wrong rather poorly. Because they're stupid. That said, see if you can spot the difference between the following two examples.

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EXAMPLE 1:

Stupid Person: I think Jon Garland is good.
LL User: Could you be more stupid?

EXAMPLE 2:

Stupid Person: I think Jon Garland is good.
LL User: You're wrong. Garland's a flyball pitcher with a plunging strikeout rate, and that's not a real strong recipe for success.

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Example 1 is being an asshole. Example 2 is being right (which is often confused for being an asshole by people who are wrong). Example 1 is bad. Example 2 is encouraged.

You can be wrong or you can be right all you like. But don't be mean, unless you're Graham (or Matthew, or me). If we catch you being mean or condescending or self-righteous for no reason, we'll put a target on your back, and believe me when I say that we're way better at being assholes than you are.

Update: from this point forward, if you attempt to impersonate another user, you're going to regret it. And that's a promise.