Can someone try to put me off Dox? Please? I need this.
What? Really? Sure, why not?
Dox....superficially is fine. I mean appearance wise he is plain, has a bit of a poncy hairstyle but that is okay. He has a boyish if somewhat effeminate face and extenuates this by wearing earrings but some people are into that.
He has a passable intellect, understands enough about humour to laugh at appropriate times and not in others. He is a social creature, more than most Autistics, and seems to enjoy the connections and being in debate. He will voice somewhat contentious opinions. He has managed to skate from being banned from Wrongplanet for years which is a testament to his ability to refrain from crossing the line. He is confident. He projects masculinity and toughness.
How are we going? Sounds like a nice wrap of Loverboy?
Well that is a superficial reading. Now lets dig.
"He has a passable intellect" Yeah, passable. He thinks he is a smart guy. But I do not think he has been the smartest guy in the room in many situations. He is decidedly average, which unto itself is not a biggie. The problem is he seems to believe himself a lot more smarter and cunning than he is. He seems to overcompensate when in a discussion or an argument, talking big and in ways that are broad and general, but without the intellectual courage to risk being pinned down on the specifics.
"understands enough about humour to laugh at appropriate times and not in others"There is a very noticeable chink in this armour which screams "prod me here", and that is his inability to laugh at himself and not take himself seriously. Dox is happy to laugh at the absurb. He appreciates wits. He even enjoys seeing others make an arse of themselves. But he cannot turn the mirror on himself. There is no ability to say he is a middle aged nobody from the shittiest part of Australia and is cantankerous, arrogant, stubborn, disagreeable, shit at posting, rambling, longwinded, opinionated, boring, and generally a useless oxygen thieving spazz....no that was me. But yes he cannot accept that from introspection. He is too awesome.
"He is a social creature, more than most Autistics, and seems to enjoy the connections and being in debate."Yes very social. Never trust the really social ones. Socially he plays the game well. Makes the right moves to the right people and rails against the right people in the right way to the right degree and at the right time and the same with supporting people and being seen to do this. A very social animal. Its pretty fake and disingenuous. Its playing and gaming people. Politically astute maybe but overall kind of shit.
"He will voice somewhat contentious opinions. He has managed to skate from being banned from Wrongplanet for years which is a testament to his ability to refrain from crossing the line"The only time I have EVER seen Dox hold an opinion against Wrongplanet was many years ago after i was invited by him to a secret forum run by some asshat who used to be a mod that was kicked out of WP. (Mak something another). Dox invited me there to this new forum of WP disgruntled people as a possible competitor to launch against WP or some shit. It was all very secretive. Now it was pointed out when I joined that it was against others best judgement and that I was so very lucky to be on this free forum. They were all bitching and talking shit. I started just flaming Hell out of Mak for the most part. A few constructive posts but mainly slamming Mak because I did not like him and he banned me once. Then they made the mistake of accidentally allowing me permissions to view a few of the previously hidden forums and I saw A: They were really just talking crap and half-arsed ideas to get back Alex. and B: They talked about whether I should be allowed to join and how to handle me. I took down names and flamed Hell out of them too. Dox was hitting me up with PM's telling me to cool it and how he could try to mend bridges for me and of course was saying how he "had" to say crap about me whilst somehow defending me, to be listened to. I got banned.
Player play.
"He is confident. He projects masculinity and toughness."
Yes, he projects this BUT it is a little too forced. It screams "I have a baby face, earrings and a poncy hairstyle , please think I am an alpha male". I do not think he has anyone fooled. He looks like a wet blanket and I am sure has low testosterone. The purported love of guns, cigar, good quality alcohol and such, is too in your face. If he were really confident it would not come across as desperate. Again, each man to their own. Not every male is masculine nor every female feminine. Hell, people can be allowed to be as masculine or as feminine as they want. But it does not mean that we need to humour or endorse every alpha tryhard wannabee.
He was here for a short time but like a lot of pretenders and tryhards, he Came here with an expectation that we would gauge his popularity or repute on wrongplanet to be worth something and for his superficial "virtues" to be worth something. They weren't and he wasn't and he deleted his account and fled like no Alpha did ever.
Apart from that I guess he is okay. I would still probably have a drink with him......as long as it was on him (from the tips he made as a pizza delivery driver presumably)
So Justcurious, how was that? Brutal enough?
