As to the thread regarding reinforcement: research can be made to say whatever the researcher wants it to say merely by skewing the statistical results and then be applied, erroneously or not, to any situation that seems compatible. Positive reinforcement of good behaviors, which is where I think Lisa was going, is an educational paradigm that we teachers are force-fed quite a bit. It works in spurts, but humans are far less malleable than animals in terms of training – especially grown people.

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Oh, poop.

It has merit in animal training, yes, but it doesn’t apply in any way to this situation, since as I said multiple times, I can just ban these people, as I have been doing, and then they can’t continue the same behavior.

“and I don’t think it’s very fair for you to criticize her intellect because of what she said.”

She tried to act as if she was an expert on this situation, when her entire premise was flawed because of a lack of reading comprehension, along with many specific things that she said, like this –

“in other words, give no response at all to comments that you would rather people not repeat.”

The main reason I give a response is to CORRECT LIES, as I’ve said numerous times. When a dog gets in the trash, you don’t have to clear your name because of it, which is just one reason why these things are incomparable.

She also said that either I was a stupid asshole or I insult people for fun because I like having a reputation as a jerk, both of which are very wrong, in my opinion, so it makes no sense for you to say that it’s unfair for me to call her “not very smart.” (It might not have been her intent to say those things, but that’s certainly how it came off.)

Also, she’s obviously doing the same thing that she’s saying others are acting like bad animals for doing. She’s claiming to have read tons of the comments, and if that’s the case, she’s read numerous times where I’ve said that I will no longer allow comments to be about me instead of about the comic. The vast majority of her super long comment was about me. I left it up, as I’ve done some others, because she at least wasn’t acting like a total asshole and seemed to be trying to help (maybe) as opposed to just trashing me, but who knows, maybe it was a test to see if I’d allow a “back and forth” with her and then she’d say, “See, you’re not banning me, you keep responding, so you’ve failed the ‘dog getting in the trash’ test. You should have deleted my first comment instantly.”

Lisa’s comment was just learning techniques and psychology, and I don’t think it’s very fair for you to criticize her intellect because of what she said. A lot of what she said has merit and has been proven time and time again. You probably won’t care about my comment either, but oh well.

Regardless of your attitude towards commenters, I do love the story and Eisu’s artwork. That’s what really gets me coming back. Also, I love Guy. Very insightful dude.

Bobby don’t forget to get the next scripts ready for when Eisu finishes the artwork for the last script you sent her ^^

Good Luck to you both from your biggest fan

Anyways keep up the wonderful work I l ook forward to the next post. ^_^