Topic: Ian Punnett

[onan]

Ian is a nerd.  he loves comic books..i mean i am his age but i am not sure i ever read a comic book.  not sure i even remember anyone else who read comic books other than mad magazine..but art is a nerd too..somewhat a social outcast...but that is not the point..who can entertain us for a few hours a night?  Punnett, sNoory and/or Bell...Choose two.  be my guest.

First off, I am not a doctor... but I did stay at a... oh wait... no I didn't.

You used the term.

I was going to trade more barbs, but what is the point? I think you are an idiot. You think I am a pompous projecting phony. We could go back and forth saying go fuck yourself in many variations. So consider this to infinity.

[11angeleyes11]

From a female perspective, love Ian, love comic books.  I had quite a collection and wish I would have held onto them.  I loved Superman, Batman, and all the rest.  I wanted to grow up and become Catwomen or Supergirl.  Wait, I just may posess those powers now. 

I have not read comic books for years, but just reading these comment made me want to go puruse the comics.

[onan]

fake psychiatric labels....that is just too funny. 

I know I should let this go. But, I hate being accused of false statements.
So here are a few written words on anomic personalities from a sociological, criminology, and psychological perspective.


Determinants of anomie: A cross-national study
 By Ruohui Zhao, University of Nebraska at Omaha

Criminological Theories: Introduction, Evaluation, and Application , 4th Edition
by Ronald L. Akers and Christine S. Sellers


American Journal of Sociology
Vol. 83 No. 5 Mar., 1978
Black Ghetto Diversity and Anomie: A sociopolitical view.

[BobGrau]

I know I should let this go. But, I hate being accused of false statements.
So here are a few written words on anomic personalities from a sociological, criminology, and psychological perspective.


Determinants of anomie: A cross-national study
 By Ruohui Zhao, University of Nebraska at Omaha

Criminological Theories: Introduction, Evaluation, and Application , 4th Edition
by Ronald L. Akers and Christine S. Sellers


American Journal of Sociology
Vol. 83 No. 5 Mar., 1978
Black Ghetto Diversity and Anomie: A sociopolitical view.

do these include pictures?

[onan]

do these include pictures?

Thanks, that is exactly how this should end... best laugh in days.

Again thanks.

[onan]

I guess i should let it go...but citing sources does not make you an expert..and nobody makes a diagnosis without meeting the patient..now do we doctor?

refer to my infinity statement.

[onan]

Actually, assessments are done by more than doctors. And people conjecture about diagnoses all the time. A social outcast is one that is shunned for whatever the reason. Anomie is a sense of distance from the group. Lacking a sense of belonging.
It is my job to diagnose patients all the time. I do it day in and day out. So not only are you wrong on understanding diagnoses but you are wrong on your understanding on who can diagnose.

Like now, I am diagnosing you as a jerk. I have to place myself in the same category for involving myself in this.

We are not getting anywhere with a positive feeling. That is ok.

You started this shit with a better than thou "I-don't-sully-myself" approach.

Now you can choose to continue to trade barbs or you can realize we are not making anything better. up to you.

[BobGrau]

fiction is fiction, whether illustrated or not. we can learn a lot from discussing things that never happened and people who never existed. if you think about some of the storys you were told as a child, that is where a lot of our early education comes from.
some pop-science book I once read described the human race as pan narransis (something like that) - the storytelling ape.

Superhero fiction in particular can be fascinating from the point of view of 'what would YOU do if you had extra abilities and the power to change the world?'
I wish Ian hadn't gone on and on about superman's only weakness being kryptonite, because superman's ultimate weakness is actually his sense of responsibility. poor guy doesn't get a moment's rest. also - you try shaving everday when your stubble is invincible.

yes, it's not quite as serious a coast to coast subject as... um... bigfoot, ufos and ghosts...

[onan]

listen you self important jerk, I made a comment that Ian was a nerd and he would probably agree with me. AND an earlier poster brought up his love of comic books  to me.  I said he was a nerd but that was not meant to slam him.  BUT apparently a couple of posters are very insecure about their childish hobby of reading comic books they took offence.  So get off your high horse Dr. Brothers and if you want to see a jerk suggest you find a mirror!

I like my high horse fine. Your the one that has made incorrect statements. You are the one that is distancing himself from a better than thou attitude. Oh, wait you really didn't mean all that much by it...ok great neither did I or AO. I realize none of us can take back what has been said. But this song and dance has more than one partner. You do not get to stir the shit without getting some stink on yourself, and you stink a lot.

[onan]

Fear - The Tracey Ullman Show

I love Tracy Ullman.

[BobGrau]

I HATE tracey ullman.

Futurama Change Places

[onan]

You only read a holier than thou in my first post due to your own insecurities.  How is that for psychology. 

You may be right about the holier than thou... no one is without insecurities. I am suspecting you think yourself innocent of any part of misunderstanding here. Certainly haven't seen any conciliation until Tracy and now that seems to be perhaps a left handed gesture. I dunno. I thought my cigar comment was an attempt to keep it somewhat friendly. I made an attempt at staying at a holiday express to keep it light. I even included myself in the criticism to show some amount of equal part of tit for tat.

So I dunno, you want to keep being pissed, fine. If you do not want an internet squabble be very careful how you phrase your terms.

I think Ian is great somedays, somedays I think he stinks. Pretty much sums us all up.

[Frys Girl]

listen you self important jerk, I made a comment that Ian was a nerd and he would probably agree with me. AND an earlier poster brought up his love of comic books  to me.  I said he was a nerd but that was not meant to slam him.  BUT apparently a couple of posters are very insecure about their childish hobby of reading comic books they took offence.  So get off your high horse Dr. Brothers and if you want to see a jerk suggest you find a mirror!

Calm down. Comic books are anything but childish. One of my favorite series is the Fables series. It is about a bunch of fairy tale characters and it is quite deep, actually. Aside from the beautiful illustrations, the text is well-written. Parts of the story will never leave my mind and have made me think about politics, relationships, and history. Any book that does that is good literature. As for ian, yea he is a nerd. You're right.

[Lovely Bones]

Calm down. Comic books are anything but childish. One of my favorite series is the Fables series. It is about a bunch of fairy tale characters and it is quite deep, actually. Aside from the beautiful illustrations, the text is well-written. Parts of the story will never leave my mind and have made me think about politics, relationships, and history. Any book that does that is good literature.

We're big fans of the Harry Potter books, which are filled with allusions to literature, history, the Bible, etc.  I remember a discussion of Potter that came up with someone who asked us if we'd seen the latest Star Wars film, which we hadn't; he leaped down our throats when he learned we were Potter fans, saying, "Ugh, they're just for children!" 

To each his own. 

As for ian, yea he is a nerd. You're right.

I don't think there's any debate there.  Ian himself freely admits he's a nerd.  A lot of nerds have grown up to make a big impact on the world.  I kinda doubt Bill Gates was the captain of the football team. 

[Frys Girl]

We're big fans of the Harry Potter books, which are filled with allusions to literature, history, the Bible, etc.  I remember a discussion of Potter that came up with someone who asked us if we'd seen the latest Star Wars film, which we hadn't; he leaped down our throats when he learned we were Potter fans, saying, "Ugh, they're just for children!" 

To each his own. 


I don't think there's any debate there.  Ian himself freely admits he's a nerd.  A lot of nerds have grown up to make a big impact on the world.  I kinda doubt Bill Gates was the captain of the football team.

If you're not a nerd these days, you're actually at a disadvantage. [In Nelson's tone from The Simpsons] "Haha!" The nerds got their revenge and then some.

[Lovely Bones]

If you're not a nerd these days, you're actually at a disadvantage. [In Nelson's tone from The Simpsons] "Haha!" The nerds got their revenge and then some.

Methinks you're right, Frys Girl.  Every kid from 4 years-old up has an iPod attached to his fingers.  It's a tech world, and those nerds from high school are the ones who created all the streaming video options, the cell phones, Angry Birds, etc.  I have a brilliant family member whose early childhood was a challenge because of Asperger's Syndrome.  Today he's an incredibly popular and well-adjusted college student, all because he lived in a little world of taking computers apart and reassembling them starting when he was about 8.  It's the triumph of the nerds.  In another era, he'd have been the "loser" kid eating by himself in the cafeteria. 

[General Johnson Jameson]

In another era, he'd have been the "loser" kid eating by himself in the cafeteria.

Ian fits the image in my mind of the spaz that picked his nose constantly and was ever worrysome when "lice check" day came around.

[Agent : Orange]

I don't get using "nerd" dismissively, like it's a horrible thing or a mark of shame. It's definitely rare that I see it thrown around in that context anymore so when I do it stands out. If nothing else it seems very dated, and would likely have fit in better 20 years ago. Is this high school or what?

Of course Ian is a nerd. We all are if there's something in our lives we feel strongly enough about to take to the internet and discuss.

[GSD]

Ian fits the image in my mind of the spaz that picked his nose constantly and was ever worrysome when "lice check" day came around.

OMG, this is worded so well, this is equal with Amiable Doofus!!! Well said, exactly, you know POONIT never got any POON.

[Paper*Boy]

Ian's not a nerd.  He takes his computer in for repairs, I don't picture him even loading new software or backing up files.
 
Not quite a doofus or a twit either, he seems more of a dweeb.  A very angry, annoying one.

[GSD]

Ian's not a nerd.  He takes his computer in for repairs, I don't picture him even loading new software or backing up files.
 
Not quite a doofus or a twit either, he seems more of a dweeb.  A very angry, annoying one.

I agree with you. Most of these guys weren't math guys, that's safe to say. These gents excelled at writing, in George's case, repeating over and over on the teacher's chalk board,

"I will not talk aloud in class, I will not shit my pants and stink up the classroom, I will promise to pick my nose in private, I will not look at another boy's balls".

[Lovely Bones]

These gents excelled at writing, in George's case, repeating over and over on the teacher's chalk board [ . . . ]

Knapp and Ian excelled at writing, of that I have no doubt. 

But Snoory?  Nuh uh. 

He was in the Yellow Birds reading group, a distinction carefully crafted so that the children in his first grade class couldn't easily discern these were the "poor readers."  Ian and GK were in the Red Birds, the group with early wings that flew well.  The Yellow Birds were stumbling over "cat" and "hat" and "spot" and "run" while the Red Birds were dreaming of "blasting out of the Mojave Desert like a sirocco, blazing across the land, into your town, into your home, slamming into your radio like a supercharged nano particle of dark energy."

[General Johnson Jameson]

OMG, this is worded so well, this is equal with Amiable Doofus!!! Well said, exactly, you know POONIT never got any POON.

Poonit getting no Poon CONFIRMED

[SnapT]

This latest Ian zombie show is HORRIBLE.  Like listening to blood dry.

[Paper*Boy]

This latest Ian zombie show is HORRIBLE.  Like listening to blood dry.

Soo... Ian didn't take Hurricane Irene as a sign from God not to do the Zombie show...?

[GSD]

This latest Ian zombie show is HORRIBLE.  Like listening to blood dry.

And did you expect anything more? POONit is world famous for beating a dead horse, which makes matters worse. The sad part is that POONit and Snoory actually think they're celebrities as opposed to radio PERSONALITIES, there is a distinction.

Can you imagine if Snoory was zombified? He's already brain dead alive, I'm betting he'd be one of those zombies that would constantly walk into a wall over and over again, just extra zombie stupid. He's got the droopy eyes, he'd be perfect as a zombie.

[SnapT]

Now he's comparing fictional alternate history ZOMBIES to 9-11 VICTIMS.  Did Ian hear last night's Noory show and he's trying to out-horrible him?

[Paper*Boy]

Now he's comparing fictional alternate history ZOMBIES to 9-11 VICTIMS.  Did Ian hear last night's Noory show and he's trying to out-horrible him?

Art is spinning in his grave

[Morgus]

Soo... Ian didn't take Hurricane Irene as a sign from God not to do the Zombie show...?

yes thats why he postponed it one week.. 

[SnapT]

Ian just admitted that he tried to get the author of ABE LINCOLN: VAMPIRE HUNTER to come on the show and pretend it's a true story.  The author refused.  Smart guy!

(Though that would actually be WAY more interesting than these zombie shows.  Lincoln at least is a person that actually EXISTED at one point.)