Gladstoner wrote:
So breaking even means one is well into positive territory.
It's like baseball, where a .500 record or a .300 batting average are considered to be good.
Karma is still too ambiguous though. Negative points can be given when someone:
- disagrees with your post on a factual level.
- disagrees with your post based on the "facts" as they see them.
- disagrees with your post on a philosophical/political level.
- disagrees with you philosophically/politically in general.
- disagrees with your attitude (rancorous paranoia usually racks up the -'s).
- dislikes your moniker (something like "SirFacelot" or "no1nazi666" would probably get -'s).
- dislikes your avatar (an image of a big middle finger, or dead kittens, or a sparkling new Walmart sign would probably get -'s)
- dislikes your personal quote (something like "KC is Gary, IN without the sandy beaches" or anything mentioning St. Louis would probably get -'s").
- dislikes your geographical location (something like "KKK kountry" or "A shiny, bright spot far from that hell-hole KCMO" would probably get -'s; I'm sure JoCoers rank a bit higher on average with the minuses as well).
- dislikes the subject at hand and nixes everyone discussing it (something like "decay rates of road kill in urban vs. suburban areas" would probably turn some people off).
- dislikes you, even though they know absolutely nothing about you (I've met those before).
- woke up on the wrong side of bed mad at the world.
- woke up with a terrible hangover and spinning head.
- was mad at the world just before passing out (I won't mention namesÂ
).
- gives negative karma until numbers reach some value of numerological significance (eg. -666).
- has fat fingers.
- has their lefts and rights mixed up.
- never learned addition & subtraction.
- thinks "disagree" means "agree more".
- has no clue what karma is but likes clicking things.
- is accidentally clicking things while still trying to figure out why the computer's cup holder won't stay in place.
- lets their cats walk on the desk near the mouse and keyboard.
- lets their children walk on the desk near the mouse and keyboard.
- watches as their significant other walks on the desk near the mouse and keyboard.
- had their userid hijacked.
- the site moderators are puppetmasters that pit groups of people against each other by manipulating karma numbers.
- thinks someone is rambling on and on and on about useless bull$#!+ without end and doesn't know when to shut up.
- all of the above.
- none of the above.
- I could think of many more, but I can't think of anymore.
In other words, attempting to decipher karma is like trying to forcast the weather by seeing how long it takes for your dog's urine to dry. And about as fun.
