Do you believe Link was an Einzige sock?

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

No (normal)

The two had completely different posting styles. Being easily irritable and angry isn't a trait exclusive to Einzige, he would write long sage like posts peppered with insults, Link was just short and snippy. Plus politically they differed on much.

I seriously can't believe anyone thinks that. There's virtually no similarity at all in fact aside from both being jerks.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Has anyone even floated this idea?

Yes.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

They had absolutely nothing in common besides both being assholes and easily irritable. Which are hardly rare traits amongst internet posters.

Also there's a difference between suspecting him of being a sock at first and stubbornly insisting today "He was an Einzige sock and no I have no evidence whatsoever to prove it but it doesn't matter, he was an Einzige sock so suck it" as someone is basically doing now...

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Ha@these numbers. Owned.

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Who ever suggested this in order for BRTD to make the poll? Or is it yet another one of those strawmen BRTD likes to construct just to beat around?

Wasn't Link and Einzege sock?  That's kind of why I liked him sometimes.  Einzige was an ignorant as well, but he was well read and well written, and we got along.

Considering that Einzige has apparently created another sock, I can confirm that there is no evidence whatsoever that Link and Einzige are the same (and now quite a bit of evidence that they are in fact not the same).

I've also received confirmation of this from Einzige himself, who also doesn't seem too happy or amused at the premise.

However I don't see Grumps changing his insistence despite all the new counter-evidence as well.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

It's a view as irrational and moronic as Truthers and Birthers.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

It's a view as irrational and moronic as Truthers and Birthers.

Perhaps now, but back when Grumps actually made the statement, there was actually some circumstantial evidence that supported it.

That's a bit of a stretch.

"OMG! Someone angry and easily irritable is posting now and there was someone who was angry and easily irritable in the past who was banned! It must be the same person because we all know such traits are very rare to find on the Internet!"

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

It's a view as irrational and moronic as Truthers and Birthers.

Perhaps now, but back when Grumps actually made the statement, there was actually some circumstantial evidence that supported it.

I'm not aware of any such evidence.

Especially as Grumps refused to give ANY when asked for it.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

And Grumps never had access to this secret supposed evidence either, making his "opinion" (actually it's not, it's an objectively false fact. It's as objective false and proven false as stating "George McGovern won the 1972 Presidential election.") not exactly based on it either.

And Link's posting style was incredibly different. Einzige was actually pretty tame in his socks for one. But he still loved to write long paragraphs about various topics, something Link never did. Einzige for all his faults also never had Link's, he was never a misogynist, he lacked the reading comprehension problems Link had that would cause him to strawman against people who didn't even necessarily disagree with him or respond with strange non-sequitors against things that were never even implied, like Tender Branson's thread asking why American blacks have different accents than whites, and of course as Linus pointed out Link also seemed to lack an "is/ought" distinction, while Einzige would frequently post about how he thought things should be and things he wanted to not happen that clearly did. The two were also quite different politically, as Link defended the NSA spying and attacked Bradley Manning and Assange's leaks, obviously quite different from the positions Einzige would take.

Essentially the two were very very different.