Quoting "Ashley M. Kirchner" <ashley@xxxxxxxxxx>:
Robert P. J. Day wrote:
this months-long adventure with karl has become so weird that it's
gone beyond mildly irritating and has genuinely entered the realm
of psychopathology.
... which begs the question: why did you reply to his (original) e-mail?
for exactly the reason i stated -- i'm sincerely interested in what
drives someone to keep getting the same advice week after week, and
just ignore it. seriously, it goes beyond just a lack of courtesy --
there's something psychological happening here that would be
interesting to identify. i'm betting it even has a name, with respect
to DSM-IV. but beyond that, you're right, it's just not worth the
effort anymore.
rday