But I make a real effort not to claim Bullshit to be fact, and I am willing to learn from others that know more than I on a topic.

Someone that thinks they can rewrite established scientific facts so that they can conform better to their own delusional interpretations of bronze-age myths is a special kind of annoying, and represents the dangerous hubris of the deeply , and willfully, ignorant- the attitude that any idiot's random delusions are just as valid as the rigorous painstaking work of generations of scientists is a dangerous one. Its the same attitude that leads the average Joe to dismiss global warming because they think they know better than the climate scientists- 'Global warming is a hoax because it snowed last week'.

So one way I am 'annoying' is that I adopt a 'take no prisoners' attitude towards magical thinking, I am especially harsh towards those that exploit the language of science to sell bullshit. The others here will all agree that I have been annoying in this way since before the zone existed.

That is isn't the only way I am annoying, I am sure, but it is one of my annoying traits I am, and always will be, unrepentant for.

I also freely admit that- at times- my debating style can be the rhetorical equivalent of taking a blowtorch to someone's face- it should be noted, however, I only adopt this style when debating with someone that I have given up any hope of converting. I can understand how this could be annoying to some people- especially those that may have, for instance, missed the first decade where I spent many pages of text explaining to Johannes basic physics, only to have him ignore it completely, or willfully misinterpret it.

Another way I could be considered annoying is that I will go to rather extreme lengths for what I consider to be a good joke or prank... lengths that could, justifiably, make others question my sanity.

In fact- and I am completely serious when I say this- I can make a strong case that I have literally gone further for a joke than any human in history- its something I do include on my resume.

When I was younger and more reckless (In Grad school) I did some jokes/pranks (all harmless and damaging only to egos) that started witch hunts by the authorities at my workplace to find the culprit. At 15 or 16 (with co-conspirators, but I was the originator of the plot) I played a prank on Dan Quayle during the presidential campaign when he spoke at Oklahoma State University in 1987 that apparently the secret service found quite annoying.