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Well, at least partially learned behaviour, I expect.

...I would like to make it known that I am not actually in any way attracted to the smell of arseholes, human or otherwise.

Ignorance to me usually implies stupidity. Being uninformed is one thing - deliberately shutting out the facts because you don't want to examine your preconceived beliefs is another; for example, creationism.

Uh-oh! (just kidding... I hope?)

I was about to disagree with you here, Jude, before I read beyond sentence number one.
Yes, it is important to distinguish between "uninformed-ness" and persistent, wilful/deliberate ignorance. Yes, ignorance of the latter type may well suggest stupidity.

Ponders the (ignorant, in the "uninformed" (or "forgetful"?!) sense) soup_alex: There ought to be distinct words for either particular type of ignorance.

It is often difficult to tell whether somebody on the internet is "stupid". Principally, this concept of stupidity is subjective; additionally, try to separate stupidity from ignorance.

Taking someone's username/handle/whatever-you-want-to-call-it can perhaps sometimes lend helpful hints (e.g. being capable of correctly spelling "Valdemar Poulsen", let alone being aware of him, might automatically suggest someone of greater intellectual capacity than someone identifying themselves as "£$%^ToKiOhOtElRoXxOrS!!!1^$£"). Personally, I have seen more evidence to support inaluct's assertion that (in some cases, not all) users that add (typically suffix) numerals to their name are somewhat less intelligent than others—this isn't to say that value judgments based on an individual's username are to be encouraged (obviously?).
Strife26, you raise a valid point by stressing that the number in your username is unique to you for reasons other than every number preceeding it was taken (or that it indicates the year of your birth... "blondegurl89"... ugh), but I'm compelled to argue that some users prefer not to capitalise their screen names for similar reasons (e.g. as has been suggested, some find it more aesthetically-pleasing, or (not similarly, but still a factor for some) because case-sensitivity is not always enforced, and people can become attached to their usernames appearing in a particular format).

[edit: I can't believe I hacked all that out just to present my take on stupidity being suggested by username styles]

Life is, in a word, children.

In 249 my brother, Umxu Goblinname, settled in Frostballs the Ache of Spite.
He is also my uncle.

I thought that sieges were more to do with having the SIEGER tag (which goblins don't have... I guess BABYSNATCHER does imply sieges of a sort, then)?

I'm reluctant to remove INTELLIGENT/CAN_SPEAK, but suppose that since they're currently only using the goblin language file at the moment...
...is there a way of encouraging them to be very hostile towards dwarves, humans and elves, but sometimes friendly towards goblins? I'd always fancied that "alliances" were pretty much solely based on inter-ethic harmony.

Musluk, they're currently just using INTELLIGENT. I seem to recall seeing an instance of a race having INTELLIGENT and one or two of the tags that it already implies (maybe goblins?), but I'm either imagining this or have edited it out 

Hullo,

As is sometimes the case, I've come back to DF after a short-long hiatus with the intention of modding-in a new race whose concept I've borrowed from other sources (if you're interested, they're pseudo-skaven from the Warhammer setting... I'd forgotten about "ratmen" already being a creature type, but I've given my "skaven" a few more tags like [INTELLIGENT], [CAN_CIV], [GEM_PREF] and tweaked their range of personality and ethics).

For those of you not familiar with the skaven, they don't generally get along with... anyone, including each other. On inspection, it would appear that they are characteristically cowardly (the Ledgends are filled with references to assorted skaven leaders getting into scraps with creatures of all sizes, before invariably quitting the field, tail between legs), and breed at a suitable rate from their cavern homes.
The problem is, despite being given a moral code slightly more relaxed than that of the goblins (most crimes are acceptable; treason is still a capital offense, and some are merely personal matters), these evil rat-men are perfectly happy to cohabit with anyone. I even sent an expedition to a suspected rat-hole to see if they were torn to shreds, and my bearded guinea pigs have actually settled in the tunnels and warrens of a race that should be their sworn enemy. The (skaven) guards are even protecting the dwarf rangers from marauding antmen.

How do I make them more... eeeeeeeeeeeevilllll? Is there any point in preserving this fortress—currently suffering from a mild FPS-leak, given the presence of a chasm full of beasties, plus the skaven settlers, plus the dwarves—or will it become unusable anyway, with further modification of the raws?

Cheers,

The Interpretation of Strange Moods, by Urist Freud?