5 and a half thank you very much!

What do you mean? In terms of people missing phases, the chat, or the strategy?

I agree :/

Why is that?

Yeah, it feels like that when I am in a game with you! :D

I mean in speaking terms.
I will say, for example, "Would you like to ally? I have demilitarized Galicia with Russia, so I don't think he'll be much of a problem. I think that, for the current circumstances, it would be very beneficial if we worked together, since Italy is planning a Lepanto, coupled with an invasion of France. England has agreed to be anti-Russia this game as well, so unless you were planning a Juggernaut, I think we should head after Russia as strong as possible. So what would you say to an alliance?"

And typically, the reply is:
"um, lol ok whatever."

"Playing Diplomacy With 5 Year Olds
That is what being on this site feels like." - True, but once you leave to go write your symphony it won't as bad.

Four year olds are much civilized, we just say "sure". 3 yr olds just say- "k". Much more helpful.

"And typically, the reply is:
'um, lol ok whatever.'"

that could mean that you are not vital to his plans

or he might just be glad you did the work ;)

I prefer the non-answers to random bursts of profanity that are not even connected to stabs or frustration over poor play.

There is always someone who does this. But I am mostly with Shep.

Although I play a lot of Anon, by the end I have a good idea who quite a few of the players are.

Yes Raro it could be.
But, when it happens what KA says, more often that player is a 15 years old boy who's playing 12 games at one time, and he got no time to play them the way they should be played.
He thinks he's smart, he's proud to say "Hey, I'm in 12 games!". But, actually, he's playing none of them.

I made that mistake when I started playing; played in a lot of games. Now I play in less games and slower games so as to be able to play them better.

Surely the proper answer is "umm lol okay whatever", which translates roughly as, "Dude, you're Austria, nobody tells Austria the truth and besides you've agreed a Lepanto with Italy and want to persuade me to ally against Russia, yeah whatever." This immediately followed by a conversation with Russia about the Juggernaut.

Nice translation!

This one needs no translation:

I went for you because you suck, you sound like a total douche, and I genuinely dislike you as a person.

My question was why had he decided on me as a target. Only one response - mute.