# I Accidentally Started The Mother Of All Flamewars
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-accidentally-started-the-mother-of-all-flamewars/293176
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [March 6, 2005, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-accidentally-started-the-mother-of-all-flamewars/293176 "2005-03-06T04:31:33Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@inkleberry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/inkleberry)
#### Post date: [March 6, 2005, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-accidentally-started-the-mother-of-all-flamewars/293176/1 "2005-03-06T04:31:33Z")
I accidentally started the MOAFW with a…waffle. Yes, it is now a 500+ post flame war about appropriate teething devices for infants. It has since disintegrated into racist comments, a fight about the war, grammar sniping, and the lowest common denominator of all flame wars- calling each other “hos” and “Assholes.”
It has since spawned at least two other flame wars(that I know of) on other boards, all off which also follow the same thread-disintegration pattern.
I have since spotted the catchphrase “OMG, A waffle, at three months” on multiple unrelated threads and boards.
I am the new “All your base are belong to us.”
Note: I haven’t participated really except for the OP.
It’s clogged my email box for 3 days, since I can’t unsubscribe from getting responses.
Part of me hopes it’ll die down now. Part of me is amused that I have spawned a net-culture tag line. And part of me is sorely tempted to pose my son holding a carrot, a twinkie, or something equally innappropriate and reposting, because most of the people in this war would not get the joke and be shocked- SHOCKED!
I don’t know whether I am amused or annoyed or just no longer care at this point. I guess I’m ammoyedthetic. 😑
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### Author:  [@wheelie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wheelie)
#### Post date: [March 6, 2005, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-accidentally-started-the-mother-of-all-flamewars/293176/2 "2005-03-06T05:00:47Z")
Got me beat. Best(worst?) I’ve done is mention the McDonald’s coffee lawsuit and [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=293158) 4 page Pit thread sprouted up.
Just where is this amusing little train wreck of yours at, btw?
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### Author:  [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)
#### Post date: [March 6, 2005, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-accidentally-started-the-mother-of-all-flamewars/293176/3 "2005-03-06T05:04:55Z")
> [@inkleberry](#):
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> I am the new “All your base are belong to us.”
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> I have spawned a net-culture tag line.
I think you’re giving yourself too much credit here.
First of all, what 'board are you even talking about?
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### Author:  [@TeaElle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TeaElle)
#### Post date: [March 6, 2005, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-accidentally-started-the-mother-of-all-flamewars/293176/4 "2005-03-06T05:11:29Z")
Hehehe, Inkleberry, I’m on that board. Holy kafoley. OMG, a waffle at 3 months! Next thing you’ll be advocating spanking with baseball bats and bottlefeeding coffee, you evil, evil woman!
😃 Some people are in dire need of a big hearty helping of clue.
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### Author:  [@inkleberry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/inkleberry)
#### Post date: [March 6, 2005, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-accidentally-started-the-mother-of-all-flamewars/293176/5 "2005-03-06T05:16:35Z")
> [@wheelie](#):
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> Got me beat. Best(worst?) I’ve done is mention the McDonald’s coffee lawsuit and [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=293158) 4 page Pit thread sprouted up.
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> Just where is this amusing little train wreck of yours at, btw?
[Here.](http://www.livejournal.com/community/nouglybabies/44940.html#cutid1)
[Here](http://www.livejournal.com/users/jameth/1785425.html?thread=23626065#t23626065). That’s **DrLoveGun** in the tub.
And finally, [here.](http://www.livejournal.com/users/jameth/1785425.html?thread=23619153#t23847505)
The icon someone made is actually kind of funny.
I don’t know whether to be amused or embarassed about the entire thing.
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### Author:  [@DrLoveGun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrLoveGun)
#### Post date: [March 6, 2005, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-accidentally-started-the-mother-of-all-flamewars/293176/6 "2005-03-06T05:17:32Z")
> [@TeaElle](#):
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> Hehehe, Inkleberry, I’m on that board. Holy kafoley. OMG, a waffle at 3 months! Next thing you’ll be advocating spanking with baseball bats and bottlefeeding coffee, you evil, evil woman!
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> 😃 Some people are in dire need of a big hearty helping of clue.
I think bottle feeding coffee is a fine idea. Some people, like inkleberry, don’t agree.
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### Author:  [@CynicalGabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CynicalGabe)
#### Post date: [March 6, 2005, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-accidentally-started-the-mother-of-all-flamewars/293176/7 "2005-03-06T05:18:21Z")
Did one side or the other mention Nazi’s or Hitler yet? You know it doesn’t even count as a flame war 'till someone compares their opponent to Nazis.
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### Author:  [@inkleberry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/inkleberry)
#### Post date: [March 6, 2005, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-accidentally-started-the-mother-of-all-flamewars/293176/8 "2005-03-06T05:18:40Z")
> [@TeaElle](#):
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> Hehehe, Inkleberry, I’m on that board. Holy kafoley. OMG, a waffle at 3 months! Next thing you’ll be advocating spanking with baseball bats and bottlefeeding coffee, you evil, evil woman!
Wait, those things are wrong?
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### Author:  [@Queen\_Tonya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Tonya)
#### Post date: [March 6, 2005, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-accidentally-started-the-mother-of-all-flamewars/293176/9 "2005-03-06T05:18:57Z")
Rock on **inkleberry**!
I’ve participated on boards that seem similar to the one you’re describing, if you’re indeed describing crunchy granola momzilla types, and anything that gets their granny panties in a twist is all good.
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### Author:  [@DrLoveGun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrLoveGun)
#### Post date: [March 6, 2005, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-accidentally-started-the-mother-of-all-flamewars/293176/10 "2005-03-06T05:19:38Z")
Is there really any need to keep spreading the pic of me in the tub? I mean really!
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### Author:  [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)
#### Post date: [March 6, 2005, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-accidentally-started-the-mother-of-all-flamewars/293176/11 "2005-03-06T05:25:35Z")
How the hell can anyone click through all the posts on that style of messageboard? That’s exactly why I don’t read the Slashdot forums.
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### Author:  [@InternetLegend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InternetLegend)
#### Post date: [March 6, 2005, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-accidentally-started-the-mother-of-all-flamewars/293176/12 "2005-03-06T05:37:13Z")
> [@DrLoveGun](#):
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> Is there really any need to keep spreading the pic of me in the tub? I mean really!
Until you come up with a better one, yes. We take all the nudes we can get.
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### Author:  [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)
#### Post date: [March 6, 2005, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-accidentally-started-the-mother-of-all-flamewars/293176/13 "2005-03-06T05:53:29Z")
> [@DrLoveGun](#):
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> I think bottle feeding coffee is a fine idea. Some people, like inkleberry, don’t agree.
That seems counterproductive. My grandmother would slip a nip of whiskey in a bottle; now that’s clever parenting.
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### Author:  [@C3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C3)
#### Post date: [March 6, 2005, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-accidentally-started-the-mother-of-all-flamewars/293176/14 "2005-03-06T06:18:05Z")
> [@](#):
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> I’ve participated on boards that seem similar to the one you’re describing, if you’re indeed describing crunchy granola momzilla types…
They don’t seem crunchy granola as much as they seem like extremely young, very earnest women who have memorized “What to Expect the First Year.” Yikes. That whole style of parenting seems to be popular with people who aren’t very confident of their own abilities.
You should take a picture of him lying on his stomach on a really high counter, drinking a bottle of KoolAid and munching a bowlful of sugar. Oh, make sure he has plenty of peanuts, too.
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### Author:  [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)
#### Post date: [March 6, 2005, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-accidentally-started-the-mother-of-all-flamewars/293176/15 "2005-03-06T06:45:34Z")
> [@DrLoveGun](#):
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> Is there really any need to keep spreading the pic of me in the tub? I mean really!
Well, she could do it without the tub, so we can get a nice view of _everything_ \ Your choice=) but I like the tub picture=)
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### Author:  [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)
#### Post date: [March 6, 2005, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-accidentally-started-the-mother-of-all-flamewars/293176/16 "2005-03-06T08:09:13Z")
Holy crap, I just scanned that thread - didn’t click on any of the links to nested comments - and was laughing my ass off. What a train wreck! I really lost it when I saw the random “SUPPORT OUR TROOPS” subject line.
Hee hee.
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### Author:  [@Queen\_Tonya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Tonya)
#### Post date: [March 6, 2005, 8:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-accidentally-started-the-mother-of-all-flamewars/293176/17 "2005-03-06T08:38:05Z")
> [@C3](#):
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> You should take a picture of him lying on his stomach on a really high counter, drinking a bottle of KoolAid and munching a bowlful of sugar. Oh, make sure he has plenty of peanuts, too.
Nice! 😃
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### Author:  [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)
#### Post date: [March 6, 2005, 9:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-accidentally-started-the-mother-of-all-flamewars/293176/18 "2005-03-06T09:38:26Z")
> [@C3](#):
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> They don’t seem crunchy granola as much as they seem like extremely young, very earnest women who have memorized “What to Expect the First Year.” Yikes. That whole style of parenting seems to be popular with people who aren’t very confident of their own abilities.
Oh, God, my blister-in-law: an engineer by profession, who feels that everything must perform _according to the specs_, including babies: poor little 8 month old Niece Sensitive gets rudely awoken from sleep for her afternoon feed _because the book says so_. She’s sleeping - this is good for _both_ of you - leave the poor wee thing in peace! Missus Case and I are more _laissez-faire_ {or just wearier of parenting}:
Is tomato sauce a food group?
Well, it isn’t _not_ a food group.
OK, because he’s just eaten a bowl of it.
Ah, it won’t kill him, and I guess it’s _technically_ a vegetable. Or a fruit. {pause} Is there any left?
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### Author:  [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)
#### Post date: [March 6, 2005, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-accidentally-started-the-mother-of-all-flamewars/293176/19 "2005-03-06T12:08:06Z")
What, you don’t have the cliched picture of him sucking on a bottle of booze\*? I thought every parent in the history of Western Civilization had THAT one.
Hell, my dad used to rub WHISKEY on my gums when I was teething!
\*A sealed bottle, not an open one.
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### Author:  [@duffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duffer)
#### Post date: [March 6, 2005, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-accidentally-started-the-mother-of-all-flamewars/293176/20 "2005-03-06T12:29:29Z")
> [@Cisco](#):
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> How the hell can anyone click through all the posts on that style of messageboard? That’s exactly why I don’t read the Slashdot forums.
You’re not the only one. Maybe it’s because this is the only board I’ve spent more than 5 seconds one, but this for mat is just fine for me.
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