What the fuck is the deal? Granted I haven’t set foot in newsgroups in what, 10 years or something, but PLEASE! I don’t remember everyone being this assholeish.
I am getting the fuck flamed out of me, for no good reason that I can see except possibly that these tards do not recognise sarcasm or attempted humour or whatever the fuck I was aiming for in my post. I made a flippant remark about a piece of software, in all jest I swear, and they loose the fucking plot! You would think I had insulted their grand-mothers (who for the record blow sailors, 3 for a dollar).
On top of that I find the amature nature of the flaming to be a personal insult, and yet I dare not retaliate, cos I still need help on the subject I was posting on
Meano bastards just shut the fuck up!
I’m gonna tell my mommy. She will probably tell me it serves me right for talking to people on the internet.
Seriously man, you’ve been spoiled. You’ve gotten used to the Straight Dope, where rightly applied sarcasm and the occasional friendly jab are time-honoured traditions. The bar just isn’t that high in many other places - least of all usenet shudder.
I avoid usenet groups because my impression of them is that it’s like some kind of weird cybernetic version of “Lord of the Flies.” It just isn’t worth wading through the flames and the spam to find the one or two intelligent or useful posts.
Hey, be nice to WV_Woman! She is compelled against her will to post inane one-line comments to every single thread on the message board. It’s exhausting thankless work.
Wait. Wait! This is my chance to share MY insult. . um. . (looks around for a random target). . Um, Coldfire! Your mom’s like a pack of gum! 5 cents a stick!
Every now and then I go look at Mr Cranky’s movie reviews and am APPALLED, I tell you, at how that list runs. What a bunch of wa-hoos.
