# Meano newsgroup bastads **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 18, 2002, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meano-newsgroup-bastads/124512 "2002-08-18T21:39:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Iteki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/eada6e/32.png) [@Iteki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iteki)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2002, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meano-newsgroup-bastads/124512/1 "2002-08-18T21:39:17Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2002, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meano-newsgroup-bastads/124512/2 "2002-08-18T22:18:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Iteki \* > \*\*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. \*\* Well, if you don’t know what you were aiming for, how were they supposed to? ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2002, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meano-newsgroup-bastads/124512/3 "2002-08-18T23:05:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Iteki \* > **I’m gonna tell my mommy.** Your mommy sucks sailors, three for a buck. 🙂 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_. ---
**Author:** ![WV\_Woman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@WV\_Woman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WV_Woman)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2002, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meano-newsgroup-bastads/124512/4 "2002-08-18T23:10:54Z")
Oh yeah. The Straight Dope boards never have flaming. ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2002, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meano-newsgroup-bastads/124512/5 "2002-08-18T23:18:50Z")
Not against people who mean well and place an innocent joke, **WV\_woman**. Isn’t that cross getting mighty uncomfortable by now? And remember, winter’s coming up. We might need the wood soon. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2002, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meano-newsgroup-bastads/124512/6 "2002-08-18T23:19:51Z")
Yeah, but even our FLAMING is intelligent. ---
**Author:** ![Atreyu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@Atreyu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atreyu)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2002, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meano-newsgroup-bastads/124512/7 "2002-08-19T00:19:10Z")
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. That’s why I LOVE the SDMB. Oh, and **WV\_Woman**?: :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2002, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meano-newsgroup-bastads/124512/8 "2002-08-19T01:03:00Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Hemlock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Hemlock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hemlock)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2002, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meano-newsgroup-bastads/124512/9 "2002-08-19T14:52:27Z")
Exactly. Someone’s got to do it. Puts everyone else’s contributions into perspective. That’s what West Virginia is for. (My second home, btw - wild, wonderful, etc. Miss the Monongahela Nat Forest like crazy. I won’t hear a word against the place.) ---
**Author:** ![capybara](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/capybara/32/202_2.png) [@capybara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/capybara)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2002, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meano-newsgroup-bastads/124512/10 "2002-08-19T16:15:56Z")
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.