# The Seven Habits of Highly Effective Flamers

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-seven-habits-of-highly-effective-flamers/73228>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [July 20, 2001, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-seven-habits-of-highly-effective-flamers/73228 "2001-07-20T18:39:42Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Epimetheus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c4cdca/32.png) [@Epimetheus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Epimetheus)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2001, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-seven-habits-of-highly-effective-flamers/73228/21 "2001-07-21T21:00:48Z")

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> Often, if your OP is brilliant enough, hordes of admiring contemporaries/fans/sycophants will chime in with “LOL!”, “You rule!”, or even “Note to self – do not make **Anthracite** mad!”

Bolding mine 🙂

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**Author:** ![absoul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bc8723/32.png) [@absoul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/absoul)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2001, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-seven-habits-of-highly-effective-flamers/73228/22 "2001-07-22T04:16:51Z")

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Very nice **Anthracite**.  
My director keeps trying to use that damn “S” word as well. It sounds like a damn Susan Summers excercise product.

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