# Video that explains internet forums **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 14, 2011, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-that-explains-internet-forums/578378 "2011-04-14T16:11:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2011, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-that-explains-internet-forums/578378/1 "2011-04-14T16:11:40Z")
[Yep](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JflT8j6nU_I). But we’re better than that around here right? Right? ☹ ---
**Author:** ![dawson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ac91a4/32.png) [@dawson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dawson)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2011, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-that-explains-internet-forums/578378/2 "2011-04-14T16:20:56Z")
I am so smrt! ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2011, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-that-explains-internet-forums/578378/3 "2011-04-14T17:04:56Z")
But…but…Batman could so beat Superman in a fight if he’s prepared! I am so smart. ---
**Author:** ![Shark\_Sandwich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f04885/32.png) [@Shark\_Sandwich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shark_Sandwich)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2011, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-that-explains-internet-forums/578378/4 "2011-04-14T19:24:58Z")
Alas I must now regretfully imply I am trained in the deadly combat abilities of the Black Ops Ninja Division of the Green Seal Rangers. ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2011, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-that-explains-internet-forums/578378/5 "2011-04-14T19:39:24Z")
Alas, you do realize that your stance is no different from the slaughter of millions of human lives … ---
**Author:** ![Kiwi\_Fruit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kiwi_fruit/32/12_2.png) [@Kiwi\_Fruit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kiwi_Fruit)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2011, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-that-explains-internet-forums/578378/6 "2011-04-15T04:27:25Z")
…and your genitals are smaller than the statistical average. ---
**Author:** ![Illuminatiprimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/illuminatiprimus/32/11520_2.png) [@Illuminatiprimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Illuminatiprimus)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2011, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-that-explains-internet-forums/578378/7 "2011-04-15T07:05:45Z")
The bit about hyperbolising, and attacking someone’s spelling in an attempt to draw attention away from the substance of the argument and ad hominem attacks on the poster are pretty common around here, unfortunately. ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2011, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-that-explains-internet-forums/578378/8 "2011-04-15T07:23:57Z")
> [@Illuminatiprimus](#): > > The bit about hyperbolising, and attacking someone’s spelling in an attempt to draw attention away from the substance of the argument and ad hominem attacks on the poster are pretty common around here, unfortunately. Somehow, I never noticed that … 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Illuminatiprimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/illuminatiprimus/32/11520_2.png) [@Illuminatiprimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Illuminatiprimus)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2011, 9:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-that-explains-internet-forums/578378/9 "2011-04-15T09:19:13Z")
> [@Knorf](#): > > Somehow, I never noticed that … > 😛 Your sarcastic response demonstrates your low intellect and suggests that your mother was likely a commercial sex worker. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2011, 9:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-that-explains-internet-forums/578378/10 "2011-04-15T09:21:11Z")
I was impressed with the first voice. The first comment it makes sounds perfectly normal. And if the second voice wasn’t obviously robotic, I wouldn’t have noticed until the glitch in the third comment. Without the glitches, I don’t know how long it would have taken me to notice that the intonation, while more natural, was always the same. They both do sound wrong when they say, “I am smart.” That’s probably the next frontier: handling short sentences.