Originally posted by: Obi Jeewhyen
Nanner, the entire point of a YAGE thread is to be annoying. It is the nature of the beast. There's nothing I can do about it. Just leaving is just leaving, and YAGEing is YAGEing.
You bring up a good point, though. You feel I look bad for refusing to participate in a discussion where I'm called "fucking moron" and such for whatever my actual views may be ... but I didn't get the impression Stinky was looking bad to anyone for calling me a "fucking moron" and the like. It's that perceived standard here that I find disquieting.
I'll laugh my head off at things like the Drama Queen photo. But being called a Fucking Moron is no less insulting and potentially inciteful of violence on the net than it is in real life. In fact, the safety of no punch in the face potential is what makes internet insults all the more pathetic.
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Nanner, the entire point of a YAGE thread is to be annoying. It is the nature of the beast. There's nothing I can do about it. Just leaving is just leaving, and YAGEing is YAGEing.
You bring up a good point, though. You feel I look bad for refusing to participate in a discussion where I'm called "fucking moron" and such for whatever my actual views may be ... but I didn't get the impression Stinky was looking bad to anyone for calling me a "fucking moron" and the like. It's that perceived standard here that I find disquieting.
I'll laugh my head off at things like the Drama Queen photo. But being called a Fucking Moron is no less insulting and potentially inciteful of violence on the net than it is in real life. In fact, the safety of no punch in the face potential is what makes internet insults all the more pathetic.
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You're missing my point. You're refusing to read Stinky's thread just because he calls you some mean names, and it basically is conceding defeat. He presents a strong argument, but because he tacks on something like "fucking moron" at the end, you immediately refuse to reply and instead resort to "Oh! You called me a mean name! I'm telling the mods on you!" It's just as childish as Stinky's posts, quite frankly, if not more so. The reason Stinky doesn't look as bad is that he presents his case, and then he argues his point (very vehemently, I might add), while you dance around the question and say "I'm not going to answer you until you play nice."
If you're seriously forty, then there is no way that this is the first time you've been called a "fucking moron" in your lifetime. Get over it.