Edit: Thanks to Peenologist for the Worst Thread Ever crown.
Edit edit: D'oh! he said Worst Possible Thread, not Worst Thread Ever.
7/17: "was Fight with Gabe" removed from subject line for the sake of beauty, privacy, and security. Representative images added (too bad threads can't have their own custom avatars):
Picked up on OPCC listserv per Bill W; presumably posted today.
I don't know why Active Trans didn't put a warning out about the previous incident mentioned here.
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I think this thread my be the best thread ever. I think it should be printed (pictures and all), bound, and sold at Urban Outfitters nationwide. Also, I like turtles!
Would look nice hanging from the sale rack with the v-necks and "ironic" Mitt Romney t-shirts.
Adam Kitzmann said:
I think this thread my be the best thread ever. I think it should be printed (pictures and all), bound, and sold at Urban Outfitters nationwide. Also, I like turtles!
On the plus side this thread spammed my inbox enough to finally setup an RSS feed for the site. So I'll call it a slight win even though this thread is on par with watching drunken toddlers cage fight.
Actually, I wouldn't mind watching a drunken toddler cage fight. It sounds like a human equivalent to the puppy bowl. Presumably the fight would take place in international waters much like monkey knife fights and man vs. horse boxing matches.
Derek said:
On the plus side this thread spammed my inbox enough to finally setup an RSS feed for the site. So I'll call it a slight win even though this thread is on par with watching drunken toddlers cage fight.
The title of this thread sounds like a thinly veiled challenge...
I've started a database of Chainlink discussion topics that do not result in flamewars.
So far it includes:
1) Plastic vs. metal water bottles.
Perhaps the Chainlink flame wars are getting out of hand.
It's just that the Internet's anonymity makes it impossible for them to resist spewing vitriol from the protective cave of cyberspace. Psychologists call it the "disinhibition effect," in which "the frequency of self-interested unethical behavior increases among anonymous people." Non-academics refer to it as "John Gabriel's GreaterInternet Fuckwad Theory": the combination of anonymity and an audience bringsout the absolute worst in people.
"Social psychologists have known for decades that, if we reduce our sense of our own identity -- a process called deindividuation -- we are less likely to stick to social norms," wrote Michael Marshall in New Scientist . "The same thing happens with online communication... Psychologically, we are 'distant' from the person we're talking to and less focused on our own identity. As a result we're more prone to aggressive behavior."
Substitute "behind the wheel of a car" for "protective cave of cyberspace."
Online disinhibition ranges from benign -- oversharing of personal information -- totoxic, virtual hit-and-runs in which you call writers stupid racists, or in which youwrite, in response to the shootings in Colorado: "What kind of idiot parent bringstheir 3-month-old to a midnight movie. Morans." Hey, no one ever said you had to be a good speller to be mean.
"Morans" is an established internet meme-- maybe author needs to partner with someone with a little more insight.
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