stewie wrote:Edit: This post was from "Marrsupialized". If it's not the same person as Marsupialized, you have my apologies.

It's such a striking likeness though, we can hardly be blamed for our confusion.

If Masupialized hates The Smiths, then, well, I just can't hate the guy.

The Smiths are the most overrated band of all time. And yes, they are totally gay.

TheeMajorMiller wrote:If Masupialized hates The Smiths, then, well, I just can't hate the guy.

The Smiths are the most overrated band of all time. And yes, they are totally gay.

Hoorah! I agree, The Smith are boring, boring, boring. The only saving grace is that Morrissey's lyrics were quite good.

russ wrote:WTF Scott?

You sound like a fuckin' Puritan.

"Save the Forums!" Give me a break. Is the sky falling too?

You say, "DO NOT FEED THE TROLLS".

Yet you start a seperate thread discussing them.

Use your brain.

At least it was held to one thread.

Think about it.

BRAVO!

Save your Penthouse Forums, unless there are little ones in the house.

Intern_8033 wrote:Before I go any further, let me qualify this by saying that almost everyone I've talked to about this thinks I'm being silly.[...]
I would call this sort of subversive infection far more malignant than the obvious infraction of using the word "nigger." What I mean is, one person using the word nigger won't lead to hundreds that do the same, but one toomanyhelicopters will.

i think you're underestimating the effect of random insults

you can SKIP a huge-ass block of typing

the random insults, first, they're random, so you don't know they're coming. second, they're compact, so you cannot avoid them.

extended riffing on whatever is easy to tune out. blunt trauma via random insult coarsens the discussion and reduces this forum to something that less than appealing.

i don't _really_ care that much. but i think it's fine to eliminate posting by people who can't be reasonable. and i think racial epithets and senseless taunting are unreasonable.

Marsupialized wrote:The wrath of indie rockers with hurt feelings ranks just below marshmallows and right above warm sunny days on the list of shit I'm scared of.

so tough on the internet

on the contrary, i think you cultivate wrath, hurt feelings or not. nice work.

Do you see?

My $3.50.

Although the use of certain words is meant at offend on the basis of the irrational, i.e. race - calling a Mexican a lazy spic etc. In general I find the idea that we should regulate society on the basis of "Most Easy Offended Person Makes the Rules" totally ridiculous.

There really isn't any point in complaining about the folks on here that you don't like.
Look at the toomanyhyperboles and Marsupialized feud.
That only really started because tmh complained.
See where complaining gets you?
I don't.

Intern_8033 wrote:Insults are unpleasant, to put it coldly, they are inconvenient, but I would argue that toomanyhelicopter's style posts are what cause culture to corrode, and I find that far more troubling. I'm sorry to continue to use that poor guy as an example. Cheer up old boy, it's for the sake of science!

i'm actually anxious to hear how long posts cause culture to corrode. and i know it can't be solely the length that's so malignant, because i've seen some rather long posts come from some of the most intelligent posters here, folks who annhilate guys like you and me. to argue that long posts from those fellas is destructive to culture would be crazy! so i know it's the content moreso than the length.

actually, i don't know. i'm waiting for your explanation as to how i personally destroy culture more than anyone else does. so as far as using me as your example, use away!