The Breakdown: Messageboard Flaming and Those Who Make Poor Attempts At It...
Every now and then there is a post on any given messageboard that will absolutely explode. Most of these seem innocent enough at an initial glance; which is for the most part all they'll get. A lot of the time these messages are posted by people who no matter how well they can communicate in real life; they choose to try and "shorten" things up a bit by using absolutely horrendous spelling and grammar.
Quite honestly, this is something that most of us have come to accept.
But when you couple an absolutely inane post as was the start of this one and the comparable spelling equivalent of a mongoloid on a death dose of DMT. You've got problems right from the get go.
Usually these posts are finished by page 5 at most. As the original poster will start the thread. I hate to say it, but most of the time it's one of the female gender starting this downward spiral. She'll most likely be immediatley confronted by the message board "top stepper". These 'top steppers" are usually in there mid twenties working in the tech industry who are just looking to kill their 14 hour days. Gusto and Rawb are prime examples of such on this board. Essentially they help a community such as FnK or the much secret/now defunct "www.qgjpy.com" (quite honestly I can't even remember if that's the right adress), usually they'll start with a witty reply that doesn't tear the original poster apart too much, but is still being sensitive to others needs, which falls high on the scale of becoming "the fun guy/girl" on the board. These people usually keep things balanced by using there time to rip and more importantly replying or posting "inside jokes" in the HEY YOU section.
Because lets be honest, there's nothing like having a HEY YOU that only you and a select few will understand. Even if it only has to do with the person beside you shifting to let some gas out while watching last nights O.C..
Now I know this is getting a bit long, but I bare with me even though I'm pretty sure I've lost most of you within the first glance at how long this post is. I've decided that I'm probably left with a small majority of this board who have at least two neurons and synapses that are some what working in accordance to an average mental capacity.
Speaking of which, where the hell are we at???
That's right, we're moving our way down the messageboard scale.
For the most part these posts that are usually blatant screams for attention or meant to develope into some sort of self serving "cyber-aesopian moral". Let me put it into "dalyn" terms for you, "I DUMB HAVE FUN, GO WRONG, NO MORE FUN, I HATE WORLD". Now not only being feeble cry for help and reassurance that they're not wrong on their views from their peers is the main point of such a thing.
Now, this leads the with half a brain to see that this thread is "BLOWIN UP". The curiousity of the "independent" thinkers has been peaked. Now some of these so called "independent" thinkers will usually agree or disagree. It really is a crap shoot with this bunch. Usually they'll follow the advice based on what Vice Magazine is saying is hot this month, or the next two months as they like to refer to it.
This blow up in attention of the thread has already surpassed it's initial intent. Now some people that look to put an end to these ill willed shannnigans. Pretty much it has to do with doing the rest of the board a service by tearing the initial poster apart, more importantly followed by the pointing out of the stupidity of those on the group hug circuit. Which to be honest breaks down into three groups: #1 those that are friends with the poster #2 those that are so devoid of proper human interaction they'll support anything anyone says on the board #3 Those that are looking to HIT IT.
Now if you've made it this far I applaude you.
This gets us to those like EURO LOLLAR. Now these types are probably the most annoying. Initially they'll latch on to what ever aspect they can. This is self evident through any messageboard you'll come across. They spend their time devoting all things to "SAID" thing. Now this will last until someone tears their world away from them. Which happens quite often, mainly because these types invest so much into this one thing. Now all seems fine and dandy, verbal jabs will be exchanged; followed by a 1/2 combination by the person with a better understanding of the "WHOLE".
With what this thread has turned into we've seen pretty much the full spectrum of characters that we'll most likely come across. Which will leave those of you who have managed to make it through this lengthy post most likely have a decent understanding of already.
Essentially what this all boils down to is that this already lengthy thread has basically been dealt with three times over right now. Honestly though, all that EURO LOLLAR is doing is perpetuating the non-existent "comebacks" of an already lost girl.
What I'm trying to say with this somewhat epic post is, even though it keeps going; and apparently the longer your post or the longer you keep flaming the same person for the samething; someone is going to be a bigger loser than you.
But more importantly, you'll have at least twelve other people that can point out the obvious as well.
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