Why can't we all just...get along?
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posted07/13/2004 01:17 AM (UTC)by
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Hehe I find it ironic that I'd be the person posting this thread though perhaps some of you out there may not know enough about me to come to that conclusion. Anyway this is sort of in relation to flame wars and is actually my sort of reaction thread to the wars which have occurred in both the "most nice and polite" and "rudest person threads" (of which before was closed I even got one vote grin, though kind of indirectly).

Anyways, for my own part I can be kind of mean but only when I think its funny, and it only needs to be funny to me to pass my qualifications tongue. I've never really participated in an all out flame war with someone but I must say that watching them play out is something that has interested me. My question pretty much is, why do you people care so much? I've seen intense battles over whether that new screenshot featured smoke or not, people arguing over post topics... it really is quite amusing. But back to my question, what is it that gets some of you so worked up that you willingly start or get drawn into an all out battle with someone you've never met and don't even know what they look like.

Now to clarify, this is not on why you guys argue at all, cause arguing is one of my personal favorite passtimes tongue but only if I can see the face of the person I'm arguing with. So I'd like some ideas or feedback, even people who don't usually get into flame wars can offer theories if you'd like.
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ElDeR_GoD
07/12/2004 04:00 AM (UTC)
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Usually it starts with arguments about racial comments or one person doesn't like the other's Ideas and it leads to hatred which leads to flaming which then leads to banning!grin
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07/12/2004 04:00 AM (UTC)
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heh, heh "comclusions" I get those...

on a side note onmy history here do you know how many times I've heard this...?

that is all...
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07/12/2004 04:04 AM (UTC)
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NeoScorpion Wrote:
heh, heh "comclusions" I get those...

on a side note onmy history here do you know how many times I've heard this...?

that is all...


Whoops let me just fix that...

Anyway, I still don't think I understand why people here lose their minds irrationally against people who they have never met and probably will never meet. I personally could care less, I just take a nonchalant attitude to anything anyone says on here, but like I said its funny to see the irrational arguments which occur.
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07/12/2004 04:32 AM (UTC)
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Wanna know why?

'Cause some of us have spent too many years here to just sit by and watch noobs and/or immature assholes turn THIS forum into trash. I don't give a damn if they do that in any of the other forums, but not here.
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07/12/2004 05:06 AM (UTC)
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ElDeR_GoD Wrote:
Usually it starts with arguments about racial comments or one person doesn't like the other's Ideas and it leads to hatred which leads to flaming which then leads to banning!


It wouldn't be so bad if that were the reason, but the sad fact is it's not. I've come to realize that most of the spamming and fighting here is brought on by STUPID FUCKING PEOPLE. The reasons are stupid, the flames are stupid, the end results are stupid.
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07/12/2004 05:07 AM (UTC)
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because you touch yourself at night








I feel really original right now
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SkeletonofSociety
07/12/2004 05:19 AM (UTC)
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Hey I'm all for a peaceful, and laidback environment but like MKS pointed out: there are always going to be a handful of morons to ruin everything. And After being here for so long some of us tend to become very cynical and lash out every so often.
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Olympic_Hero
07/12/2004 05:22 AM (UTC)
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I never argue on the internet for any reason or subject. Its just a huge waste of time, what do you gain it if you win or loose?

I could just get up from my computer chair and actually do something out there thats actually worth a damn.
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07/12/2004 07:40 AM (UTC)
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TheDragonKingakaReptile Wrote:
Why can't we all just...get along?


Cause then I'd have to kill you. Systematically.

-Shoe
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07/12/2004 08:16 AM (UTC)
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It's not just stupidity, or ignorance, or even rude assholes. The fact is that MKO is a very tightly knit community. Most faces are either your friends, your enemies, or just plain familiar. Not many users who've been here a decent amount of time get lost in the mix. They may not all be popular, but none of them are strange faces.

And when people have no reguard for the community, show no respect for basic ettiquet which keeps this place strong, and completely blow off any sort of order which keeps this place going... that's when the big shit happens. All it takes is for one person to pull some bullshit, and everyone will respond with their take on it, and in most cases, the fire will fuel on until the thread is closed. Whatever negative tensions were born in that thread will spill into another. It's all a fucked up game of pinball.

Look at the politeness thread. One person said some stupid bullshit, and it turned into page after page of flaming conversation. And it doesn't even have to be users, it can be something as simple as a topic. The disagreements form tensions, and it only takes one flame to turn the whole thread into fifty pages of shit.

Remember, at this website, everyone has a cause to defend. And that's good. I can't respect anyone who doesn't have anything worth fighting for. But it really doesn't have anything to do with opinions, because opinions are only the icing on the cake. The foundation is layed out when people charge into the community ignorant of all the rules and couldn't give a shit at all about the community or the people in it.
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Bad_Girl_Love
07/12/2004 09:29 AM (UTC)
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I want more peace too. I hope it doesn't seem that I'm at the core to most of the arguements here, I just get annoyed at alot of the ignorance or disrespect in some of these threads, so i give my opinion.

I think there are also plenty of mature people in this forum to control the heat a bit. I know there is a point to voicing opinions, but flaming and swearing isn't that great!

I want to help calm things down a little.
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07/12/2004 09:35 PM (UTC)
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Bad_Girl_Love Wrote:
I want more peace too. I hope it doesn't seem that I'm at the core to most of the arguements here, I just get annoyed at alot of the ignorance or disrespect in some of these threads, so i give my opinion.

I think there are also plenty of mature people in this forum to control the heat a bit. I know there is a point to voicing opinions, but flaming and swearing isn't that great!

I want to help calm things down a little.


(laughs alittle) ahem...I apologize if I lead you to believe I am an advocate for peace in any way, shape or form. Keep in mind that I find the flame wars amusing, and there is nothing quite like laughing at some stupid shit that others find necessary to fight over. I'm just interested in knowing why you guys start or get lured into these heated arguments. Peace can be your department I seek to make no crusade, I'm just interested in the why.
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Alpha_Q_Up
07/12/2004 10:14 PM (UTC)
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People are human, thats why. Sad, but true

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07/12/2004 11:44 PM (UTC)
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Error-Macro Wrote:
because you touch yourself at night








I feel really original right now



lol, I love family guy. That comment is going to keep me happy for days now.
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07/12/2004 11:51 PM (UTC)
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Becuase, at the end of the day, I take joy in thinking that I made somebody's day worse because I don't like them and their ludicrous views.




j/k it's cuz I'm an asshole roffel roffel
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07/13/2004 12:12 AM (UTC)
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ignorant people wont admit they are wrong. Thats why.
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Siduu101
07/13/2004 12:31 AM (UTC)
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There are idiots here and there are smart people here,that's just the way it is.
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07/13/2004 12:32 AM (UTC)
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kill_lots Wrote:
ignorant people wont admit they are wrong. Thats why.


Hehe I love how in depth and uninsulting your opinion is.
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07/13/2004 12:39 AM (UTC)
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TheDragonKingakaReptile Wrote:
kill_lots Wrote:
ignorant people wont admit they are wrong. Thats why.

Hehe I love how in depth and uninsulting your opinion is.

bleh im a asshole, ignore everything i say
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07/13/2004 12:42 AM (UTC)
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kill_lots Wrote:

TheDragonKingakaReptile Wrote:
kill_lots Wrote:
ignorant people wont admit they are wrong. Thats why.

Hehe I love how in depth and uninsulting your opinion is.
bleh im a asshole, ignore everything i say



I respect that personally, keep true to your nature its a good quality. tongue
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07/13/2004 12:47 AM (UTC)
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07/13/2004 12:58 AM (UTC)
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I dont give a fuck if that was an example, even in a joke term or as an example those racial slurs are not tolerated, why dont you tell your skin brother if he is so man to come down here and we will let him know how sand niggers can butt-fuck someone
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07/13/2004 01:04 AM (UTC)
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Mk_FrEaK Wrote:
I dont give a fuck if that was an example, even in a joke term or as an example those racial slurs are not tolerated, why dont you tell your skin brother if he is so man to come down here and we will let him know how sand niggers can butt-fuck someone


(Sighs) And so it seems the wars shall begin... oh well.
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07/13/2004 01:07 AM (UTC)
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TheDragonKingakaReptile Wrote:

Mk_FrEaK Wrote:
I dont give a fuck if that was an example, even in a joke term or as an example those racial slurs are not tolerated, why dont you tell your skin brother if he is so man to come down here and we will let him know how sand niggers can butt-fuck someone

(Sighs) And so it seems the wars shall begin... oh well.


Dude everything was fine and as i had nothing good to post i wasn't posting, but even as an example i wont tolerate racial slurs, that is just not corret, if you claim for us to get along, dont ask it after what he wrote. Fin
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