Toward a better understanding of Flamewars

[smarriveurr]

Moving beyond John Gabriel's Greater Internet Fuckwad Theory, you might be interested in 5 Scientific Reasons People Act Like Assholes. And "shield of anonymity" only comes up last.

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[paperkingdoms]

:^)

[macramedildo]

Icon love!

[lickingtoad]

I was gonna reply with my own hatred for 'implied familiarity,' usually in the I'm-forced-to-wear-a-nametag-but-you-aren't vein.

More appropriate, though, might be how a complete stranger to me will find a reason to be dissatisfied (any reason, trust me) and say: "This is why (your store) is going out of business! Rar!" or "Geez, you're not gonna have this job much longer ..."

Every single time, I want to say: 'Oh, really? Please, tell me where you work. I'll be *sure* to show up to your cubicle and demean your place-of-business. I'll totally come in on my day off and remind you that your job is awful, you're wretched at it, and you're this >< close to being fired.'

(Oh, wait, I would never dream of spending that kind of time and effort on something so trivial and mean-spirited. My bad.)

[macramedildo]

*sniff sniff*

mmmm, that smells like efw potential.

[smarriveurr]

Reference to community post predating OP, proving PC's assertion .