Anybody remember flame wars???
I found this while searching for another file… From the mid-90s…
THIS IS A FLAME
Dear
[ ] asshole [ ] fag [ ] ignorant snot [ ] prick [ ] nerd [ ] Elvis [ ] lonely masturbator [ ] computer geek [ ] retard [ ] sycophant [ ] David Sternlight
You are being flamed because
[ ] you continued a boring useless stupid thread
[ ] you repeatedly posted to the same thread that you just posted to
[ ] you repeatedly posted the same article
[ ] you posted a homework assignment
[ ] you posted a “test”
[ ] you used vi and left a whole bunch of editing garbage on the screen
[ ] you posted a request for an article which was posted three times in the past week
[ ] you claimed to have the original GGBJ
[ ] you posted some sort of religious crap that doesn’t belong in this group
[ ] you posted an article that was not funny, unoriginal and very boring
[ ] your mother dresses you funny
To recant, you must
[ ] actually post a humorous article
[ ] give up all your worldly possessions and become a Tibetan monk
[ ] go to the public library and try to do your own homework
[ ] hang yourself by the big toe for 72 hours
[ ] abstain from sex for a month (shouldn’t be too hard for you)
[ ] shave your head, paint a target on it, and go to Iraq
[ ] give your MP (Congressman in U.S.A., I guess) a donation of three hemp plants to decorate his office
[ ] become politically correct and demand that manholes be renamed to peroffspringopenings
[ ] cut your balls (or breasts, if you’re a woman) off
[ ] _________________________________________________
Thank you for the time you have taken to read this, and please desist from the offending behavior that led to this flame.
_____________________________________________________________________________
END FLAME
Flame wars traditions have carried on in the comments sections of some media outlets.
Or gun blogs. 🙂
Like it!
Hey Old NFO;
LOL, I forgot about those things
Ed- Yep… sigh
WSF- LOL
Bob- You were a little kid back then… LOL
What strikes me most about that collection is that it’s so … relatively gentle humor, compared to the vitriol & hatred in “modern” social media.
+1
And isn’t that just sad…
+1
“[ ] you posted a “test” ”
NEWSGROUPS!!!!!
Dear God… the Uncivilized times… Moderators were as unusual as immaculate conception
I remember that, as well as the Ultimate Insult:
http://www.guymacon.com/flame.html
[ ] you used vi and left a whole bunch of editing garbage on the screen
I am so old that I was considered an expert on vi. How far we have come.
I remember using vi. I remember flame wars that got so out of control the local cops had to step in and try to get it stopped. That was a hoot!
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