Okay Freepers. Let's Clean Up Our Act and Have Fun Doing it.

06-11-2002 | Joe Phillips

[BADJOE]

JimRob and many of us other oldtimers are concerned that the viciousness of the personal attacks are getting out of hand.

The continued hyperbole could ultimately destroy our site.

Let's adapt ridicule, poking fun at our adversaries as the method of choice to blow off steam.

I just handled a disruptor on the Freepathon thread this way by asking him if he was bucking for Jim's $1.23 per hour job ( Jim's draw divided by 24/7/365 = $1.23 per hour). And yes , I told him Jim gets that much while sleeping too. The Moderators ultimately banned this poster, but we all had a few good laughs in the process. Ridicule really is the fastest, most effective way to shoot down a jerk. You have to think about how to do it, but if you will, we all will have a lot more fun.

A year or so ago I recommened we post all attacks to an imaginary Freeper, "Nincompoop" We could even get this guy his own Home Page, where we could go to look for the best put down of the day, and get many, many chuckles from all the shots this poor turkey will take. : )

[Willie Green]

I just handled a disruptor on the Freepathon thread this way by asking him if he was bucking for Jim's $1.23 per hour job ( Jim's draw divided by 24/7/365 = $1.23 per hour).

You should really amend your strategy lest the disruptor turn around and ridicule your mathematical abilities.

Regardless of whatever JimRob's "draw" may be, the conversion factor for this calculation should either be 24/7/52 or simply 24/365.

[Mr_Magoo]

I joined FR in 98 under the screen name of CitizenX. I remember more flame wars here than I care to count. In a number of them I tried to defuse the situation by diverting that energy into something constructive. The last time I did that was with THIS THREAD. Also see Post #80 on that thread.

Frankly, I am rather burned out. I rarely post on threads other than the Canteen threads where I feel I can still make a difference. As i said in Post #80, "I fully understand that if we devoted 10% of the time and energy we spend here out there doing something we can restore our Republic.". I still feel that way. However I no longer think that FReepers feel the same way. This is an election year, I do not see the committment needed to clean out the corruption in Congress. We can't even clean out the disrupters on FR.

Sad.

[stuartcr]

Why do the majority of freepers think that abuse is necessary at all?

[BADJOE]

You are correct. But it is still a pitance for the time demand.

[Willie Green]

But it is still a pitance for the time demand.

And well worth every penny.

[Genesis defender]

OK, JOE, I'll be good, but you're still a masticater!..........FRegards

I would hope he chews his food....

[BADJOE]

I think it is because they think their chain has been pulled and they attack back, even when original comment was benign. Who knows what sore spots they bring with them when they come into this room?

[BADJOE]

I think it is because they think their chain has been pulled and they attack back, even when original comment was benign. Who knows what sore spots they bring with them when they come into this room?

[MotleyGirl70]

EXCELLENT FLAME

I know who this person is in real life!!!!!! :)

[TaRaRaBoomDeAyGoreLostToday!]

EXAMPLE

Sadly...this is sure to cause a 300 + of posts of a flame war.

[stuartcr]

Yeah, the anonymity of the internet tends to bring out their real personalities.

[TaRaRaBoomDeAyGoreLostToday!]

Very sad.

[Quix]

I'm for it. Might help me avoid getting toooooo tweaky with the PhD Lincoln haters.

Then again, don't some people ask for it in spades?

Still, it would be wiser and safer to send it to BILLDO AND SHRILLERY a la a special thread. Certainly they would be among those closest to our shoe toe delights in kicking around.

[NeoCaveman]

Consider yourself Spammed

[AAABEST]

Yer mother was a hampster, and yer father smelled of elderberries! </thick French accent>

I shall fart in your general direction!

[callisto]

And I thought I'd had a bad day before. Obviously the two of you have bested any "worse" day I have ever had. ROFLO!

[strela]

WHY THE *#&@*() IS THIS ARTICLE IN "GENERAL ACTIVISM?!?" DID YOU FAIL TO LEARN HOW TO READ WHEN YOU WERE A CHILD? OR WAS IT ENVIRONMENTAL?!?

Seriously, I wish FR had a "killfile" system like many Usenet readers have. It would be so nice to just automatically send any post from some Freepers to the killfile or bozo bin and never see them.

[maxwell]

Yer mother was a hampster, and yer father smelled of elderberries! </thick French accent>

Yeah well YOU-- YOU-- YOU'RE a STOOPIDHEAD! YEAH!

[maxwell]

Demi sez-- "Where did you get that information? Hollywood Westerns?"

BWAAAAHAHAHA!

[maxwell]

Why do the majority of freepers think that abuse is necessary at all?

This question is so stoopid I think I'll use Demidog's general all-round answer: "Where did you get THAT information, Hollywood Westerns?" (That's growin' on me, dog...)