Retal said:OMG SOME MOD REMOVED MAH COMMENT GBATEMP SUCK!! BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWWWWWWWWWWW
Oh I get it... Saw that post. And having a mod remove your post isn't really a big deal... Whine moar TC.B-Blue said:Retal said:OMG SOME MOD REMOVED MAH COMMENT GBATEMP SUCK!! BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWWWWWWWWWWW
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QUOTE said:This mentality embodies the most significant problem plaguing these forums at present.
That's not why I made this topic. It merely reminded me to make it.B-Blue said:fix'dRetal said:OMG SOME MOD REMOVED MAH COMMENT GBATEMP SUCK!! BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWWWWWWWWWWW
QUOTE said:I just find anime to be a little over the top. I mean, they go flying through space, shooting energy out of their hands, pew pewing things left and right. Personally, I'm one for a more grounded experience, even if it's soemthing that is fantasy.
Here's a "troll" comment on the same discussion.
QUOTEAnime sucks balls its so dumb only virgins with no lives watch this dumb shit. i mean they fly through space and do stupid shit i mean its fucking dumb. anyone who watches anime is nothing but a dumbass with no life.
I just want to agree on this statement......p1ngpong said:People who have a differing opinion from me are not trolls, they are simply wrong.
The definition for "trolling" is quite right, but I can't see that example as a troll attempt, more like simple douchebaggery.Guild McCommunist said:Here's a "troll" comment on the same discussion.
QUOTE said:Anime sucks balls its so dumb only virgins with no lives watch this dumb shit. i mean they fly through space and do stupid shit i mean its fucking dumb. anyone who watches anime is nothing but a dumbass with no life.
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Trolling is when you make an outrageous comment to provoke an equally offense response.
FixedQUOTE said:This mentality embodies the most significant problem plaguing the internet at present.
raulpica said:The definition for "trolling" is quite right, but I can't see that example as a troll attempt, more like simple douchebaggery.
Is trolling not douchebaggery? Well, I don't say I'm a "troll" by any means but just "a douchebag". I'm the exception that proves the ruleNow you can quote this in your sigs if you think I'm a troll!
I guess Retal's post is to say that "Troll" is too often used nowadays in improperly labelling people just because they have a different opinion.QUOTE said:Trolls are most often people who just say something (the more opposite, the better) to cause an up-rage. And they also expose better grammar skills than the mediocre n00b-douchebag (like the one in the example).
Wasn't my comment essentially the embodiment of this ideas? If they subject was "What's your favorite anime" or "Anime essentials", that would be quite the trollish comment. A lot of flame troll comments usually use bad grammar, though, since they attempt to use internet lingo laced through their post for some odd reason. It's probably in the Book of Troll Etiquette.
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If you don't like something, just say the guy's a troll. Simple as that.
You're right about everything there, actually. The most significant problem facing these forums, specifically, are rather numerous COPPA violations as exemplified by the post at the top of this second page. This, in turn, is no doubt responsible for the death of the art of discussion which, in addition to here, has started to completely disappear from the (public) internet in general.DQN said:FixedQUOTE said:This mentality embodies the most significant problem plaguing the internet at present.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/6133...e-internet.html
Most of the points made in the above link are rubbish, but the writer is spot on in listing "The art of polite disagreement" as one of more important things being "killed off" by the internet. From my personal experience, it's becoming near impossible to browse any online community casually without encountering at least one dispute fueled by flaring tempers, swelling egos, and a general disrespect for anyone with a differing opinion. It's like watching a group of 4-year-olds in a sandbox squabble over a plastic shovel.