Dealing With Stupid People [Monday, 2nd period]

[professor-lyman.livejournal.com]

Instead of telephones, the students in Josh's workshop would find laptops set up.

And coffee, naturally.

"For some reason, people think that because they're hiding behind a keyboard, they're not accountable for what they say," Josh began, taking a sip from his mug. "That's clearly stupid. There are entire websites devoted to mocking such stupidity--not that I've ever gone to them, of course--and I'm sure those of you more technically minded will help out your fellow students from less advanced civilizations."

Josh clapped his hands together. "Because today, you are starting flamewars."

He gave a brief--well, for him--explanation of flamewars, with tangents about Fox News, the Republican party and the general evil of people who put up websites about Bartlet and can't be bothered to learn how to spell his last name correctly, then let them loose on the internet.

Heaven help 'em.

Blackbird - The Beatles

Comments

Re: Talk to the stupid people

[smartestone]

SerenaFairyweather: OMG U CAPITALIST!!!1

Re: Talk to the stupid people

[stocksgrrl.livejournal.com]

Avoiding to laugh was becoming a really difficult thing to do right now.

tree_hugging_hippi: Nuh-uh! Cuz it's got only Indigo girls and hendrix and grateful dead and other hippie-ish bands that prove how not-capitalist i am because i listen to hippie-protest rock, omg.

Re: Talk to the stupid people

[smartestone]

SerenaFairyweather: i only listen to brittany

Re: Talk to the stupid people

[stocksgrrl.livejournal.com]

tree_hugging_hippi: brittney burns down the rain forests to sell cds. it's totally a fact. i heard it on npr.

Re: Talk to the stupid people

[smartestone]

SerenaFairyweather: LIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! DON'T BESMURCCH BRITTANY THATWAY

Hermione's never actually heard Britney while going "Hey, I know that song. It's Britney."

Re: Talk to the stupid people

[stocksgrrl.livejournal.com]

tree_hugging_hippi: Xtina's, like, so much better, because she's prettier and doesn't support, lion the radio (and podcasts, zomg) because everything else supports the capitalist doctrine of brainwashing people to buy more stuff, omg.

Re: Talk to the stupid people

[smartestone]

SerenaFairyweather: U KNOW WHAT UR PROBLEM IS U ARE 1 OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO IS JEALOUS THEY ARE NOT FAMOUS AND YOU NEED TO TAKE IT OUT ON PEOPLE MORE TALENTED. U R ACTING LIKE U R IN HIGH SCHOOL FOR SHAME!!!!!

Because you can't have a flame war without a mention of acting like a high schooler.

Re: Talk to the stupid people

[stocksgrrl.livejournal.com]

tree_hugging_hippi: WELL, U ACT LIKE A PRESCHOOLER HA! AND I GO TO A VERY PRESTIGIOUS SCHOOL WHERE I HAVE RALLIES AND PROTESTS ALL THE FRICKIN' TIME, OMG!

Re: Talk to the stupid people

[smartestone]

SerenaFairyweather: SO OMG YOU GO TO A PRESTIGIOUS SCHOOL AND RALLY AGAINST COMMUNISM. POSER.

Re: Talk to the stupid people

[stocksgrrl.livejournal.com]

tree_hugging_hippi: I RALLY AGAINST CAPITALISM, DUUUUUUUH, AND IT'S WEST COAST SO WE'RE WAY LIBERAL, OMG.

Re: Talk to the stupid people

[smartestone]

SerenaFairyweather: OMG WHATEVER. U R JUST A BIG FAKER

Re: Talk to the stupid people

[stocksgrrl.livejournal.com]

tree_hugging_hippi: AM NOT. I'm a MARXIST. You have to have capitalism before communism, so I'm just playing to capitalist game to use against them later, lol.

Re: Talk to the stupid people

[smartestone]

SerenaFairyweather: game? like spin teh bottle??

Hermione actually shudders.

Re: Talk to the stupid people

[stocksgrrl.livejournal.com]

tree_hugging_hippi: LOL, NO.


What was it that this Serena had used before? Oh, right.

tree_hugging_hippi: U HOR.

Re: Talk to the stupid people

[smartestone]

SerenaFairyweather: OMG I AM REPORTING U TO TOS!!!1!!!!!

[Once again, with the right account!]