Advanced Computers #6, Wednesday Afternoon 8/16

[cheerfulgoth.livejournal.com]

"Get your sorry butts in the chairs, noobs!" Abby stood at the front of the class with an angry expression on her face. "Today's class is on flaming. We're going to learn what it is, how not to embarrass ourselves while doing out and then we're going to have an all out flame war."

Abby dropped the grumpy face and smiled at the students before lecturing on the history of flaming and clicked some of the old Usenet battles up on the plasma screen, before giving tips on how to flame properly. "We've also got a site that tells us about the different kind of flame warriors. There are the well known warriors like 'Lurker' and 'Newbie' and 'Fanboy'. But I want you to look through and figure out it if you're an Propellerhead, a Big Dog, Innocence Abused, or an Ent."

"For the purposes of our flame wars today, there are only a few rules. I care more about spelling than I do dirty language so while some netspeak is acceptable try to show some intelligence. Secondly, you can use graphics if they are nws, just post links. Finally, keep this in the forums. It's all in good fun so don't take it personal."

"Finally, for anyone that's bored there's a game where you can literally flame forum posters." Abby grinned. "It doesn't get much better than a game that lets you shoot fire from your mouth to burn other people to a crisp."

[OCD up! Have fun flaming!]

Comments

Flame On!

[cheerfulgoth.livejournal.com]

Make a post so people can flame you!

Re: Flame On!

[twohalvesofaphd.livejournal.com]

Zack had a feeling this might be more trouble that it was worth but...

Bitterwoman sucks.

Re: Flame On!

[willbedone.livejournal.com]

Oh it was ON.

You're only saying that because you're interrogating its text from the wrong perspective.

Not that Willow had ever participated in far too many of these flame wars or anything.

Re: Flame On!

[twohalvesofaphd.livejournal.com]

It's seventies explotation schlock at it's worst, what is there to be interrogated.

Re: Flame On!

[willbedone.livejournal.com]

So you're saying you hate women?

Re: Flame On!

[twohalvesofaphd.livejournal.com]

How does not liking a show notorious for it's sexual explotiation disguised as new-wave feminism translate to hating women?

Re: Flame On!

[willbedone.livejournal.com]

So you're saying women can't be sexual and be strong at the same time? God, you're just like the military. Of which I am a member.

Re: Flame On!

[twohalvesofaphd.livejournal.com]

No, just that there's a difference between owning your sexuality and some masochist's kinky wet dream.

What does the military have to do wih anything?

Re: Flame On!

[willbedone.livejournal.com]

Have you fought in the Balkans? Then you're hardly one to speak now are you.

Re: Flame On!

[twohalvesofaphd.livejournal.com]

What does the most war torn region of Eastern Europe have to do with a cheesy tv show?

Re: Flame On!

[willbedone.livejournal.com]

You know it is so typical of fanboys like you to only focus on the breasts and cheesy costumes so reminiscient of those girls who kiss in bars just to get a boy's attention when the REAL intellectual persuit involves the interracial relationships which, let's face it, I'm the only person around here qualified to talk about since I wrote a report on Martin Luther King Jr. that was AWARD WINNING.

Re: Flame On!

[twohalvesofaphd.livejournal.com]

Right. Zack could fight fire with fire.

Stop opressing me.

Re: Flame On!

[willbedone.livejournal.com]

You're only saying that because you just LOVE jumping on the bandwagon of naming me the most evil person on this newsgroup.

Re: Flame On!

[bridge-carson.livejournal.com]

Bridge thinks for a minute.

And then posts some spoilers for Spooky Things. Without an lj-cut spoiler warnings.

Yes, he's seen all of three episodes. So his spoilers are kind of made up.

Oh well.

Re: Flame On!

[sogothcally.livejournal.com]

Cally blinks and responds. Her head is still not in a happy place, so that probably just fuels this.

Those who do not respect the rights of others to be not spoiled should have their children barbequed and served as a tasty marinated sacrifice to the evil gods of darkness.

Re: Flame On!

[connernotconnor.livejournal.com]

Conner considered for a few moments, then hit up a couple of Oakland Raiders fan forums and to each of them posted a long, badly spelled, but somehow very coherent and well-thought-out tirade about how soccer was far superior to "tha st00pid sport u Americanz call football, wtf?"

He was particularly proud of this gem:

B-sides, whut kind of panzis have 2 where that much pading 2 go out n play neway? N u dont even use ur feet, omgwtfbbq!

And then he ran to the restroom to wash his hands and face, because he felt filthy from having to type that way.

Re: Flame On!

[x5-alec.livejournal.com]

Alec snorted.

Try learning English before you attempt to make any sort of comments on someone's sport of choice, loser.

Re: Flame On!

[connernotconnor.livejournal.com]

Okay, so that tactic hadn't worked. Note to self: bad netspeak only undermines credibility.

Would you prefer a doctoral thesis on the subject, then? Something with an abundance of multisyllabic words and compound sentences?

Look, just because Conner didn't tend to use fancy vocabulary didn't mean he didn't have any. He just liked to pretend he didn't, most of the time.

Re: Flame On!

[dude-its-jude.livejournal.com]

Jude thought about this one for a minute or two.

Dawg Toy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minor_Characters_of_6teen#Other) totally lipsynchs all their songs.

He thought for a further minute.

And Jason is gay.

Re: Flame On!

[likethegun]

Somewhere between researching to help Dean and trying to stave off his exhaustion, Sam found the idea of pretending to be a teenage girl somewhat amusing.

Nuh uh! Jason's not gay. He's totally going to be mine some day!

Re: Flame On!

[dude-its-jude.livejournal.com]

Huh.

Bra, have you seen their latest video? The dude looks like the end result of a seven-hour spa session and a shopping spree at Albatross and Finch.

Re: Flame On!

[likethegun]

He's just up on the latest fashions, and wants to look good for all his girl fans, 'cause we're the ones who love him the most.

Re: Flame On!

[dude-its-jude.livejournal.com]

At their last show in Toronto, it totally wasn't the girls fainting in the front row. I was there, bra.

Re: Flame On!

[likethegun]

They all have a lot of very sweet gay fans who totally appreciate them for their hair and skills at color coordination. And if you were there, does that mean you were fainting? Huh? I bet you were, you...fainter you.

Re: Flame On!

[dude-its-jude.livejournal.com]

I was there because I'm friends with one of the dancers. And she said that Jason was totally checking out the dudes.

So only half of that was a lie. Nikki was too busy getting him to sign her Jason doll to notice the other half.