The psychology of the Soapbox
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This might explain part of it...[^] :)
:josh: My WPF Blog[^]
Flaming has a technical name, the “online disinhibition effect,” which psychologists apply to the many ways people behave with less restraint in cyberspace. Is it always a bad thing? :->
'My country, right or wrong' is a thing no patriot would ever think of saying except in a desperate case. It is like saying 'My mother, drunk or sober.'
GK Chesterton -
I saw that! :) Speaking of stuff on the NYT, does the Reader team read the feedback we send in when we click that little feedback thingie in the corner?
John Cardinal wrote:
does the Reader team read the feedback we send in when we click that little feedback thingie in the corner?
Yes, every single one. I think that eventually someone replies to each one, too. I've read yours. :)
:josh: My WPF Blog[^]
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John Cardinal wrote:
does the Reader team read the feedback we send in when we click that little feedback thingie in the corner?
Yes, every single one. I think that eventually someone replies to each one, too. I've read yours. :)
:josh: My WPF Blog[^]
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This might explain part of it...[^] :)
:josh: My WPF Blog[^]
Is akin to pigs on a feeding frenzy. :suss:
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This might explain part of it...[^] :)
:josh: My WPF Blog[^]
I must be suffering from mild dyslexia today, while reading your link I saw the links to other stories on the right and thought one was titled "Grandchild of Italy Craps Spaghetti Code"* :) That forced me to do a double take! * Actual title was "A Grandchild of Italy Cracks the Spaghetti Code".
¡El diablo está en mis pantalones! ¡Mire, mire! Real Mentats use only 100% pure, unfooled around with Sapho Juice(tm)! SELECT * FROM User WHERE Clue > 0 0 rows returned Save an Orange - Use the VCF! Techno Silliness
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Is akin to pigs on a feeding frenzy. :suss:
An insult to pigs?
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I must be suffering from mild dyslexia today, while reading your link I saw the links to other stories on the right and thought one was titled "Grandchild of Italy Craps Spaghetti Code"* :) That forced me to do a double take! * Actual title was "A Grandchild of Italy Cracks the Spaghetti Code".
¡El diablo está en mis pantalones! ¡Mire, mire! Real Mentats use only 100% pure, unfooled around with Sapho Juice(tm)! SELECT * FROM User WHERE Clue > 0 0 rows returned Save an Orange - Use the VCF! Techno Silliness
Jim Crafton wrote:
Grandchild of Italy Craps Spaghetti Code
That sounds like the name of a poem I wrote...
:josh: My WPF Blog[^]
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Jim Crafton wrote:
Grandchild of Italy Craps Spaghetti Code
That sounds like the name of a poem I wrote...
:josh: My WPF Blog[^]
Was that "An Ode to Runny Bits, or Why You Gave Me the Quantum Shits"? I read that last night at a Burger King bathroom. I wondered if they had the correct attribution, apparently they did (they screwed up your phone number, you might want to correct that)!
¡El diablo está en mis pantalones! ¡Mire, mire! Real Mentats use only 100% pure, unfooled around with Sapho Juice(tm)! SELECT * FROM User WHERE Clue > 0 0 rows returned Save an Orange - Use the VCF! Techno Silliness
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Was that "An Ode to Runny Bits, or Why You Gave Me the Quantum Shits"? I read that last night at a Burger King bathroom. I wondered if they had the correct attribution, apparently they did (they screwed up your phone number, you might want to correct that)!
¡El diablo está en mis pantalones! ¡Mire, mire! Real Mentats use only 100% pure, unfooled around with Sapho Juice(tm)! SELECT * FROM User WHERE Clue > 0 0 rows returned Save an Orange - Use the VCF! Techno Silliness
Jim Crafton wrote:
Why You Gave Me the Quantum Shits
That's the one.
Jim Crafton wrote:
they screwed up your phone number, you might want to correct that
It wasn't 1900-FREE-LUV? Hmm...that's odd. :rolleyes:
:josh: My WPF Blog[^]
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This might explain part of it...[^] :)
:josh: My WPF Blog[^]
I haven't read it yet but you are wrong anyway.
regards, Paul Watson Ireland & South Africa
Shog9 wrote:
And with that, Paul closed his browser, sipped his herbal tea, fixed the flower in his hair, and smiled brightly at the multitude of cute, furry animals flocking around the grassy hillside where he sat coding Ruby on his Mac...
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Jim Crafton wrote:
Grandchild of Italy Craps Spaghetti Code
That sounds like the name of a poem I wrote...
:josh: My WPF Blog[^]
Josh Smith wrote:
That sounds like the name of a poem I wrote...
Are you Vogon by any chance?
Life is like a s**t sandwich; the more bread you have, the less s**t you eat.
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Flaming has a technical name, the “online disinhibition effect,” which psychologists apply to the many ways people behave with less restraint in cyberspace. Is it always a bad thing? :->
'My country, right or wrong' is a thing no patriot would ever think of saying except in a desperate case. It is like saying 'My mother, drunk or sober.'
GK Chesterton -
This might explain part of it...[^] :)
:josh: My WPF Blog[^]
OILY FISH calmed down London cabbies on TV (must be true!) Maybe this could also help flamers, I dunno. Perhaps an emoticon of a greasy sardine to respond with? Or fight fire with fire- get Charlie Brooker to 'shame the flame'... I've never got over his descriptions of Michael Parkinson & Alan Titchmarsh. 'a face like a corpses shoe' & 'so ugly he could scare the knots off the trees'..... In this age of PC'ness, flaming needs a champion.
'Inclusivity and equal opps are actually undemocratic. We all want exclusive rights to all sorts of things.'