Fighting With People On The Internet Is A Waste Of Time And Energy

[Dino Velvet]

True or False? I vote true.

[BiBoyinBeantown]

"Never argue with idiots; they drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience."

[jamiethewild]

"Never argue with idiots; they drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience."

Sounds like a facebook quote lmao :)

[RallyCola]

without useless banter such as internet arguments, forums would close up everywhere

[Jericho]

Naw, it's all a bit of fun, init. :shrug

[ditadior]

true its like talking to wallpaper your point will never get through.

[BiBoyinBeantown]

Sounds like a facebook quote lmao :)

I think I saw it on Usenet when dinosaurs roamed the earth.

[scroller]

Fuck no, you dick.

[runround04]

Arguing with someone on the internet is like playing chess with a Pigeon, no matter how good you are at chess, the pigeon is just going to knock over the pieces, crap on the board and strut around like its victorious.

[yodajazz]

It may not change who you are arguing with, but there are many more who may look and learn some logic from one, or the other. It becomes part of the public discourse on any particular subject. I think it's been good for me to hear others with more conservative views. It helps me to better understand what is important to me. And then you get others with your own viewpoint, who may bring a fresh approach, or supporting statistics.

[Gillian]

http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/myl/llog/duty_calls.png

[BiBoyinBeantown]

http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/myl/llog/duty_calls.png

xkcd FTW.

[RallyCola]

if i didn't fight with people here, threads would be half as long and your lives would be half as interesting. i am man, hear me roar
http://www.destructoid.com/elephant/ul/110219-fat-kid.jpg

[ed_jaxon]

I think some should argue on the internet as they are funny and entertaining.


Without conflict here we would not have funny quotes such as a salvage beating or wig on your football.


Although annoying, posters such as Darryl, Mimi, Honda and OMK made this joint interesting.

[trish]

It may not change who you are arguing with, but there are many more who may look and learn some logic from one, or the other. It becomes part of the public discourse on any particular subject. I think it's been good for me to hear others with more conservative views. It helps me to better understand what is important to me. And then you get others with your own viewpoint, who may bring a fresh approach, or supporting statistics.Exactly. The aim is to provide a public exploration of an issue or a body of issues that benefits participants and lurkers alike. Of course the only one who ever benefits from an argument is the one who is listens well enough to learn where the argument succeeds and where it fails.

[Prospero]

I agree with Trish.

But I'd also tend to suspect that very little of the heated argument on here - particularly in the run-up to the last US election or over guns post the Newtown slaughter - changes anybody's point of view. (No one discusses UK politics here because there are so few Brits who participate publicly and so few Americans who know anything about what happens in the UK) And interesting that no-one has started a thread on Mali. Hands up those who had any idea where it was before the recent french military action there.

[Dino Velvet]

I'm all for having discussions, debates, and polite disagreements but the six hour poo flinging is nonsense. A few folks log on primarily for that reason. The best course of action is to ignore someone so desperate for attention or approval.

[ImpulZ]

I'm a lover not a fighter

[Stavros]

I think there is a problem with people who enter forums like this one to preach -it means that 'debate' becomes a pointless argument because the motive of one is not to discuss an idea, an event, a person, but to convert someone to a point of view. As Trish and Prospero say, it is one thing to have a healthy debate about something, another to just hammer away at a single point without caring what the response is. One is creative, the other just arid, and boring too.

[Dino Velvet]

I think there is a problem with people who enter forums like this one to preach -it means that 'debate' becomes a pointless argument because the motive of one is not to discuss an idea, an event, a person, but to convert someone to a point of view. As Trish and Prospero say, it is one thing to have a healthy debate about something, another to just hammer away at a single point without caring what the response is. One is creative, the other just arid, and boring too.

Agreed. I'm not a fan of preaching or shaming tactics. No soap boxes in a pornography forum.

[Nikka]

I voted

[RallyCola]

I voted

them there is fighting words. :)

you didn't say how you voted leaving us to guess from the results. Seeing as only 2 people voted for fighting, and i'm one of them, and the other voted before you posted, we can only assume you want us all to get along

[Dino Velvet]

This guy would be a welcome addition. Always like how he holds the microphone like a fine snifter of Cognac.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w194TbEEyhw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tgc8nja2PY4

http://www.wwe.com/f/styles/ep_trending/public/playlist/thumb/2012/08/SD__665_029.jpg
"Allow me to beg your indulgence for a moment..."

[RallyCola]

http://www.wwe.com/f/styles/ep_trending/public/playlist/thumb/2012/08/SD__665_029.jpg
"Allow me to beg your indulgence for a moment..."



isn't that how you hold a cock?

[loveboof]

It's only a waste of time if your objective is to try and change a person's *dumbass opinion about something! lol

If your objective is to wind them up a bit, or slam down someone who is acting like a tool, or perhaps (in special circumstances) arguing for the silent masses eating their popcorn... Then it can be worth it!

(I still voted true)

[tsadriana]

:mad:I done that before ,i learned to stay cool and accept everyone as it is...Maybe the reason is because i drink less vodka hahaha:mad:

[loveboof]

:mad:I done that before ,i learned to stay cool and accept everyone as it is...Maybe the reason is because i drink less vodka hahaha:mad:

I miss your drunken comments. It was a bit like doing a cryptic crossword puzzle before you could even attempt to answer! lol

[tsadriana]

I miss your drunken comments. It was a bit like doing a cryptic crossword puzzle before you could even attempt to answer! lol
Dont even mention ,next day when i was proper sober i was coming in here to see the mess i made in the night before.:mad::mad::mad:I am worse judge to myself then anyone can be...Sometimes was sayng to myself what a fucked up person i am:mad: