Internetting about the Internet

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Last week my friend Pete coined Forsyth's Law: As an Internet discussion progresses, you will WISH you were on a grade school playground -- for the intellectual stimulation

Comments

[glowing_fish]

What about Harris' Law:
Arguing on the internet is like masturbation: people might make fun of it, but it is inevitable, and natural, so the thing to do is make sure you don't make anyone watch who doesn't want to, and try not to ruin your keyboard.

[enth]

heh, that's pretty good.

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I'm generally in a better mood after I...never mind.

[glowing_fish]

And, also, right now, Sarah Palin is inspiring lots of both...

Jus' sayin'

[waltermonkey]

Picanso's Law:

The pleasure of trolling will always be offset by the horror of discovering that the most brilliant and hilarious trolls are actually not trolls at all.

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I'll drink to that. No really, I will.

[waltermonkey]

YOU BETTER

Re: Comments about arguing online.

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WHO ARE YOU TO JUDGE MY GOD-GIVEN RIGHT TO BE WRONG AND DRESS FUNNY

Re: I never really understood this form of childish response

[modernangel]

your MOM gave me a right to be wrong and dress funny last night

[ideath]

I'd like a poster of these laws for my geek cave, plz.

Also, Picanso: i can't believe the extent to which you engaged with that troll/misguided and insulting individual on 'spoon's journal. You are a dude of great forbearance.

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I actually quite like this poster concept!

[glowing_fish]

I invented a new intarweb law.
It is like Godwin's Law, but it provides mention of "Big Brother".
Mitt Romney broke it today.

[waltermonkey]

I thought I would have to criticize his atrocious punctuation and CAPS LOCK EMPHASIS in order to get him to act much crazier than he initially seemed - but no, he just gave it up.

At that point it stopped being amusing and became frightening.

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Oh yeah, well I think you're a POOP FACE.

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YOU SMELL LIKE STINK

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Someone left me a Facebook Honesty Box message telling me that, once.

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ARE YOU INSINUATING THAT I WOULD DO SOMETHING COWARDLY?

(not that I would remember)