Why do you give a fuck?

[Kai]

I've been reading Dear Coke Talk since I found it in Apple Talk either yesterday or the day before (due to sleep deprivation induced memory distortion I can't remember which). It seems the advice centers around a few different points, the most prominent of these being "do what you want, not what you "should", and don't give a fuck what anyone else thinks of it".

Which got me thinking about PD. Many of us here like complaining, which isn't in essence a bad thing. If people keep kicking you in the 'nads nothing is probably going to change until you shout I'M SICK OF YOU FUCKING KICKING ME IN THE NADS SO FUCK OFF. The same is true of asshole moves in any realm of life. This is most definitely not what I'm talking about.

What I'm talking about is this: If some dude, ignorant of what we talk about around here, comes spouting shit about wiccanism or pinealism or anything that doesn't pertain to the general discussion or zeitgeist, why is it that we spend 50 pages talking about it? Why do we give a fuck?

I mean, I can understand the enjoyment of farce outrage to an extent, but it just seems like a patterned reaction, a pavlovian response, that people don't really enjoy it.

So why not let the person just say their piece and ignore it? From experience, no one pays attention to threads that are halfway down the page with zero posts. He got his five seconds of fame, lets move on. Or not. I know I won't be participating though, not because of some moral obligation to let them go for 50 posts, but because it really doesn't pertain to anything I'm interested in, and frankly it isn't doing a damn thing against me. And it's fucking uninteresting, though that's just my personal opinion. An ignore button is unneeded if I automatically discard bits of unwanted information. Works for my advisor, my parents, my friends, and any old stranger off the street. And, if it continued and someone actually got in my face about it, well then, I'd be perfectly right off to say something about it. Otherwise, why do I give a fuck?

[The Good Reverend Roger]

What I'm talking about is this: If some dude, ignorant of what we talk about around here, comes spouting shit about wiccanism or pinealism or anything that doesn't pertain to the general discussion or zeitgeist, why is it that we spend 50 pages talking about it? Why do we give a fuck?

I just do it for the lulz.   

[Don Coyote]

What I'm talking about is this: If some dude, ignorant of what we talk about around here, comes spouting shit about wiccanism or pinealism or anything that doesn't pertain to the general discussion or zeitgeist, why is it that we spend 50 pages talking about it? Why do we give a fuck?

I just do it for the lulz.   

It's also practice.

[Kai]

What I'm talking about is this: If some dude, ignorant of what we talk about around here, comes spouting shit about wiccanism or pinealism or anything that doesn't pertain to the general discussion or zeitgeist, why is it that we spend 50 pages talking about it? Why do we give a fuck?

I just do it for the lulz.   

Is it that fun?

I'm pretty bored with it myself.

[Jasper]

I like it.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

What I'm talking about is this: If some dude, ignorant of what we talk about around here, comes spouting shit about wiccanism or pinealism or anything that doesn't pertain to the general discussion or zeitgeist, why is it that we spend 50 pages talking about it? Why do we give a fuck?

I just do it for the lulz.   

Is it that fun?

I'm pretty bored with it myself.

Well, yes.  But you aren't a rage-filled old bastard with a head full of mad dog's shit.

I mean, you've known me for 7 years now, right?  Has it EVER appeared to get old for me?  I am a simple man, with simple tastes and simple pleasures.  I ask only for coffee, cheap cigars, and an endless supply of assholes to monkey out on.

Just thank your patron thingie that I'm not a politician.  Ho ho!  

[Requia ☣]

What I'm talking about is this: If some dude, ignorant of what we talk about around here, comes spouting shit about wiccanism or pinealism or anything that doesn't pertain to the general discussion or zeitgeist, why is it that we spend 50 pages talking about it? Why do we give a fuck?

I just do it for the lulz.   

Is it that fun?

I'm pretty bored with it myself.

Eh, I like it but get bored with it easily enough, but outside of those rare occaisons when it spills across the entire board, its not really an issue to drop it and let the people who are having fun keep at it.

[East Coast Hustle]

Just because people are free to be completely retarded doesn't mean I'm not free to tell them about it at every opportunity.

[Dysfunctional Cunt]

Just because people are free to be completely retarded doesn't mean I'm not free to tell them about it at every opportunity.

[LMNO]

Short answer: Because it's shiny.  Many of us here seem to have a knack for snark and insult humor.  When a fresh, juicy target rolls around, most of use want to get a good shot or two in... Which leads to a 20 page smack down.

[Luna]

Short answer: Because it's shiny.  Many of us here seem to have a knack for snark and insult humor.  When a fresh, juicy target rolls around, most of use want to get a good shot or two in... Which leads to a 20 page smack down.

Which is why some of us lurked long enough to figure out that it's smart to keep our heads down for awhile.   

[Jenne]

I usually find myself amused but unable to join in for lack of time.  I also tend to only smack a n00b when they are really calling down on the folks here I adore.  Like, in a way that I'd be offended if they were here in front of me.  This sometimes backfires on me, because it's usually NOT in a thread that's being talked about in an OP.  But like ECH reserves the right to tell an asshole he's an asshole, I guess, in the main, so do I.

[Kurt Christ]

I do ignore it. Not that I post enough for my absence to be noticeable, but I generally stop reading the thread once it gets repetitive and go read other stuff.

[Placid Dingo]

Being a jackass leading to a smack im cool with.

Mentioning the word, magic, wikka, libertairian, marijuana, feminism or what the fuck else is fodder for a stupidly frat boy 'omgz u suck' response, usually accompanied by a smug air of self assuredness, gets boring pretty quick.

[East Coast Hustle]

Well, if people would stop insisting on mentioning stupid shit as though it were worth discussing, that would stop happening.