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Percy
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Message 1 of 15 (504893)
04-04-2009 8:32 AM


I'm sure many are already aware of this website, and people have probably posted about it before. It contains caricatures of all the different types of discussion board denizens. I liked it much better in its original incarnation, but it's still pretty good. The new site is glossier but less accessible. Take a look:
He allows you to reference the pictures, e.g.:
The accompanying text:
Artful Dodger is a nimble and elusive Warrior. When strongly attacked he changes the subject with a diversionary counterattack. For example, if in a moment of pique his opponent refers to him to him as a "sonofabitch", Artful Dodger will not only demand a public apology for the insult to his own mother, but will castigate his opponent on behalf all mothers everywhere. Knowing full well that staying on topic works to his disadvantage, Artful Dodger will not allow himself to be pinned down.
The drop down menu style he uses makes it difficult to peruse and find what you want, so I'm providing a complete list. The names are links to the page for the image at the Flame Warriors site, while the parenthesized link named "img" is for the image itself.
Acne (img)Admin (img)Agent (img)ALLCAPS (img)
Android (img)Announcement (img)Archivist (img)Artful Dodger (img)
Artiste (img)Atheist (img)Bigcat (img)Big Dog & Me Too (img)
Bliss Ninny (img)Blowhard (img)Bong (img)Capitalista (img)
Centurion (img)Coffee Klatch (img)Compost (img)Cruel (img)
Crybaby (img)Cybersisters (img)Deacon (img)Diplomat (img)
Duelists (img)Eagle Scout (img)Ego (img)Enfant Provocateur (img)
Ennui (img)Ent (img)Ethnix (img)Evil Clown (img)
Fanboy (img)Ferous Cranus (img)Filibuster (img)Fragile Femme (img)
Furious Typer (img)Garble (img)God (img)Godfather (img)
Godzilla (img)Grammarian (img)Grenade (img)Grunter (img)
Howlers (img)Ideas (img)Ideologue (img)Impostor (img)
Innocence Abused (img)Issues (img)Jekylhyde (img)Jerk (img)
Klaxon (img)Kung-Fu Master (img)Lamer (img)Lonely Guy (img)
Loopy (img)Lurker (img)Nanny (img)Necromancer (img)
Netiquette Nazi (img)Netrat (img)Newbie (img)Nitpick (img)
Palooka (img)Patois (img)Perv (img)Philosopher (img)
Picador (img)Pinko (img)Pithy Phrase (img)Profundus Maximus (img)
Propeller Head (img)Rat (img)Rebel Leader (img)Rebel Without a Clue (img)
Rottweiler Puppy (img)Royals (img)Stealth (img)Strumpet (img)
Swarm (img)Sycophant (img)Target (img)Therapist (img)
The Register (img)Tiny Yapper (img)Tireless Rebutter (img)Toxic Granny (img)
Troglodyte (img)Troller (img)Typhoid Mary (img)Weenie (img)
Whisper (img)Xenophobe (img)Yuk Yuk (img)

Mike Reed is the illustrator, and he accepts donations. Donate enough and you can get some original artwork!
--Percy
Edited by Percy, : Fix table, remove extraneous item.

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Taz
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Message 2 of 15 (504894)
04-04-2009 8:56 AM
Reply to: Message 1 by Percy
04-04-2009 8:32 AM


Haha
quote:
Howlers generally populate academic, technical or special interest forums. Newbies to such forums often wander in thinking they have found some devastating new argument or special insight on the forum topic on interest, but unless the forum has been recently formed an active discussion group will probably have heard and debated the argument at length. So instead of being welcomed into the bosom of the group the newcomer is forced to flee under a shower of invective.

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Grizz
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Message 3 of 15 (504930)
04-05-2009 11:15 AM


Funny.
Here's one from Temple University Mathemaician John Paulos. His quote about Internet Forums, which I think succinctly sums up their general value, applies to most, but not all -- with this site being an exception most of the time.
"..online denizens form little groups that spend a lot of time excoriating, but not otherwise responding to, opposing groups. They endorse each other’s truisms and denounce those of others....Only a brief visit to these sites is needed to see that a more accurate description of them would be rant rooms."

  
Larni
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Message 4 of 15 (504955)
04-06-2009 3:42 AM
Reply to: Message 1 by Percy
04-04-2009 8:32 AM


Can't find me in there.
No surprise, however; what with me being perfect and all.

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Taz
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Message 5 of 15 (505008)
04-06-2009 12:49 PM
Reply to: Message 4 by Larni
04-06-2009 3:42 AM


Larni writes:
Can't find me in there.
I found two that could potentially be you.
quote:
Is it just you or does this guy seem to babble on and on without making any sense whatsoever? Does he lurch from one non sequitur to another? Are you baffled by his obscure metaphors? Are there so many typos you think that maybe he was typing while wearing a catcher's mit? Can he really MEAN what he just said? What in the hell is hey talking about, anyway? Is this guy smoking something? Well, yes...in fact he is, and lightly tethered in orbit high above the Earth Bong remains far beyond the grasp of the even the most powerful of Warriors.
quote:
Garble is a mystery: Is he a foreigner with only tenuous grasp of English? Is he on drugs? Does he suffer a serious mental debility? Is he typing wearing boxing gloves? Garble's rampant typos, malapropisms and execrable grammar can't be blamed solely on poor typing skills. Garble is all the more puzzling because if one manages to hack his way through the tangled muddle of his messages a discernable idea will often emerge. For example, in a forum discussion about a painting he might say, "Sorry the picchr the har is wrog. The culir. I liike the lips bot teh Paintng is sucs". When someone refers to his random capitalization Garble might say something like, "oPS i HITTED THE CAPDLOCK". Garble drives Grammarian and Nitpick absolutely nuts, but he disdains all efforts at correction, and if complaints persist he will indignantly sign exit saying, "yuor forum si stupef. bYE!" HINT: Garble may be Net Rat
Edited by Adminnemooseus, : Fixed 2nd quote box.

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JavaMan
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Joined: 08-05-2005


Message 6 of 15 (505025)
04-06-2009 5:18 PM
Reply to: Message 1 by Percy
04-04-2009 8:32 AM


Thanks for that, Percy. That was very funny.

'I can't even fit all my wife's clothes into a suitcase for travelling. So you want me to believe we're going to put all of the planets and stars and everything into a sandwich bag?' - q3psycho on the Big Bang

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Granny Magda
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Message 7 of 15 (505028)
04-06-2009 5:40 PM


Ferrous Cranus
I definitely recognise this guy...
Ferrous Cranus is utterly impervious to reason, persuasion and new ideas, and when engaged in battle he will not yield an inch in his position regardless of its hopelessness.
Yup. Nuff said.
Mutate and Survive

"The Bible is like a person, and if you torture it long enough, you can get it to say almost anything you'd like it to say." -- Rev. Dr. Francis H. Wade

  
Larni
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From: Liverpool
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Message 8 of 15 (505066)
04-07-2009 3:52 AM
Reply to: Message 5 by Taz
04-06-2009 12:49 PM


Ouch!
Ya got me

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Taz
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From: Zerus
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Message 9 of 15 (506204)
04-23-2009 9:37 PM


quote:
In bygone days Ents roamed an internet paradise of purposeful forums, but in recent times Ents have grown quiet. Indeed, Ents are so rarely heard from these days that netizens have begun to doubt that they ever existed. Being privy to the secrets of the ancients Ents are an extremely powerful Warriors, and are all the more so because of the veneration in which they are held. Warriors who chop and burn an Ent in battle will not earn glory, but will instead incite the enmity of the entire forum.
I was wondering. Who would be the most like candidate on this forum to be an Ent?

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Minnemooseus
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Message 10 of 15 (506206)
04-23-2009 9:53 PM
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04-23-2009 9:37 PM


I was wondering. Who would be the most like candidate on this forum to be an Ent?
Sylas?
Moose

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Minnemooseus
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Message 11 of 15 (508399)
05-13-2009 4:14 AM
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04-23-2009 9:53 PM


Forum Ent
I was wondering. Who would be the most like candidate on this forum to be an Ent?
Sylas?
I think even more so, Truthlover.
Moose

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Modulous
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Message 12 of 15 (508420)
05-13-2009 8:49 AM
Reply to: Message 1 by Percy
04-04-2009 8:32 AM


Sound the Klaxon
To be Nitpick for a moment, Admin, but good God - Announcement isn't a warrior - it's just an announcement. You're such a Newbie, even the most Pinko Weenie Lamer would realize that! Sorry, didn't mean to be a Jerk as well.
Yuk Yuk.

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Percy
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Message 13 of 15 (508431)
05-13-2009 10:27 AM
Reply to: Message 12 by Modulous
05-13-2009 8:49 AM


Re: Sound the Klaxon
The reqs for the quality control department remain unfilled. As soon as the personnel department has filled these positions I'll have this problem investigated.
Oh, the reqs for the personnel department also remain unfilled.
Yuk yuk back to you!
--Percy
PS - Actually, I like the idea of a quality control department following along behind me correcting all my mistakes, sort of like the Bush administration.

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Message 14 of 15 (541506)
01-03-2010 10:58 PM


interesting,I 'd like to go and check....
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MBT shoes
Edited by Admin, : Ambiguate signature spam.

  
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Message 15 of 15 (543480)
01-18-2010 2:31 PM
Reply to: Message 1 by Percy
04-04-2009 8:32 AM


This is hysterical!

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