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A Thread About Terrible Internet
David_Dovey:
--- Quote from: KharBevNor on 06 Mar 2011, 14:33 ---There's a lot more. For example, the idea of the UN as a shadowy invasion force. Then there's the implication that the NSF were formed after the second amendment was repealed (they're a futuristic right wing militia basically), and the whole plot about the virus and the antidote whiffs enormously of conspiracy theories about AIDS, crack and flouridation.
Conspiracy theories make good fiction, which is probably why they are so compelling to some people.
As with regards to the german musician, I would love to talk about that, but I'm gonna request someone make a word filter for his name first because the dude has a google alert set up on his name and he will be down on this forum like a ton of twitching bricks if anyone says it. I don't particularly want to contribute to his victimisation complex any more.
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This is the guy you've made a few posts on yr blog about, yes? I love that guy.
celticgeek:
An interesting approach to dealing with Internet trolls: Dealing With Trolls.
KvP:
Every time Deus Ex comes up it is extremely relevant to post these links:
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The extra letter:
--- Quote from: celticgeek on 06 Mar 2011, 14:39 ---An interesting approach to dealing with Internet trolls: Dealing With Trolls.
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That seems to be teaching people how to counter-troll by being So Very Reasonable. I'm not sure if it's really worth the effort involved, but it's a good idea. I have a very bad track record when it comes to trolling. On a site I tended to frequent at one stage I was fairly infamous as a troll. It's amazing how easy it is to get people seriously pissed off with little effort. The cognitive therapy approach is good, but I think unless the majority of people use it, trolls will still receive the reinforcement that people are getting pissed off.
Josefbugman:
Oh I keep forgetting those. Sometimes I wish they'd make a better graphics remake of Deus Ex so that I could get it to actually work on my damn PC.
Anyway, one thing I do dislike is when moderators are so keen to proove their own intergrity about NOT banning people they disagree with turn it on its head and begin being ludicrously zealous in supporting their right to their opinions. Like banning people for criticising the person who says that 18th Century Europe was the highpoint of the Western World, or refusing to shut up the infantile fetishist when they bring it up in every discussion, relevent or not.
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