I sort of saddened that I could read that intardnet slang too.
More on topic, I wish people would read what is written instead of going off on a tangent of intentionally ignoring the written words in a post or thread, I hate to steal movie lines but it applies to intardnet forums, these forums inparticular for some reason; "it's like playing cards with my sisters kids for Christs sake"
I can stomach avatars with boobs, curse words, disagreements or heated discussions, slang like what was posted above...pretty much everything the intardnet has to offer, but when someone twists the plain meaning of a post, or outright ignores the body of it & pulls out one word here & there to build a arguement is irritating.
I see it more often in the O' club than general discussion, but it still gets under my skin. No hugs needed, no banning certain phrases or words, just be english reading,writing & comprehending adults & a lot of forum troubles would never appear in the first place. I think the intardnet geeks call what I am talking about - flaming,flame baiting & trolling etc. I always thought flaming was what the stars of queer eye for the straight guy were, then I discovered there are a fair number of stick drivers here too when I got muted for telling a squaddie of mine someone was acting like a "studmuffin" on 200, I then got chewed out by who I assume was the stick driving mod.
Basically just assume the people you're talking to on these forums are offended by anything & everything & try to handle everyone with kid gloves.
