stormlord
12-01-2009, 09:30 AM
Say something everyone can agree on, then say you don't want to elaborate because you want to keep the peace. That last part is your back door. This has the effect of making you look smart because you're thinking ahead. It allows you to possibly piss someone off, but you have a quick get away.
OR.. start a post with "i don't want to start flames or anything, but..." In theory, others will understand that it's not your aim to piss them off. This way, you can say all you want at them, even if your intent is to piss them off. This is, however, frequently ineffective and fails to put out the flames.
List your real-life qualifications: parent, phd, doctor, 70 hour work week, back problems, disabilities, veteran, etc. In theory, if you show others how awesome you're in real life, they'll feel so humiliated in your presence that they'll relent, regardless of what you say. Like the previous option, this also has a low likelihood of success. This is because people who're reading it are already drunk and incapacitated and unable to understand your superiority over them.
Use logic and reason. Write fluently with big words. Imply that your logic is incapable of error. List your numerous qualifications in the related field and years of experience in the professional world. Produce intensely researched posts, with links and explanations. Explore counterarguments, but quickly shoot them down as biased and irrational. When people bring attention to this, ignore them for a few days then make a relatively short post explaining that they're "deniers" and "trolls". Leave them with the alibi that you're "a busy man" and do not want to "waste my time with someone who doesn't read my posts." This method can be successful, but it requires a sound mind capable of passion and irrefutable belief in your own viewpoints. Additionally, no beer. No girls. No sex. Everyone will think you're a dork.
Explain that people need you because you're smart, ethical, a contributing member, and so on. You must feel entitled, and you must have something to turn to as evidence. Your primary focus, however, is on your own suffering or impairment, highlight this so others can see it. The card you turn to most is the "victim" card. Your aim is to cause despair and pity in others so that they might keep to themselves and allow you to speak without consequence. This can be an invaluable tool in your quest to express yourself, but it must be used carefully. If you're not truly needed in some way, people may pity you, but this alone will not stop them from flaming.
Make a post so vile and opinionated that people post things like "getting the popcorn" and "wait for it... (runs to get beer)" Make replies like "haha" and "sexxxxxxxxxxx!" and "Lol" and "whatever". Essentially, you get to say what you want and then deny it. If everyone thinks you're unable to speak and possibly drunk or not serious, they may leave you alone. This has a fair possibility of success, but make sure most of your posts as a forum member are insincere and comical. Most reasonable people of sound mind will learn to ignore your serious posts, thus preventing most flame wars and letting you express your opinions.
This post was not meant to cause a stir. I do not cause flame wars. Only you can start a flame war.
OR.. start a post with "i don't want to start flames or anything, but..." In theory, others will understand that it's not your aim to piss them off. This way, you can say all you want at them, even if your intent is to piss them off. This is, however, frequently ineffective and fails to put out the flames.
List your real-life qualifications: parent, phd, doctor, 70 hour work week, back problems, disabilities, veteran, etc. In theory, if you show others how awesome you're in real life, they'll feel so humiliated in your presence that they'll relent, regardless of what you say. Like the previous option, this also has a low likelihood of success. This is because people who're reading it are already drunk and incapacitated and unable to understand your superiority over them.
Use logic and reason. Write fluently with big words. Imply that your logic is incapable of error. List your numerous qualifications in the related field and years of experience in the professional world. Produce intensely researched posts, with links and explanations. Explore counterarguments, but quickly shoot them down as biased and irrational. When people bring attention to this, ignore them for a few days then make a relatively short post explaining that they're "deniers" and "trolls". Leave them with the alibi that you're "a busy man" and do not want to "waste my time with someone who doesn't read my posts." This method can be successful, but it requires a sound mind capable of passion and irrefutable belief in your own viewpoints. Additionally, no beer. No girls. No sex. Everyone will think you're a dork.
Explain that people need you because you're smart, ethical, a contributing member, and so on. You must feel entitled, and you must have something to turn to as evidence. Your primary focus, however, is on your own suffering or impairment, highlight this so others can see it. The card you turn to most is the "victim" card. Your aim is to cause despair and pity in others so that they might keep to themselves and allow you to speak without consequence. This can be an invaluable tool in your quest to express yourself, but it must be used carefully. If you're not truly needed in some way, people may pity you, but this alone will not stop them from flaming.
Make a post so vile and opinionated that people post things like "getting the popcorn" and "wait for it... (runs to get beer)" Make replies like "haha" and "sexxxxxxxxxxx!" and "Lol" and "whatever". Essentially, you get to say what you want and then deny it. If everyone thinks you're unable to speak and possibly drunk or not serious, they may leave you alone. This has a fair possibility of success, but make sure most of your posts as a forum member are insincere and comical. Most reasonable people of sound mind will learn to ignore your serious posts, thus preventing most flame wars and letting you express your opinions.
This post was not meant to cause a stir. I do not cause flame wars. Only you can start a flame war.