Online Forum Jerks: Who do you identify with?

ferran says on May 7, 2009, 08:34:

Not that I identyfied with any of this prototypes, but I think the moderator one is the funniest.


6. The Moderator

Taking a slightly subtler approach to making visitors feel unwelcome, the Moderator maintains an air of superiority as he bunkers down each day on a particular site's comment section or message board for another 16-hour stint as archivist-in-residence. He's the cool kid -- the site vet who's been around for a long time and knows what's what. Leave a message that repeats something someone else said 16 months ago, and he'll let you know about it within minutes.

"Um, yeah, Newbie0314, we talked about that back when NeverTouchedAWoman24 brought the subject up last May. But thanks for contributing, lol."

Treating the forum as his own private gated community, the (self-appointed) Moderator seems to have adopted as his personal philosophy the Pythonesque commandment "Every thread is precious." To keep each discussion safe and pure, he will treat any commenter who has fewer than 200 messages to his name as an undocumented invader who doesn't deserve a spot on his beloved forum. All of this, we assume, from the comfort of his parents' basement.

All truth goes through three phases. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self evident.

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markobhoy says on May 7, 2009, 11:19:

twelve ;)

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sloopskipper says on May 7, 2009, 15:42:

Funny as hell, but "of course" we can't identify with any of them!

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ddluzdelsol says on May 7, 2009, 18:29:

just from being on this site a few weeks.... i could pick one for each of these "stereotypes"... yes, including myself! lol

Christmas and New Years in Ibague!!

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miamimike says on May 8, 2009, 10:04:

What Category do the Defenders of "Columbia Is NOT spelled with a "U" but with an "O" fall into? As soon as someone benignly mispells Colombia here , these Grammar perfectionists pop out of the Cyber-woodwork, eager to show their Colombian prowness and pounce on their hapless victims,,Ja Ja

Bésame, bésame mucho Como si fuera esta noche La última vez Bésame, bésame mucho Que tengo miedo a perderte Perderte después Bésame, bésame mucho Como si fuera esta noche La última vez Bésame, bésame mucho Que tengo miedo a perderte Perderte de

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dwmte7 says on May 8, 2009, 14:28:

kolumbia.....is that better mike?

patriarch

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sloopskipper says on May 8, 2009, 15:02:

The Germans seem to think that Kolumbien is right (not for Columbian, which is Kolumbianisch). But what do they know?



However, these wags on here know better.

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miamimike says on May 8, 2009, 15:19:

Yes-Douglas and SS---Kolumbia sounds OK to me!

Bésame, bésame mucho Como si fuera esta noche La última vez Bésame, bésame mucho Que tengo miedo a perderte Perderte después Bésame, bésame mucho Como si fuera esta noche La última vez Bésame, bésame mucho Que tengo miedo a perderte Perderte de

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sloopskipper says on May 8, 2009, 15:56:

I could never understand why the country was not named Colonia, based on his Spanish name, instead of the Anglicized, Columbus.

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webmanco says on May 8, 2009, 16:56:

Is there an Educator category?

What Category do the Defenders of "Columbia Is NOT spelled with a "U" but with an "O" fall into?

No hay extremo cierto o verdadero, porque los extremos opacan, enruedan, (lavan cerebros) verdades. Yotas

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romy says on May 8, 2009, 17:29:

Is Simon not the Fanboy around here? ;)

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