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How To Argue On The Internet
Published: 2009-12-22 10:41:29 +0000 UTC; Views: 25763; Favourites: 929; Downloads: 468
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Born of a Complaints thread I made (with a few additions thanks to replies from forum members within): [link]Similarly useless tutorial on how to have art block: [link]
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While this is not good enough for a use in real life or as an instruction manuel, it does introduce you to the most common basics and delivers it funnily. I come to devart for stuff like this.
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I tend to avoid fights, but as far as I can tell, this is very true.
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This made my day. Though i just got on the comp recently so maybe putting these into effect for a true experiment will provide even more lulz.
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you couldn't be mnore right with this. ::bows to your greatness ::
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"Arguing on the internet is like running in the special Olympics:
Even if you win, you're still retarded."
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you summed it up wonderfully
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#13 I've seen SOOO many times on arguments in Facebook groups over religion, politics, and other instances where trolls get way overwhelmed and totally PWN'd by people who actually know what they're talking about. They just say "well I was just trying to make you guys look stupid and it WORKED! HAHAHA SUCCESSFUL TROLL IS SUCCESSFUL!!!"
Thank you SO much for posting this, I was thinking, "this is so eerily true. ._." the whole time I was reading it. XD
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I very nearly choked myself with laughter. This is fantastic - just because is true, it makes for excellent fun!
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I've done a few of those
but thanks to this
now it makes me feel cool
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and lord sometimes when i find people arguing about one of those topics, i cut a portion of my asscheeks off. ;__;
especially when a girl says "OHHH MY GOD I HATE IT WHEN I TALK ABOUT LOVE OR WHEN ANYONE ELSE TALKS ABOUT LOVE MY WHOLE LIFE HAS BEEN HURT BY LOVE OH MY GOD" just because her best friend said "i love you", meaning as a friend.
.. eh i'm going to start an argument myself if i keep up with typing this.
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LMAO. this is so true.
sometimes i even end up using these 'tactics' without realizing it.
oh god.
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I prefer my elegant method to do it. Using advanced logic, talking in a borderline sarcastic/honest tone, plus both agreeing AND arguing with BOTH view AT THE SAME TIME. No one have been able to defeat me when I used that method.
Oh wait, am I tempting fate here? Meh, I want more challenge anyway
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clever.
btw, in which part "the wall of text method" goes to?
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Whenever I get attacked, be it by trolls or by someone who is actually serious, I like the "LOL" approach. Then they're not sure if I'm laughing at them or with them and it makes them angrier. I continue to reply with LOL until they get bored and find something better to do. LMAO.
Sometimes when they rile me up so much I can't even FIND it in me to laugh, I reply with "I like your opinion! Please do have an awesome day! 
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Heh!
I've developed a style of presentation (I often write — not cut'n'paste mind you — walls'o'text and as these are difficult to read on screen actually trying to make the readable is important to me) that makes me especially attractive to Quotey McQuotes who will treat each and every line-break as it it had been intended for some specific point being made.
I've been subjected to the I've a Life treatment (popular when someone has far fewer post that I do).
But the one time someone came back with a "I'm ignoring you because you're obviously not rational" has to be a standout ... though I did thank him for actually telling me I was now being ignored ... not that he ever saw the thank you post, what with me being ignored.
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the sad part of such parodies, is that most of the people you'll get into arguments with, it seems like they've studied such tutorials seriously
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Congrats on the DD
9. and 16. are win 
I'm guilty of some of these.
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You just revealed all my precious secrets to the world! Oh shi-
lmao
I love this.
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hmm I've never seen any argument on DA before.... that's why I'm here, seems to me, here are just... nice people 
and I know this was about internet in general 
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No offense, but you probably haven't looked in the right places. Many people are good, but there's as many idiots out there as anywhere.
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Lol. Look harder. We're They're out there. Telling people that they're wrong.
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dunno, I thougth Wikipedia was actually very reliable. I only remember seing one wrong equation, and that's it, which is less than many books have.
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You forgot one important thing, ALLWAYS argure somewhere that has nothing to do with the subject/s of the actual "fight".
Preferably in a commentsection where you can take up space from people who actually want to say something nice to the artist/writer/ect.
But besides that i found it very usefull
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Oh wow, this seems to be the course of every un-intelligible argument on the internet. Good work!
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This made me remember how often I've actually seen the genocide card in action in the past and on completelly unrelated topics. Lawls internet...
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Ah, the fine art of arguing about arguing. 
My personal favorite is just messing with people. Last time I did that I got a message about how the Da Vinci Code was an attack on the vatican church. WTF? Attack Vatican with Books? I can only infer that they meant there are cannons that shoot books instead of cannonballs. Amazing. I want one that shoots furbies. The best part... the original message was me simply saying I found jesus. And I did. jesus.deviantart
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You do the complaints forum proud.
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I haven't been in an argument before.
but still, I love this.
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Oh God! Apart drom "typing like a 10-year old texter", I think I have seen every single one of the RODOH forums.
Pretty much on the nail there!
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Oh, I loved it so much! Justcan't help laughing out loud!
Thank you so much!
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The greatest come-back on the internet: no u
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Haha, so true! Although I have seen quite a few try to gather their personal army as well, I don't know whether I missed that on there.
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The sad thing is how many people actually do all that. XD
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