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RexCorvus -> RE: reporting fake profiles ? (12/6/2011 12:59:47 PM)
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Been on the Internet since the late 1980s, so I've seen my share of flames. First on USENET, then the web. In fact I consider myself something of a connoisseur of the art of ragging on people via electronic mediums. I say this by way of introducing my opinion that this:
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ORIGINAL: AlchemicalMaster
You are more hilarious than the BDSM monks from the Clive Owen film "King Arthur".
is one of the worst flames I've ever seen. Look, if you're going to reference a movie it either needs to be massively popular so that everyone's got a strong opinion on it or vanishingly obscure so that people just assume you're a film buff who knows what he's talking about. I mean of every movie in the history of the world you go with "King Arthur"? That's the foundation on which you're going to build your insult? It's the kind of movie that gets a 6 out of 10 rating from critics. That means it won't really produce any major reaction in folks who saw it. They didn't hate it, they didn't love it, it was just there. Kind of like this attempt at a flame. I mean I saw "King Arthur", but for the life of me I don't remember any BDSM monks. Most people who read this will just go "Huh? BDSM monks in post-Roman, pre-Norman England? You'd think I would remember that." Where you've failed here is to elicit any kind of reaction. The reader won't be angry, because the source is too middle-of-the-road. They'll likely just shrug and forget you. And being forgotten is the worst thing that can happen to a flame thrower.
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THis is seriously funnier then the time I killed that demon when I drank too much Ayahuasca.
Now that's better. I didn't even know what the heck Ayahuasca was, so I had to look it up. Doing so helped distract me from the fact that your insult doesn't really make sense, and in fact isn't even a proper burn. For me to know how funny something is you have to provide me a baseline - tell me about how you were all hopped up on Ayahuasca trying to beat Pazuzu to death with a 16" purple dildo, and then I'll know just how darned funny you find all this forum chatter. Still, you've at least given the reader something to work with, some mystery to explore. Always leave them wanting more, naked dude.
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