June 29, 2004

If you can't take the heat, stay out of the kitchen. That big girl's blouse, Dave Winer (appropriately named), has posted some limp-wristed tripe about how to avoid flamewars. Read it and weep for the future of a totally wimpy internet. Stolen from that bunch of wussies over at MeFi. :D
posted by drivingmenuts 20 years ago
  • But that would take all the fun out of it!
  • Metafilter: Taking all the fun out of it.
  • Isn't the point of sites like this to say things that would otherwise lead to us getting our asses kicked?
  • That's the fucking stupidest thing I've ever heard! What are you, a gay Nazi?
  • Is it that Dave Winer's feelings were so hurt by the overwhelming backlash against his asshattery that he had to write this whiny screed? "Perhaps try to imagine how they feel, and sympathize." Um, I'm Dave and I screwed over thousands of peoples' blogs with no notice and I feel self-righteous about it. Oops. Didn't work. Boo frickin' hoo, whiner. FLAME ON Y'ALL!
  • how dare you disrespect such a brilliant man? I understand he's up for Compassionate Guy of the Year and I, for one, plan to vote for him.
  • I really don't have an opinion regarding Dave other than to say that I hope he does much better in the swimsuit competition, because he doesn't appear to have a SNOWBALL'S CHANCE for "Miss Congeniality". I'll also note that down through history a lot of otherwise great artists, innovators and visionaries have been complete assholes. That being said, I find it interesting that in the MetaFilter thread that includes Dave Winer's very first comments, his personality shines through. Note that he comes back to the thread NINE MONTHS later to say "Nyaah, nyaah." (last comments in the thread). So, yeah. The diagnosis sounds on-target.
  • How to avoid flamewars by Dave Winer 1. Don't be Dave Winer.
  • mercurious, I'm thinking this one might work too. Besides, being a sociopath is so...so...common.
  • Doh! The swimsuit competition isn't looking any brighter.
  • [on that Metafilter thread -- loved that (a) 30 comments was a discussion length of note, and (b) pompous and hypocritical were considered quite harsh, and (c) mathowie swore, a bunch of times! the Wild Wild West it was!]
  • You puke faced, goat felching pack of clueless fucktards have only suck-seeded in screwing yourselves with the very thing you claim to fight against! When you quit throwing Malibu Barbie tantrums and learn to piece both nouns and adjectives together, call my answering service. Maybe then you'd be interesting enough to ignore. *whew*, somebody hose me down!
  • That was awesome, pete_best. fucking awesome.
  • I am the very model of a newgroup personality! (Wow! Two G&S parodies in one day! Woo Hoo!)
  • Getting advice from Dave Winer on how to avoid flame wars is like listening to Jenna Jameson talk about the virtues of abstinence.
  • pete_best: You've been hanging around the quidnunc kid too much.
  • Wow. That's the crappiest Mefi thread ever. Dave Winer's a dick. /petty_namecalling
  • Yo, Dave, want some cheeeeeze with that w(h)ine?
  • Good grief, and all that "have a nice day!" stuff. I honestly think he puts those obviously insincere comments in so that he can point to them and say, "Look! I was being nice! It's all the other people that are being dickheads! Have a great weekend, y'all!" Sheesh.
  • Here's 40 cents!
  • Dave Winer: bright, but a dork. Kind of like esr...
  • ...goat felching?
  • no taglines, please.
  • MonkeyFilter: no taglines, please. *hoses pete_best down*
  • *downs pete's best hose*
  • Ewww. I read that as Got Felching? Which would be an awesome shirt.