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lxskllr

No Lifer
Nov 30, 2004
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You make this sound like a yearly hazing, and it kinda is, but
1. everyone nominated here brought it on themselves by posting drunk, being a dick, being a dumbass, being too dumb to cut their losses in an argument, or calling a bluff when they needed to fold, and
2. this isn't the kind of hazing where we shove brooms up a guy's ass when the lights go out. This is more like a bunch of guys sitting around talking about that one time Greg tried to jump onto a moving bus from a second floor window, or when Mark tried to stare down a bouncer and literally got his dumb ass thrown out of a bar, and then awarding a ribbon to the best idiot of the group for the year.

It's educational, and should be considered a learning experience by all.

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Dankk

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I don't come to OT often; but I do visit VC&G regularly, and BrightCandle strikes me as the kind of guy who's sarcasm/humor module is so completely broken that he gets butthurt literally every time anyone directs even a sliver of abrasion or jest toward him, to the point where he puts tons of other forum members on his ignore list. There were times when it seemed like he was bragging about just how big his ignore list was.

If you were to ignore all of the people on VC&G who were even slightly abrasive toward you, the forum would start looking like a pretty empty place. And it was especially dumb of him to go posting on OT the way he did. No way that was going to go well. He doesn't blend in with the crowd at all. I'm not surprised he finally decided to leave.
 

slayer202

Lifer
Nov 27, 2005
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I don't come to OT often; but I do visit VC&G regularly, and BrightCandle strikes me as the kind of guy who's sarcasm/humor module is so completely broken that he gets butthurt literally every time anyone directs even a sliver of abrasion or jest toward him, to the point where he puts tons of other forum members on his ignore list. There were times when it seemed like he was bragging about just how big his ignore list was.

If you were to ignore all of the people on VC&G who were even slightly abrasive toward you, the forum would start looking like a pretty empty place. And it was especially dumb of him to go posting on OT the way he did. No way that was going to go well. He doesn't blend in with the crowd at all. I'm not surprised he finally decided to leave.

aww, we drove him away? I feel bad now, and I'm not sure if that helps or hurts his chances at winning this prestigious award
 

zinfamous

No Lifer
Jul 12, 2006
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wow. I just don't understand what it is with some people--how does a human brain function in this manner?

It's so damn baffling. I suspect that we see a high concentration of such anti-social, auto-defensive behavior here, on a tech forum, where the average member would be geekier, certainly more socially-awkward, and probably smarter, than any other type of forum.

...but it's still so fascinating, these mental traps that people put in their heads.
 

moonbogg

Lifer
Jan 8, 2011
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wow. I just don't understand what it is with some people--how does a human brain function in this manner?

It's so damn baffling. I suspect that we see a high concentration of such anti-social, auto-defensive behavior here, on a tech forum, where the average member would be geekier, certainly more socially-awkward, and probably smarter, than any other type of forum.

...but it's still so fascinating, these mental traps that people put in their heads.

You got owned by a chicken foot.
 

GagHalfrunt

Lifer
Apr 19, 2001
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It's educational, and should be considered a learning experience by all.

Anyone that is capable of learning knew this already and anyone that isn't capable of learning is not gaining anything from the experience. This isn't educational, it's amusing, like watching a video on YouTube that begins with a drunk guy saying "watch this..."

As Darwin Award winners self-sacrifice to improve the gene pool Self-Ownage of the Year winners improve the morale of everyone that isn't them. The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the most stupid few.
 

zinfamous

No Lifer
Jul 12, 2006
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You got owned by a chicken foot.

That's different, though.

At what point in that thread did I start denying the photo of your bird-flipping chicken foot, or accuse anyone else of ignoring what I was saying, over and over again?

And, for what it's worth:

--I truly believed that was not your soup when I saw that thread. I realized immediately that I had to post that comment, and I had to word it in that way.
--I actually hoped that I was wrong, and that you would reply with a note or something (in the spirit of Nik and Azurik), but you knocked it out of the park. :D
 

moonbogg

Lifer
Jan 8, 2011
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That's different, though.

At what point in that thread did I start denying the photo of your bird-flipping chicken foot, or accuse anyone else of ignoring what I was saying, over and over again?

And, for what it's worth:

--I truly believed that was not your soup when I saw that thread. I realized immediately that I had to post that comment, and I had to word it in that way.
--I actually hoped that I was wrong, and that you would reply with a note or something (in the spirit of Nik and Azurik), but you knocked it out of the park. :D

You are an honest man. Respect.
 

Svnla

Lifer
Nov 10, 2003
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I have to give the championship to this idiot: (just throw a guy in jail to appease the anger mob, regardless if he is innocent or not)

Originally Posted by bshole
Proven? That is doubtful.

In any event, won't this whole problem go away if we just throw Wilson in jail for a couple of years? Wouldn't it be worth it to avoid the rioting and mayhem? I get the feeling that the violence will never stop until we as a nation do something to punish Wilson (regardless of whether he did anything wrong or not).

From the thread = http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2394752
 

Svnla

Lifer
Nov 10, 2003
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That's not ownage. That's you taking advantage of this thread to tell everyone you hate Mr. Hole.


Tittle of this thread : 2014 self ownage

Making a fooling statement to make self looks like a huge jackass/moron = self ownage.