gawd this is a hoot -- check it out!

-- (doomerstomper@usa.net), June 04, 2000

Answers

This is a riot! Check this one out:

Big Dog & Me Too

-- Bingo1 (howe9@shentel.net), June 04, 2000.

Remind you of anyone?

Tireless Rebutter

-- Bingo1 (howe9@shentel.net), June 04, 2000.

Doomerstomper, hillarious link!

Bingo 1, this forum seems to be a typical one, as I recognize everyone in the Flame Warrior personalities, even myself. And most of us have several types.

I would get a kick out of pinning a Warrior charicature label on all of us, but then... I'd instantly disqualify myself for the Peacemaker one ;-)

-- (y@x.x), June 04, 2000.

Y:

I agree. After I got through all of them, I thought "Which one am I?" Many, I'm afraid.

-- Anita (Anita_S3@hotmail.com), June 04, 2000.

All in good fun -- to not take our cyber-lives too seriously :-) Gawd - there actually are PROFILES for flamers. That guy is good!

-- (doomerstomper@usa.net), June 04, 2000.

As I was waiting for the pictures to download I scrolled down and read the descriptions. As I read each one someone from this forum would come to mind. What a laugh it was as I watched each person I was thinking about being "revealed" by the picture as it downloaded.

Thanks doomerstomper. That was fun.

-- Debra (!!!!@!!!!.com), June 04, 2000.

Anita, I thought of you and also Helen as the peace makers! And I think I fall under "Bliss Ninny"..which is unsettling. I'll have to work on my flaming more! That was a cool link, and the descriptions were dead on. Fascinating!

-- kritter (kritter@adelphia.net), June 04, 2000.

Kritter:

I don't think my posts in the Feminism threads qualify for that one. The great thing about humans is, perhaps, the multi-faceted qualities they possess.

-- Anita (Anita_S3@hotmail.com), June 04, 2000.

Come on-no one wants to take a stab at these? My pairings are meant purely as parody, so take no offense!

List Sisters: Eve, Anita, Gilda, Debra, Consumer.

Toxic Granny: Old Git.

Weenie: Brian McLaughlan.

Stealth: Lady Logic-so many handles you do not know who she is. Since she has gone on vacation there is a noticeable drop in handles. Where's Manny?

L'Enfant: Hawk. Of Course.

Profundus Maximus: Flint.

Philosopher: Bingo1/FutureShock.

Netiquette Nazi: Hmm@hmm.hmm.

AllCaps: CPR.

Jekyl and Hyde: Z. What happened yesterday?

Issues: No one but Al-D.

Fragile Femme: Consumer.

Perv: KB8-Always talking about watchin tan-lines, dude.

Propeller Head: Netghost. Even though she is a women.(read the link).

Tireless rebutter: Could it be anyone else but decker? Maybe Poole.

-- FutureShock (gray@matter.think), June 04, 2000.

I saw Hawk as kind of a tireless rebutter. Everything has to be a fight with him. I'm pretty sure that Netghost is a male. Bingo is Futureshock?!

ok..which am I? Cmon, I can take it.

-- cin (cin@cin.cin), June 04, 2000.

Interesting that if you eliminate all posts that fall into one or more of these categories, none are left! It's impossible *not* to flame, by these funny definitions. All human interactions are reduced to flames of various description.

So let's flame on! It's fun.

-- Flint (flintc@mindspring.com), June 04, 2000.

That link was a keeper. Thank you for posting it. :)

I am almost afraid to ask; which category did everyone here think I fell into?

Jonathan -Still checking the posts once a week.- -Still terminally polite- :)

-- Jonathan Latimer (latimer@q-a.net), June 04, 2000.

No. FutureShock and Bingo in a tie.

-- FutureShock (gray@matter.think), June 04, 2000.

Jonathan,

I can't believe you posted on this thread. When I read the Peacemaker I thought of you.

From whence do you cometh? And whither do you goeth?

Good to hear from you.

-- Debra (!!!!@!!!!.com), June 04, 2000.

Hello Debra,

I still make my weekly pilgrimage here to see what's new and exciting. :) Presently I have been working on computers (as usual), which still have the penchant for proving and reproving Murphy's Laws.

For enjoyment, recently I got interested in 18th century nautical fiction, which led me to this year's big trip: My wife and I will be crewing on a replica of a 18th century British 24 gun frigate for a week. The niftiest thing about it: The nearest computer will be appoximately 35 miles away. (!!!) So I am excited. I have been onboard a boat for a total of about 5 hours in my entire life, so I might simply spend a week yarking. But I have high hopes that will not be the case. :)

Locally, the people who banded together in the face of Y2K just sort of dissolved away. I occasionally hear from them; I got a chance to do a nice radio spot about why nothing happened locally for Y2k, which was a lot of fun.

To me, it is too bad that the Y2K group just sort of stopped when the threat did not materialize. They did have other ideas about island sufficiency and power that deserved some investigation. But because the perceived threat of Y2K was the glue that held their group together, when it dissolved away, so did all the rest of it. Unfortunate.

So, I still carry on; I have occasional debates with people about this subject or that. I left my web page up about Y2K, mostly because I don't know what to throw up there instead. :) But it can be a nice reminder, occasionally, of what research should still be about (at least, I hope so). It is nifty for me to see people conversing here even after the Y2K part is, for all intents and purposes, really totally over. And links like the one above truly do bring laughter to me; and there can never be enough of that. :)

Hope all is well with you and yours, and, as always:

Keep smiling,

Jonathan

-A computer glitch did not bring about the end of civilization. And with that no over with, this tag has lost all the charm it ever had (which, I am sure some people will say, was not much).-

-- Jonathan Latimer (latimer@q-a.net), June 04, 2000.

Ok, I'll bite...

FS and Bingo1 = Coffe Klatch - thanks for sharing

Since FS named me twice it is only Fair I return the favor

FS = Therapist

BTW, I guess mine werent too bad? :-)

-- consumer (shh@aol.com), June 04, 2000.

Sumer:

Heard lst night in chat you were a bit miffed at I guess it was Femme Fatale-Sorry-I prefaced what I said by saying it was parody- exaggeration.

Rule 62: Do not take yourself too seriously : ).

-- FutureShock (gray@matter.think), June 05, 2000.

FS, good list, but needs a few adjustments:

LL= Enfant, Bliss Ninny, Troller

Hawk= Tiny Yapper

Flint= Rebutter (pre-y2k he tiredlessly rebutted EVERY posts.)

Brian= Kung-Fu Master (certainly not Weenie. If anything, you FS have a touch of Weenie with your PC-ness ;-) )

FS= Therapist, Philosopher

Consumer= Fragile Femme

Deedah= Evil Clown

Rick Dale= Ennui

Netghost= Stealth

Gilda= Toxic Granny

Eve= Innocense Abused

Anita= Coffee Klatch

Decker= Blend of Profundus Maximus and Jerk

CapNfun= Peacemaker? Perv? Therapist? Weenie? (just a fun guy?)

(Disclaimer: this is a PARODY. Everyone mentioned above has demonstrated a multi-facetted, interesting personality.)

-- Royal (stealth@warrior.here), June 05, 2000.

Folks, there's way too much frivolity going on here.

Stop this at once!!!

-- Netiquette Nazi (hmm@hmm.hmm), June 05, 2000.

Hello FutureShock,

I'm sorry, but I have to take issue with your listing of myself and my fellow list sis -- I mean colleagues, as "list sisters." Here's the definition:

"List Sisters are a group of female subscribers who act something like a shrill Greek chorus, echoing and amplifying one another's voice until their foes retreat in disarray. List Sisters...form a loose but extremely fierce confederation of Warriors. Anyone who challenges one List Sister can expect to be savagely attacked by the others."

FS, you should be ashamed of yourself for attempting to reduce me and my fellow list sis -- I mean colleagues, into one-dimensional stereotypes that have little to do with the truth. A piece of advice...from now on, whetever you try with me, you'd better leave them alone, or I'm gonna be gettin' in your face.

eve

(who's just starting to break out into a Mona Lisa grin, but subtle enough that she thinks even Leonardo (DaVinci, although she's curious if DiCaprio would've noticed) would have trouble detecting it)

Thanks, doomerstomper, for the hilarious piece.

-- eve (eve_rebekah@yahoo.com), June 05, 2000.

LOL Eve.

-- FutureShock (gray@matter.com), June 05, 2000.

Royal,

It was sweet of you to put me in the "Innocence Abused" category, mainly because according to the definition, I'd now have the very comforting feeling that a veritable ARMY (not just the List Sisters, but the Weenie and the Toxic Granny as well -- and not necessarily even limited to those!) ready to come to my defense.

Oh, Royal, you've made me feel so -- so protected...

Hi Jonathan...good to see ya.

-- eve (eve_rebekah@yahoo.com), June 05, 2000.

My nomination of another type of Flame Warrior:

Sphinx - The Sphinx's contributions are distinguished by their ice cold logic and relentless courtesy, while rarely revealing his personal opinions, if indeed he has any. Occasionally he engages in what he considers humor, but these instances are normally undetectable except by another Sphinx.

-- David L (bumpkin@dnet.net), June 05, 2000.

FS: awww come on now , HONESTY, to mine own self I MUST be true....

GRins and Giggles, You WERE and ARE right on about me....

But, I am still looking for the martyr one, think I'd of fit that one too.!!!! LOL....

oh well so it goes, you can take the girl out of the ghetto but NEVER the ghetto out of the girl..... :-)

Sorry I missed ya in chat last nite, but see word travels fast around here. :-0

-- consumer (shh@aol.com), June 05, 2000.