Posts:
1
..."Rambling, not-well thought-out, however well-meaning opinion about
random minority culture"
2
..."Curt, snotty put-down disguised as logical rebuttal."
3
..."Marginally on-topic defense of original poster"
4
..."Squalid and profane insult of all three previous posters' intelligence"
5
..."Quirky twisted reply, including references to cats"
6
..."200 line post by heretofore unknown poster"
7
..."A non-objective exclamation"
8
..."Accusation that Patron A, whose writing style differs..."
9
..."Attempt to pour oil on the fire"
10
..."Ad hominem attack"
11
..."Visit from the dishelved figure"
12
..."Sententious, ponderous, polysyllabically verbose reinterpretation"
13
..."Concise rebuttal of a point not found in the original post"
14
..."Extensive quotation of all previous posts"
15
..."Two-page flame, extremely insulting"
16
..."Munged attributions completely obfuscating who said what"
17
..."Suggestive product post detailing the benefits of penile enhancement"
18
..."Excessively pedantic refutation of the incorrect historical notion"
19
..."Totally tangential attack by latecomer"
20
..."Extensive post from new person"
21
..."Well meaning attempt to diffuse the situation"
22
..."Bewildered attempt to clarify first poster's message"
23
..."Indignant accusation that the last poster is Trying To Change The Subject"
24
..."'Me too' post."
25
..."Cranky complaint about topic drift"
26
..."Me too"
27
..."Personal message of support"
28
..."A rant about the annoyance of top-posting"
29
...Some ASSHOLE from the 3rd World takes umbrage"
30
..."Have we reached the point yet"
31
..."Inappropriate out of context excerpt"
32
..."sincere, heartfelt and dripping with pained emotion"
33
..."Boilerplate rant against spamblocks"
34
..."Repost of 'how many usenet posters...'"
35
..."Poory thought out and...'grammatically challenged' reply"
36
..."Three hundred lines of stream-of-consciousness"
37
..."It is pointed out that the thread has become Godwinized"
38
..."complaining about snipping too much text"
39
..."Newbie complaint that this borders on cliquishness"
40
..."Extremely cold and formal rebuff"
41
...".sig gleefully pounced upon"
42
..."[snip fully quoted post]"
43
..."Quote of the entire thread up to this point"
44
..."Coffee, sil vous plait."
45
..."Subtle allusion to the misspelling"
46
..."A calling on the snotty put-down"
47
..."Continued punning"
48
..."A defending of the posters' right to post"
49
..."Subthread continues with debased comments"
50
..."A 400 line post from a net.savior"
51
..."All-lower-case defense of one's right to use 'hir'"
52
..."Cranky complainer told exactly what sie can do"
53
..."A side rant on the effectiveness of SpamCop.Net"
54
..."Gentle reminder of the source of the Internet"
55
..."A slew of Osama bin Laden"
56
..."Poster claiming to be from Rigel Centauri X"
57
..."Bandwagon-jumper begins to correlate"
58
..."One rude expletive"
59
..."Comment noting receipt of two contradictory spams"
60
..."Proof of nonexistent cabal dredged up"
61
..."Complaints about a certain major ISP..."
62
..."A high-five to this replier"
63
..."A detailed, footnoted report"
64
..."Complaints that the traditional quotes of the BBS..."
65
..."Which is then scooped by a twist"
66
..."'Founding Principles' argued to be a bunch of bunk"
67
..."A nudge that the subject *should* be changed at this point"
68
..."Demands for message cancellation"
69
..."A note that the spelling of the minority group..."
70
..."A question from a newbie"
71
..."Prior post is run through a grammar/spelling checker"
72
..."Sexually suggestive play on words"
73
..."A reminder to the poster that the phrase results in beatings"
74
..."A complete quote of *that* message"
75
..."A quick note that it's October"
76
..."Poster claiming to be an actual fairy-tale troll"
77
..."Some hundreds of scatological replies"
78
..."Reference to "Hister" in Nostradamus' prophecies"
79
..."Newbie asks what Godwinized means"
80
..."Corrected grammar, spelling and syntax"
81
..."One line in return"
82
..."A multiple-choice flame-reply"
83
..."Re-re-re-re-re-..."
84
..."The newcomer is told to mind hir own business"
85
..."Rebuttal based on a cached copy"
86
..."Which starts a spate of badly formatted forwarded jokes..."
87
..."Surrealist perspective"
88
..."Ethnic minority offended"
89
..."A multi-page, excruciatingly detailed explanation"
90
..."Snide diatribe about newbies"
91
..."Poster of same ethnic minority"
92
..."A semi-lurker ponders the length"
93
..."reponds to own post"
94
..."Three separate newbie queries"
95
..."More attempts to diffuse the situation"
96
..."A snide observation that no fewer than FIVE..."
97
..."Obligatory anonymous death threat"
98
..."Repost of verse"
99
..."Second identical repost."
100
..."Detailed and slightly snide explication"
101
..."YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOUR (sic)TALKING ABOUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
102
..."Accidental post of a private message"
103
.."Kibo"
104
..."YIKES! Could someone please post a dictionary"
105
..."A rose-colored-glasses recollection"
106
..."nagging and complaining"
107
..."Pedantic post by Usenet Old-Timer"
108
..."Person uninvolved in thread to this point"
109
..."Invocation of legendary former newsgroup regular"
110
..."Reference to slugs."
111
..."You forgot the mango"
112
..."My first computer was an original Babbage"
113
..."Frothing diatribe against the last poster"
114
..."Good natured flinging"
115
..."Okay; whoa"
116
..."Call for votes to make the newsgroup moderated"
117
..."Crosspost from alt.fashon"
118
..."Note that avocado stuffed with camel"
119
..."Long-winded and crochety rant"
120
..."boilerplate n 1: a standard formulation of legal documents"
121
..."Rant POLY-14792 elided for efficiency"
122
..."Hmmm. Let's see. I need one for True Chili..."
123
..."Lurker emerges briefly, ranting"
124
..."And boy is my hand tired."
125
..."Defense of That Person"
126
..."Multiple-paragraph rant on how POINTLESS it is..."
127
..."Cranky reminder that nobody's forced to read every thread"
128
..."Wistful reminder to everyone that the group has policies"
129
..."Suggestion that the snotty response proves..."
130
..."Hundreds of *splort* and *kitten* responses"
131
..."Scathing defense of the Proper Use of the English language"
132
..."Call for massive shift over to a moderated newsgroup"
133
..."Insistence that you go back where you came from"
134
..."Sudden appearance after well over 130 posts"
135
..."Screaming rant about how the coffee industry..."
136
..."Post of link to 600k graphic of a Langdon chart"
137
..."Attempt to end flamewar"
138
..."Pointed reminder that mailing lists exist for exactly this purpose"
139..."Discussion
of the proper ways to show emphasis in plaintext"
140
..."Scathing condemnation of third-person posting"
141
..."Posting of several Bible quotes"
142
..."What, you thought this was an _international_ newsgroup?"
143
..."No, no. QuickBBS."
144
..."What do you mean "remember"?"
145
..."Original (and rather bewildered and clueless) poster"
146
..."Well-intentioned attempt to help Dutch poster"
147
..."Scathing comment about quadruped's favorite author"
148
..."Insightful response, posted via Google"
149
..."Post pointing out that, as per the laws of the universe..."
150
..."Author of Dreck Master post points out..."
151
..."Dry, academically worded discussion of idiomatic usage"
152
..."Invocation of the "Net Cop" mantle."
153
..."public plonking and roiling argument"
154
..."DANGER ROOM rant about children running amok in public"
155
..."Indignant response from a male white ultra left wing bleeding heart
liberal"
156
..."Snide insistence that anyone who doesn't..."
157
..."Complaint about off topic posts"
158
..."Rant from obviously drunken semi-lurker"
159
..."Spam post offering"
160
..."Long semi-scholarly discussion of expletives"
161
..."Advertising spam offering to turn mucus..."
162
..."Petulant rant about how Usenet has been ruined"
163
..."Post consisting only of..."
164
..."Rude misspelled attack on 'netnazis'..."
165
..."Explanation that dinosaurs are actually the animals..."
166
..."Long thread welcoming the lurker"
167
..."Peacemaking effort by long time moderate"
168
..."Set of links to similar messages"
169
..."Horrified out of proportion rant about Worldcon"
170
..."Quoting of entire rant"
171
..."Post filled with nothing but zeros."
172
..."Long argument about "backward" smileys"
For additional posts go to http://groups.google.com/
and search for "the existential flamewar" on alt.callahans (beginning October
24, 2001).
Page by Anna, who apparently had nothing better to do with her time.