Comments on: Walk of Flame

Walk of Flame

Kronos_to_Earth — Sun, 04 May 2008 08:11:01 -0800

Blue, green and grey must have a calming effect. Elsewhere, discussions can be...ignited. Flame Warriors. via

By: Malor

Malor — Sun, 04 May 2008 08:17:47 -0800

Actually, it's the banhammer. A couple of whacks with that, to noggins sundry, can make things downright placid.

By: weapons-grade pandemonium

weapons-grade pandemonium — Sun, 04 May 2008 08:22:34 -0800

~~Fuck you Malor, you moran~~. No offense, Malor, but I respectfully beg to differ.

By: Dizzy

Dizzy — Sun, 04 May 2008 08:30:23 -0800

I thought I was Dizzy; turns out I'm Loopy.

By: Eideteker

Eideteker — Sun, 04 May 2008 08:34:59 -0800

Wow, I guess it's that time again. And by that, I mean 1997. Or whenever this list was first posted to MeFi.

By: EarBucket

EarBucket — Sun, 04 May 2008 08:37:41 -0800

Previous Lee.

By: StarForce5

StarForce5 — Sun, 04 May 2008 08:42:27 -0800

An oldy but a goody.

By: flatluigi

flatluigi — Sun, 04 May 2008 08:43:45 -0800

So, five/eight years has passed and this is still relevant. That says a lot about the internet. Can't wait to see this post in 2015!

By: Knigel

Knigel — Sun, 04 May 2008 09:22:24 -0800

Which is the best forum to meet the greatest number of these people at one time?

By: Dave Faris

Dave Faris — Sun, 04 May 2008 09:46:06 -0800

So, five/eight years has passed and this is still relevant. This has been accurate since dial-up BBS days when most of you weren't even old enough to wear diapers.

By: Wolfdog

Wolfdog — Sun, 04 May 2008 09:46:11 -0800

I think when this first appeared one could have made a Dokken reference and seemed timely.

By: Kid Charlemagne

Kid Charlemagne — Sun, 04 May 2008 09:51:28 -0800

I found "evil clown" to be particularly interesting since here, the evil clown persona seems to have evolved into an anti-flame device. "Uh oh! The Randroids and the neo-socialists are squaring off for a heated (and tedious) debate. This looks like a job for......Evil Clown!" Cons: Any real discussion will be washed away in a tidal wave of "fatuous quips". Pros: Any real discussion was going to be washed away by a tidal wave of lame philosophy, weak theory, made up as I go along data and blatant insults. Sometimes it's better to pull back and nuke it from orbit. Only way to be sure.

By: CitrusFreak12

CitrusFreak12 — Sun, 04 May 2008 09:51:43 -0800

Ear Bucket: Thanks. Now I'm going to have every song from 1776 stuck in my head for the rest of the day.

By: Kid Charlemagne

Kid Charlemagne — Sun, 04 May 2008 09:54:48 -0800

This has been accurate since dial-up BBS days... I was going to say this has been accurate since the days of mimeographed 'zines that came and went via the mail, but then I remembered Voltaire and Leibniz....

By: Astro Zombie

Astro Zombie — Sun, 04 May 2008 09:58:19 -0800

These people were painting unpleasantries on cave walls. And, before that, if Erich von Daniken is to be believed, they were flaming the stars.

By: c13

c13 — Sun, 04 May 2008 10:06:48 -0800

And may I be the first one to welcome you to the Internet, Kronos_to_Earth.

By: sotonohito

sotonohito — Sun, 04 May 2008 10:16:59 -0800

The real question is, what type of flame warrior are you? Or at least what type are you most of the time, as I strongly suspect that pretty much everyone has more than one type. I seem to have many of the characteristics of the Atheist, and the Ideologue. Though hopefully I've avoided Pinko or Ferrous Cranus status. And fatluigi I think it'll be pretty much identical in 2015, or 2515 for that matter.

By: swell

swell — Sun, 04 May 2008 10:27:27 -0800

anything, Kronos, anything at all...

By: wastelands

wastelands — Sun, 04 May 2008 10:39:35 -0800

I remember this from when I used to argue in the #atheism channel on DALnet. This was the late 90s. :-)

By: Avenger

Avenger — Sun, 04 May 2008 11:03:47 -0800

yuk yuk

By: emperor.seamus

emperor.seamus — Sun, 04 May 2008 11:16:01 -0800

I have fond memories of being a Net-Rat, I built a long term friendship with a twenty something woman when I was like, twelve, and when I eventually told her I seem to recall a response of, "Oh shit I've been advocating marijuana use to a minor!". Good times.

By: jonmc

jonmc — Sun, 04 May 2008 11:31:15 -0800

Wow, I guess it's that time again. And by that, I mean 1997. Good thing I'm dressed for it.

By: wendell

wendell — Sun, 04 May 2008 12:37:38 -0800

As I declared eight years ago, I did NOT pose for this illustration, however, artist Mike Reed did get my hair almost perfect. That said, when is this thread going to address the real issue: Mr. Flame Warrior's abysmal taste in clothes?

By: gorgor_balabala

gorgor_balabala — Sun, 04 May 2008 12:50:16 -0800

Some years ago, a minor spat.... When minors spit, you know there's going to be trouble.

By: ROU_Xenophobe

ROU_Xenophobe — Sun, 04 May 2008 13:18:42 -0800

Xenophobe is usually a long-term discussion forum participant and he thinks of the forum as his private compound. Xenophobe regards new forum arrivals as mentally deficient and perhaps even having criminal tendencies, and they are invariably approached with suspicion and condescension. Xenophobe will mount a furious attack if a Newbie has the temerity to make critical observations about the forum's social dynamics, or questions its prevailing opinions. GET OUT OF MY BRAIN

By: Kronos_to_Earth

Kronos_to_Earth — Sun, 04 May 2008 18:27:23 -0800

This seems to be my day for finding old stuff.... Leave it up, please? I mean, it's not quite the original website... it's been updated a lot ... a lot of people liked it...I know some entertaining HTML.... Well, dang.

By: lleachie

lleachie — Mon, 05 May 2008 10:54:33 -0800

Bliss Ninny here.

By: OverlappingElvis

OverlappingElvis — Mon, 05 May 2008 18:11:03 -0800

The pictures are cute - that's something we can all agree on, right? Right? We can't play nice just this once?