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[Boymonkey]

Aegis Kleais™, on 11 March 2012 - 02:04 PM, said:

Why did you stoop so low? It just keeps the troll/lemmings well fed.

Nope just thought It would stop em posting that one if we knew what was coming.
Oh gonna report them for trolling and thread will get shut down.
But fella you and I know what you have said is true..let the fools think its funny.

Edited by Boymonkey, 11 March 2012 - 02:12 PM.

[Aegis Kleais]

Boymonkey, on 11 March 2012 - 02:10 PM, said:

Nope just thought It would stop em posting that one if we knew what was coming.

You raise a good point though. The only effective way to deal with a lemming is to ignore it. Add them to your ignore list. Lemmings crave attention like drama queens, so the more attention we pay them, they happier they are. It's kind of a catch 22.

[Dragon Lady]

Risky, on 11 March 2012 - 01:40 PM, said:

Heh...heh...heh...heh.

Aegis Kleais™, on 11 March 2012 - 01:50 PM, said:

This proves my point.

Not funny at all (cause it's the same joke millions before you used)
It also shows that you only used it to draw attention to yourself (like a drama queen)
The use of this doesn't show any individuality. Instead, it says "I'm not witty enough to come up with my own jokes, so hopefully I can use one that was heard a billion times and you might not have heard it"

Not trying to be a **** about it, just saying. (Also, push comes to shove, what you did here is what was expected. When you're around as many lemmings as I've seen, you can actually start predicting their behavior, and a meme like this was already 'in the books')

Since I'd never seen that one before, I actually laughed out loud.

I guess I'm not thin skinned enough to be bothered by other people having fun. Even when said fun made absolutely no sense to the universe in question, I just took it as a challenge to translate a name like H4XX0RDUD3, or the use of L33+Speak, into something more appropriate for the setting.

I just think that people complaining about people ruining their "sense of immersion" are as much killjoys as min-maxers who think if you design your character sub-optimally for role-playing purposes, you're "playing the game wrong."

[DrHat]

Lets see now..I'll make an a semi-annoyed post asking very sternly that people not use meme's or troll in this game or forum..and I'll do it in a public forum..yeah..that can't possibly go wrong!

My reply to the OP: Ah you must be new here - This here is what we call "The Internet"

Seriously though I know what you mean but trust me, asking for reason and at the same time telling people not to employ their favorite past time of trolling and memes is bound to cause trouble. It doesn't work.

[Dragon Lady]

Aegis Kleais™, on 11 March 2012 - 03:25 PM, said:

I think it's equal parts the perfectionist in me as it is a generational thing. I tried to boil it all down to the basic reason, and I honestly think it is the repetition. Like a person at work who thinks they're funny, and they've told you the same joke over and over, but they're expecting a laugh out of you each time. It's like a painful silence, where you're left looking at them with an expression of "Honestly?!? Do you NOT realize this has been said umpteen billion times before?!" lol.

But I guess those people I classified as lemmings either have REALLY bad memory, or they find repetition to be very funny. I guess to each their own.

Or they could genuinely not have encountered a particular "meme" before. The 'Net is a big place, and nobody can read everything there is on it, so what may be old hat for you, is to another new and refreshing.

For example, I first encountered the phrase "morally justified" used in a debate on a fictional character's action, and I took a liking to it. A few weeks later, I had the opportunity to use it myself, and I got a response of something like, "Groan. Let's not bring that old canard from the OOTS forum here, okay?" The funny thing is that I had no idea what an OOTS was at the time, so I was completely confused by the reference. Fortunately, the abbreviation is easily googled, and the Order of the Stick is now one of my favorite webcomics.

[Chuckie]

Boymonkey, on 11 March 2012 - 05:47 AM, said:

By this I include ponys,awesome face etc.

Simply couldnt help myself..

[Trireaper]

To this whole thing... I say this:

[Dragon Lady]

Aegis Kleais™, on 11 March 2012 - 03:57 PM, said:

No, you're right. They could just be someone who likes what memes are.

But a phrase like "morally justified" is, at least, a legitimate phrase, both spelled correctly and proper in grammar. The same can't be said about memes.

I think you and I must have different definitions of "meme" then. As far as I know, a "meme" is simply an idea that is passed between people, which is sometimes modified as it goes along, and successful memes become part of popular culture. Hanna Montana was a meme that was popular among tween girls a few years ago. The phrase "Luke, I am your father" is an example of a successful meme. So is "No taxation without representation."

[zverofaust]

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[Morgana]

and there's the post that will lock it all down.

[NikkoKilla]

This is amazing. its like watching a soap opera.. better yet its like watching people who love to watch soap operas and figuring out random tidbits about the characters and why people think they're awesome.

I never heard of U MAD BRO before this..

“U MAD?”, sometimes written as “you mad?” or “u mad bro?”, is a popular catchphrase that is often used in discussion threads to imply that someone is losing their temper during the course of an argument, and is often used to taunt or bait others into a flamewar. Due to the incendiary nature of the phrase, it is often considered a form of trolling.


from: http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/u-mad

insane. The only thing I can pitch into the conversation is this: Ever since LOL CATS hit the scene I got sort of grossed out by the whole thing, but the fact that people spend time making these I think is about as entertaining as the whole soap opera scenario.

Cheers!

edit: Just have to include this, never knew the etymology of the word hahahaha
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memetics

Edited by WhenKatzComes, 11 March 2012 - 04:32 PM.

[zverofaust]

WhenKatzComes, on 11 March 2012 - 04:29 PM, said:

..stuff..

zverofaust, on 11 March 2012 - 04:19 PM, said:

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[NikkoKilla]

I am not mad =]

[zverofaust]

Oh ****, he mad.

[NikkoKilla]

[Der Kopfsammler]

Risky, on 11 March 2012 - 01:40 PM, said:

Heh...heh...heh...heh.

Well kinda whats gonna happen.. the more we talk about it, the more people will have the same idea.

Its like putting out a fire with gasoline...

[Mason Grimm]

Lockety lock...

u lockin it bro?

Yes Dawg, I'm lockin it!!!

The amount of lock I give is total!!!!