Tenebrae Posted May 10, 2006 Share Posted May 10, 2006 1. Smilies are you friend - They'll let you get away with murder! 2. If in doubt, leave it out - Ignore any points you don't like it! 3. Good arguerers copy, the best steal - Don't be afraid to use someone else's work as your own. 4. Non-sequiters - The best way to flummox your enemy. 5. Quantity always beats quality - Drown your opponents with reams of nonsense. 6. Never admit you're wrong - Make sure you backtrack, squirm and out and out lie to avoid the W word. 7. Comedy - Any kind of serious point that threatens you can be disarmed by joking. 8. Vague and bizzare threats - Confuse your enemies scared. 9. One word: thesaurus - Reduce people to tears with a deluge of archaic and abstruse polysyllabic goobldegook. 10. Mountains out of molehills - By concentrating on minutae, you can undermine an otherwise solid argument. 11. Lies, damned lies, statistics and the numbers people make up for forum arguments - Don't miss out. 12. Who needs to know? - Often knowledge is an impediment to an arguement, some of the best debates begin with "I don't know anything about this, but..." 13. The Trojan Horse of agreement - Be a Greek bearing gifts in the form of "I agree with you BUT." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TetsuoShima Posted May 10, 2006 Share Posted May 10, 2006 Oh boy, I sure hope these won't get used by to many on this board. It could turn into something nasty... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hilander72 Posted May 10, 2006 Share Posted May 10, 2006 1. Smilies are you friend - they'll let you get away with murder! 5. Quantity always beats quality - drown your opponents with reams of nonsense. 7. Comedy - any kind of serious point that threatens you can be disarmed by joking. I have to admit that I use 1 in combo with 7 a lot. :rolleyes: ;) :cyclops: :D :p No 5 is one of the best. With a few posts anyone can start a "battle" and lean back and watch the creation and evolution of yet another no win debate. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StitchInTime Posted May 10, 2006 Share Posted May 10, 2006 Yes, #1 and #7 are very useful. #1 basically means, 'smile when you say that,' and #7 is useful when you are not sure whether or not you are being insulted but don't wish to get involved in a fight. Another useful rule is to ignore stuff you don't like instead of getting dragged into arguments about it. It took a while for me to learn this, and sometimes I still forget, but it sure saves a lot of time, which can then be wasted on some other trivial thing. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenebrae Posted May 10, 2006 Author Share Posted May 10, 2006 3 is so common, I don't think anyone notices it. No matter how many times a point is raised - you will fail to acknowledge it. We are all so guilty of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest c4evap Posted May 10, 2006 Share Posted May 10, 2006 1. Smilies are you friend - they'll let you get away with murder! 2. If in doubt, leave it out - ignore any points you don't like it! 3. Arguments that perplex you - they don't exist! 4. Non-sequiters - the best way to flummox your enemy. 5. Quantity always beats quality - drown your opponents with reams of nonsense. 6. Never admit you're wrong - make sure you backtrack, squirm and out and out lie to avoid the W word. 7. Comedy - any kind of serious point that threatens you can be disarmed by joking. Let me write these down. They seem to work quite well for you ;) <--- proper use of rule #1 and #7. c4 :D <-- additional use of rule #1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenebrae Posted May 10, 2006 Author Share Posted May 10, 2006 I don't think I've seen you use anything BUT 1, 3 or 7. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest c4evap Posted May 10, 2006 Share Posted May 10, 2006 Hey, they're your rules. From small minds come even smaller threads! :p EDIT: My Gawd...I do believe I'm falling in love :p c4 :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenebrae Posted May 10, 2006 Author Share Posted May 10, 2006 Hmm, considering I keep saying "Don't make me destroy you" I've added 8. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motoxjesse Posted May 10, 2006 Share Posted May 10, 2006 there cant just be 8 rules, u have to round it off to 10, thats rule number 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bones2097 Posted May 10, 2006 Share Posted May 10, 2006 yes, yes hack youre puniy ideas on threads... gain you confidence... like little lambs... and then go for kill!!!!! muuuhahaaaaaa!!! ahem... :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenebrae Posted May 10, 2006 Author Share Posted May 10, 2006 I've added 9. I'll aim for a prime. So probably 11. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Megalith Posted May 11, 2006 Share Posted May 11, 2006 been too busy ignoring this non existant thread to comment so i wont Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenebrae Posted May 11, 2006 Author Share Posted May 11, 2006 Hahaha. There we go, 11. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GorunNova Posted May 12, 2006 Share Posted May 12, 2006 1. Smilies are you friend - they'll let you get away with murder! 2. If in doubt, leave it out - ignore any points you don't like it! 3. Arguments that perplex you - they don't exist! 4. Non-sequiters - the best way to flummox your enemy. 5. Quantity always beats quality - drown your opponents with reams of nonsense. 6. Never admit you're wrong - make sure you backtrack, squirm and out and out lie to avoid the W word. 7. Comedy - any kind of serious point that threatens you can be disarmed by joking. 8. Vague and bizzare threats - confuse your enemies scared. 9. One word: thesaurus - reduce people to tears with a deluge of archaic and abstruse polysyllabic goobldegook. 10. Mountains out of molehills - By concentrating on minutae, you can undermine an otherwise solid argument. 11. Lies, damned lies, statistics and the numbers people make up for forum arguments - don't miss out. For an excellent example of most of these, see the 'History of Copyright Law' topic in Blogs. Get your checklist ready! ;p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenebrae Posted May 12, 2006 Author Share Posted May 12, 2006 It's really quite funny how often people seem to think #1 will make any news ok. Guy: Hey, by the way - I murdered your family last night and planted evidence to incriminate you. :D LOL!" Guy 2: LOL! Off to jail for me! :S Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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