Internet Ego's

[PimpDaShizzle]

"I'll take that as admitting you had no idea what you were talking about. Good work."

Why would you take it that way, you moron? What I wrote didn't suggest that at all.

With love,
SB.

[AboveTheClouds]

Ok.... Main things in focus. You can't spell, which makes it hard for us to understand what you're trying to say. I'm sorry not all of us can understand the incoherent tripe which spouts from your finger tips. The movies that you have mentioned aren't really worth any awards are they? And I wouldn't exactly call it an ego... I call it Tellitlikeitis Syndrome I have nothing nice and have had nothing nice to say about anything you (haven't) contributed to the board. So thats it, I hope you had fun.

[PimpDaShizzle]

What? You admitted to obsessing over someone's grammar in a forum, right? Why didn't you just say that? Here, copy this and post it, "I, Animal Mother, am a video store clerk, and therefor know everything about movies, and will, if need be, attack your spelling if you don't agree with my horrible taste in movies. Thank you."

[SamsoniteDelilah]

Pimp, you're missing the point. A_M is telling you the exact problem: your spelling and grammer make it extra work just to read your posts. Talk about egos.

[Nitzer]

Hello there. Over the past week you've proved to be a hypocrite, an idiot, and a total lack of respect for other people's likes and choices. All that is easily displayed by your negative reputation. Ever stop to think that there's other people in this world who don't always agree with your opinions? Obviously not. Do it in your spare time, might be a good social skills excercise. If not, just stop posting here and go away.

[PimpDaShizzle]

Yeah, we're talking about internet egos, that's the title of the thread. Maybe I'm attacking other peoples egos cause I don't want to deal with my own, is that a crime? Maybe I should just shut my mouth. Maybe I should quit attacking poeple verbally. Maybe I'm not as smart as I once thought I was. Maybe I'm seriously retarded and no one wants to tell me cause they think I'll cry. Maybe if I attack Animal Mother he'll say soemthign that will make me say, "Wow, why didn't I think of that?" Maybe DA-SHIZZLE works in mysterious ways. Maybe this reply has no point. Actually, it doesn't.


Animal Mother, you're right. From now on, I'm going to try to use proper grammar, what harm could it bring, right? And Delila, I admitted I was wrong, my internet ego has been checked. But I'd still appreciate some neg. reps.

[Nitzer]

Atta-boy.

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[AboveTheClouds]

I never said I knew everything.... And so what if I happen to work at a video store? something wrong with that.. I like my job. All I see you doing is blaming others, when really you should be blaming yourself. Take responsiblity for what YOU do, and DON'T try to put it on other people... boy oh boy some people have alot of growing up to do. And please don't try to put others down by making stupid threads like this. It just makes you look even more childish. Anyway i'm done, and glad that you've decided to try and use proper english. :D

[Sedai]

It's all in the presentation. If you are an average person (speaking hypothetically here), and you first meet a new group of people, human nature is to take whatever information this new person has presented and make a judgement call about said new person. If the new person is well dressed, well-spoken, and courteous (or an *******, but honest about it), they start to gain respect from the new group of people. It's all up to the individual how they wish to be perceived by the new group. In this group, posts make up 99% of the information from which we have to judge a body.

The way I see it, if the new person comes in on the offense, busting balls or whatever, and they can't present themselves well, then I have trouble seeing why they wouldn't understand the negative response. You say "You have got to stoop as low as grammer", but, this is basically the only interaction possible with you, this being a text based forum and all. On the web, where everything is for the most part written, grammer plays an even larger part in assertaining whether or not someone is worth talking to, than it does in the real world.

Also, it is extremely difficult to have a conversation with someone who fails to grasp the concepts of objectivity, and subjectivity. If you don't like Lola, that's fine, but it is not possible for one person to just state as fact "This sucks", because it is purely subjective, and it is not possible to label, factually, subjective materials. It is strictly your opinion, nothing more, and the more time you spend trying to convince people that for some cosmic reason unknown to us, your opinions = fact, the more you will lose the respect of the others on the group.

nuff said...

well, almost....

As for the topic of this thread, I would think a body considering their opinion fact would be a direct example of internet ego at it's worst....

[AboveTheClouds]

Brilliant Sedai....

[OG-]

I propose that I am the coolest person on not only this board, but the internet, and therefor do not have to subject myself to the other posts in this thread for my ego rightfully surpasses that of all others.

[Sedai]

Well, that settles that.

;)

[Agent 0 Zero]

Your opinions don't always have to be derogative, or so negative. To me thats what really sets people off.

[Diablo]

Instead of solely focusing on the negative aspects of a film, attempt to seek and realize the positive portion of the movie... how ever hard it maybe. Ergo, no one is insulted and your criticism is taken seriously or influentially. And checking your grammar before you post anything couldn’t hurt, now could it?

[The Silver Bullet]

Seriously, what's with people on the net that can't bare the agnoy of hearing someone disagree with them. Especially on a subject as open as a movie.
I don't know, but it works both ways, you know? I mean, clearly you're just as annoyed by people disagreeing with you as they are when you disagree with them.

All things considered, yours is a pretty hypocritical statement.

[PimpDaShizzle]

Did I hit a nerve with the internet ego thing? A tender spot? Come a little to close to home? Show some people what they didn't want to see? And me having an ego because I can't understand why people point out things as retarded as grammar and spelling in a Movie Forum?

If this was a formal forum my approach would be a lot different, but the fact is, you're a bunch of Fan Boys who need to try to defend their favorite movies, not to convince me, but to try to convince yourself and the other people here you've some how covinced. And by the way, if you don't agree with my taste in movies, go ahead and disagree, I've never pointed anyone out for liking a crap movie, I've pointed the movie out as being crap. But, after I do that, some Fan Boy sends me a neg rep with a comment about how I don't even know what a good movie is. So then, what is a good movie? You've got the answer every major production company wants, and lo-and-behold, you the Fan Boy has it... PLEASE.

Hypocritical? For not liking a movie someone else does? Should I even explain this? Did you read the first post?

[PimpDaShizzle]

I've never pointed anyone out for liking a crap movie, I've pointed the movie out as being crap.

I'd like to quote myself for being so awesome, and I checked, and I HAVE pointed someone, atleast one person I only checked one, out for liking a crap movie. It was well deserved though. Saying Run Lola Run was well shot and some other junk that nerd didn't understand? It'd be a crime and unmoral to let such a thing go. You'll thank me in the future Fan Boy. This is, Da Shizzle, signing out.

[The Silver Bullet]

Hypocritical? For not liking a movie someone else does? Should I even explain this? Did you read the first post?
Sigh. That's so not what I said at all and you know it.

All I said is that it's a little hypocritical to critisise people for liking a movie [let's say Run Lola Run] and then get uptight [and start a thread like this one] when they critisise you for disliking it. It works both ways.

[Tea Barking]

With a name like pimpdashizzle i can only assume the only movies you like are porn movies by snoop dog.

[PimpDaShizzle]

All I said is that it's a little hypocritical to critisise people for liking a movie [let's say Run Lola Run] and then get uptight [and start a thread like this one] when they critisise you for disliking it. It works both ways.

You're off. Far from being on. Somewhere else that post would make sense. The internet ego isn't related to people who are willing to attack my taste in movies, it has to do with the people who can't make a decent response so instead they try to focus on something else (like spelling or grammar) to compensate for their lack of (anything).

Me being "arrogant" would be me saying your taste in movies is horrible while my taste is flawless. That would be stupid. If you're able to bring an argument that makes sense and remains on point, I'd say your ego isn't in harms way because you're willing to put it (your ego) in the probable situation of being damaged. However, if I do decide to call someone out for liking a movie it's for the simple reason I'd like to see them defend it. Instead I get replies like, "you don't even know what a good movie is." Okay, was that your argument for why you like that movie? If anything you could just write, it's just my opinion / it's a guilty pleasure / etc. It would be over. I respect people's opinions.

If anybody still doesn't understand the difference between a reply or reputation rep being relevant to the initial post, I'd be more than happy to keep explaining this.


EDIT: Ha ha! You had your thread closed! Now, go away.

[AboveTheClouds]

You're an idiot. All you contribute around here is lowering the level of intelligence and maturity, you do nothing but whine and complain that people dislike you. If you have it so damn rough around here, then leave. I don't care i'm sure others wouldn't care. If all you're going to try to do is wreck others fun and deny the fact that YOU'RE the one who doesn't understand, but pin it on us. That shows the level of maturity you have. You really need to grow up, then maybe people will start taking your worthless ass seriously.

[Yoda]

Why is it that when I post my extreme hatred toward a crap movie such as Run, Lola, Run, or whatever the hell that molded movie is called, peolpe feel the need to point out things that dont even relate to the post or movie. You answered your own question: you don't express your dislike of a movie, like most normal people, you express your "extreme hatred toward a crap movie." When you say you didn't like a movie, it comes across as an expression of personal taste. When you "hate" a "crap movie," your statement takes a more objective tone. It becomes a statement of fact, rather than of opinion.

The fact of the matter is that, when you state things in an extreme, confrontational manner, you inherently invite criticism of them; even if only in regards to spelling.

Criticism of grammar and spelling, by the way, is still a reasonable thing to complain about. It doesn't take much effort to construct a coherent post, more or less free of most major errors. It's really not too much to ask, given that the entirety of this forum is composed of text.

I'm closing this thread now; it serves no constructive purpose whatsoever. Hopefully my comments above have helped to explain just why you've received the kind of responses you have.