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Badweather · 02-06-2013, 10:50 PM

First, I wanna say i've been doing my own bastardized study of goings on around these social boards.

Here's what I got:

A dude makes a thread about liking hamburgers. People comment, but most disagree and find cheeseburgers better. A catalyst comes along, in the form of a person saying the hamburger lover is a faggot, and downplays the original poster's cheeseless affections to somehow be a fault. This turns to conflict, based on a simple difference of opinion, which then manifests into a trade of wit, and then to flat out insults. This continues until one of the participants is cornered, sorta like tic tac toe, and eventually "loses."

I then thought about something as simple as not liking cheese on a burger, being equated to something as simple as a difference in skin color...which we all know can be a cause of civil unrest. Now, I don't know what this theory is called, but do you think this division and willingness to fight based on difference is taught or natural? Like maybe a sense of grouping or a pack mentality is something that comes with birth? If so, do you think intelligence could cure it, or would it take a devastating event?

Also...completely unrelated...for some reason, i've always thought you were behind spooky deep.

dead man · 02-07-2013, 12:15 AM

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Also...completely unrelated...for some reason, i've always thought you were behind spooky deep.

glad i'm not the only one..

at one point, i was absolutely sure of it. like some strange study on the effects of hostility on online group dynamics.

but who knows.

Badweather · 02-07-2013, 06:25 AM

A character so completely unlike the main character wouldn't raise much suspicion

veritas · 02-07-2013, 08:59 AM

1. Well done you are on the right track: now study the principles of "in-group homogeneity" and ask your self why that doesn't always happen here...and how the in group determines who is in it....and then see why I cheer for He whose name shall not be spoken

2. I will kill you lil nigga.

Badweather · 02-07-2013, 10:20 AM

Get away from me motherfucka!

veritas · 02-07-2013, 11:09 AM

Comedy is not made for you white boy

Baron Mynd · 02-07-2013, 11:16 AM

Hamburgers are named after the place Hamburg, they are not burgers made of ham.

Just some random fact I picked up and thought I'd share.

God Of War · 02-07-2013, 02:20 PM

He whose name shall not be spokens a cool dude lol

but what you described happens in other aspects of life every day

schools, playgrounds, work etc

Badweather · 02-07-2013, 02:23 PM

I'm well aware of that

Ghost1 · 02-07-2013, 02:56 PM

i think baron made a good point

02-06-2013, 10:50 PM	#1
Badweather Chillin' like FUCK!!! Join Date: Jan 2013 Posts: 2,850 Battle Record: 1-1 Rep Power: 0	c.d.m. to thread First, I wanna say i've been doing my own bastardized study of goings on around these social boards. Here's what I got: A dude makes a thread about liking hamburgers. People comment, but most disagree and find cheeseburgers better. A catalyst comes along, in the form of a person saying the hamburger lover is a faggot, and downplays the original poster's cheeseless affections to somehow be a fault. This turns to conflict, based on a simple difference of opinion, which then manifests into a trade of wit, and then to flat out insults. This continues until one of the participants is cornered, sorta like tic tac toe, and eventually "loses." I then thought about something as simple as not liking cheese on a burger, being equated to something as simple as a difference in skin color...which we all know can be a cause of civil unrest. Now, I don't know what this theory is called, but do you think this division and willingness to fight based on difference is taught or natural? Like maybe a sense of grouping or a pack mentality is something that comes with birth? If so, do you think intelligence could cure it, or would it take a devastating event? Also...completely unrelated...for some reason, i've always thought you were behind spooky deep. __________________ Chill Phil My rep hand is NOT WAY strong anymore.

02-07-2013, 06:25 AM	#3
Badweather Chillin' like FUCK!!! Join Date: Jan 2013 Posts: 2,850 Battle Record: 1-1 Rep Power: 0	A character so completely unlike the main character wouldn't raise much suspicion __________________ Chill Phil My rep hand is NOT WAY strong anymore.

02-07-2013, 10:20 AM	#5
Badweather Chillin' like FUCK!!! Join Date: Jan 2013 Posts: 2,850 Battle Record: 1-1 Rep Power: 0	Get away from me motherfucka! __________________ Chill Phil My rep hand is NOT WAY strong anymore.

02-07-2013, 02:23 PM	#9
Badweather Chillin' like FUCK!!! Join Date: Jan 2013 Posts: 2,850 Battle Record: 1-1 Rep Power: 0	I'm well aware of that __________________ Chill Phil My rep hand is NOT WAY strong anymore.

02-07-2013, 08:59 AM	#4
veritas HALL OF FAME Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: portal 7 to the 9th exponent Posts: 16,160 Battle Record: 3-5 Rep Power: 0	1. Well done you are on the right track: now study the principles of "in-group homogeneity" and ask your self why that doesn't always happen here...and how the in group determines who is in it....and then see why I cheer for He whose name shall not be spoken 2. I will kill you lil nigga.

02-07-2013, 11:09 AM	#6
veritas HALL OF FAME Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: portal 7 to the 9th exponent Posts: 16,160 Battle Record: 3-5 Rep Power: 0	Comedy is not made for you white boy

02-07-2013, 11:16 AM	#7
Baron Mynd PROVEN BITER Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Wolverhampton, England Posts: 285 Rep Power: 0	Hamburgers are named after the place Hamburg, they are not burgers made of ham. Just some random fact I picked up and thought I'd share.

02-07-2013, 02:20 PM	#8
God Of War The Landlord Join Date: Jan 2013 Posts: 5,822 Battle Record: 12-10 Rep Power: 10493983	He whose name shall not be spokens a cool dude lol but what you described happens in other aspects of life every day schools, playgrounds, work etc

02-07-2013, 02:56 PM	#10
Ghost1 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2014 Posts: 26,334 Battle Record: 0-1 Rep Power: 84181445	i think baron made a good point