Tuesday, March 11, 2008

Life on Internet Forums: Duty Calls!

I spend a portion of each day visiting the several on-line forums I belong to. I have to admit, I do my best to avoid the intentionally provocative threads, toxic arguments, and flame wars -- I'm just too old for that stuff! Clearly, not everyone feels as I do. A few people who post on the forums I frequent seem to think it's their solemn duty to persuade everyone else to come around to their way of thinking on every topic. Do you know anyone like this?


DUTY CALLS!

Duty Calls - cartoon
(Tip of the hat to Randall Munroe for posting the above cartoon on xkcd.com, which is where I saw it.)

12 comments:

Tamera Daun said...

Haha. So true, so true. Thanks for the laugh.

Claire said...

That was great bobbie :)

Unless you ever apply that to me and then I will cry :(

although I did just accidentally on purpose call you boobie :)

markstoneman said...

Fantastic. Absolutely fantastic. Thank you.

BNS said...

Thanks Tamera, Claire and Mark. I figured my friends over at BC would relate to this one.

And Claire, you are forgiven. This time. ;-}

Bobbie

Olga, the Traveling Bra said...

HAHA! That's PERFECT!

Now, what's wrong with being called Boobie? Some of my breast friends are Boobies!

BNS said...

Olga, you always make things sound as simple as A, B, C. Or, D..DD

Bobbie

ender said...

beautiful!

i'm absolutely positively not poking my head into "that" thread any more. period. :D

i promise. (really)

Drowsey Monkey said...

lol ... I'm a little afraid to admit this, but that could be me...sheesh. Too funny :)

BNS said...

@ Ender -- No, we'd best not speak of that thread.

@ DM - The truth is, I guess it could be just about any of us, at least once in awhile. I guess that's why it's so funny.

Bobbie

The Fearless Blog said...

Perfectly depicts my evenings! Husband does not always understand though. Glad I am not alone. Geeeeze so good to know I AM NORMAL..:)

BNS said...

Hi Fearless -

Yep, there seems to be a lot of that going around. Who knew?!

Bobbie

Wadard said...

An invitation to a spot of White Hat Trolling climate change deniers... if you like that sort of thing.