Most idiotic/epic DU flamewar ever?

[lightningandsnow]

Discuss.

I haven't been around here for long...so I'm not sure I can judge.

Feel free to post links. :-P

[LeftyMom]

1. cornflake chicken

[lightningandsnow]

4. I think I remember that one!

[kath]

19. Missed that one, but it sounds cuh-razy. Tried to find it in archives,

but no luck. Help, please??

[eyepaddle]

50. Fun with fried chicken

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=105&topic_id=961628&mesg_id=961628

Oddly enough, the other night Good Eats was about frying foods; ALton Brown specifically mentioned Corn Flakes as one possible breading choice. If it's good enough for Alton Brown, well, it's good enough for anybody!

[Dr. Strange]

2. Since it's Oscar night...

I will mention the great "Brokeback Crash" wars.

[JVS]

41. huh?

[Dr. Strange]

59. The great outcry about how homophobic Hollywood is...

because Crash beat Brokeback Mountain for best picture.

Before my time, but I remember reading it.

[KitchenWitch]

3. Laura Branigan

[Dr. Strange]

7. This it?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=105&topic_id=1603797

[KitchenWitch]

8. the very one!

[x-g.o.p.er]

18. Laura Branigan died...in 2004?!?!?!

Wow, where the hell have I been?

Swear to God this is news to me. I never knew...

[JVS]

31. That no-talent hack?

[DarkTirade]

5. Circuit City receipts.

[Dr. Strange]

10. Followed closely by Don't-Tase-me-Bro-gate.

[yewberry]

6. Fat Actress, Olive Garden.

The chicken thing was the best, though. Skinner had to ban threads about chicken.

[youthere]

46. Remember that thread he made "It's chicken, people" or something like that.

hilarious.

[sniffa]

9. Kandi Kids

Only because it was my thread.... and my god, that went insane fast.

[lightningandsnow]

11. What about them?

I'm surrounded by them daily. Do tell.

[DS1]

12. Cook my own turkey, or Boston Market?

(that's a single thread)


sooo much fun I had in that one with the lunatic culinary student

[SOteric]

16. Okay, but the 'send us money so we can boink' thread was a hoot, too.

[DS1]

17. well, yes

but NT was CR x 1000 on the lunatic level

I hope he's doing all right. Or, better, anyway.

[SOteric]

13. The okra flamewar was pretty f'ing ridiculous,

but that's going back a ways.

The cornflake wars make my list. Of all the things to get exercised about...

[CTyankee]

53. I missed both of them but heard something about the cornflakes war.

What was so controversial about cornflakes? Okra, I can understand (I love it but it horrifies some people). Does anyone have a link to the cornflakes thread? As you can see, I am a retired person so I have enough time on my hands to read this stuff for its entertainment value...LOL!

[Dr. Strange]

14. Who is the coolest DUer?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=105&topic_id=2341729

This was obviously before I was posting, hence the need to ask the question...

[Sock Puppet]

22. Ah!

I was wondering who you used to be.
:hi:

[BlueJazz]

15. I loved the Laura one....It was very telling.

I said something like "I'm very sorry that Laura died but she was a No Talent hack"

Of Course.. to a Jazz Musician with PP 95, percent of Pop singers are No talent hacks.

I WAS overly harsh though and rather insensitive which I'm sorry for....

[democracyindanger]

20. Use of the word "bitch" on DU

Craaaaaazy.

[Quantess]

21. Or the slur "douchebag"

and whether or not it's offensive to women.

[yardwork]

23. Sadly, none of these are as idiotic as the average night in GD-P now.

[LTR]

51. This little exchange sums it up

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x4728561#4728755

[proud2BlibKansan]

24. Either a breastfeeding thread or the Circuit City thread

[ghostsofgiants]

25. All flamewars are inherently idiotic.

So I avoid them whenever possible.

[fizzgig]

26. but they are oh so entertaining to watch

or maybe i'm just sick like that

[DS1]

27. or read on a sunday morning with coffee

personal meltdowns can be so amusing

2 to 3 am is definitely the witching hour

[ghostsofgiants]

30. They can be.

But they usually just make me weep for humanity.

[fizzgig]

32. that's why i laugh

to keep myself from crying

[Lady President]

28. Gifted & Talented Programs in Schools

This doesn't get as much press as the Olive Garden Wars, but it was my favorite by far.

Side 1: people who were in gifted and talent programs or parents who have kids in these programs. Basically, dozens of people who were bragging that they (or their children) had to be in gifted programs because they would have been far too bored if they were around normal students. The average IQ of this group was approximately 627.

Side 2: people who were too dim-witted to understand the plight of the brilliant student. This group claimed that everyone who had been in the gifted programs at their schools were really morons who ended up incarcerated or migrant farm workers.

It was awesome!! The best part was that John Kleeb started the whole thing-- so funny.

[Critters2]

34. 627!!

LOL!!

[JVS]

43. You got a link to that

IIRC I avoided it

[Rabrrrrrr]

47. Yes, the hatred for the above-average intelligence people expressed in those threads is appalling.

Every time it comes up, there's some subset of hatefilled idiots who feel the need to disparage and shoutdown anyone with above average intelligence, and utterly deny that the overly intelligent kids might have different needs from the average just as the far below average kids do.

I'm disgusted by the vitriol and nastiness expressed every time one of those threads pops up.

[Madrone]

29. Bitch.

I think it probably takes the cake in the longest to die out category too.

[Skittles]

33. Obama/Hillary

disgusting and juvenile

[NoPasaran]

35. Steve Irwin Death Hatefest

I never imagined so many people here had such issues.

[krispos42]

36. Male circumcision

I stumbled into one of those once.

Once.

It was like 577 posts long with guys going on and on about how they were still recovering from their mutilation when they were a day old.

My jaw hit the floor and I decided "I think I'll go back to the Gungeon. It's quieter and saner there".

[LTR]

52. I remember that thread!

And to think all these years after having it done, I've been missing out on feeling violated. :eyes:

I was about ready to seek out saner discourse in the Israel/Palestine room.

[Lady Freedom]

37. The one I started about if a friend came up to you and told you ...

that they were a vampire, how would you react. Boy did that start a flame!:eyes:

[meegbear]

38. To parboil or not parboil ribs

[Lady Freedom]

39. I think I remember that one.

Didn't that start another flame thread about Steak?

[meegbear]

40. I don't recall that ...

but I remember walking in on the end of the ribs one and the fur was a-flyin'.

[Lady Freedom]

42. Anytime people start talking about the best way to serve meat...

people start flaming.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

44. thank you cards. at some point almost any thread i posted turned into a flame thread

thankfully that trend has abated.

i mean i could post about thank you cards and have some people turn it into a flame thread.

[youthere]

45. There was one about people in the country mowing too much grass...

The only flamewar I have been on the front lines for. the guy who started it is no longer withus...he disrupted poorly.

[TheMightyFavog]

48. Wasn't there one last year...

Concerning the term "pimp" from some song from the movie Hustle and Flow?

[racaulk]

49. Any thread about smoking bans, rights to smoke, rights to avoid second-hand smoke, etc.

Those are always guaranteed to be flamewars!

:rofl:

[LanternWaste]

54. This one... although a serious topic, it rapidly descended

This one...

Although a serious topic, it rapidly descended into some pretty bizarre prognostications and assumptions. I imagine there are some posters that still have uncleaned egg residue on their faces. :)


http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=2133091#2134666

[skypilot]

55. Pit Bull threads

I'm surprised that no one has mentioned them so far. They are usually entertaining--for a little while.

[charlie and algernon]

56. the fat actress war was pretty epic/idiotic, also the song bird war. nt

[LSK]

57. this one!!!!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topics&forum=132

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

58. Everybody Poops.

[CreekDog]

60. Asian neighbors and questions about wood carving

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