Arguing on the Internet
Is like competing in the special Olympics.

Even if you win, you're still retarded.
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Thu 20 May 2010, 17:52, 5 replies)

That's outdated.
Unless you feel that everyone in the world who has an internet connection is retarded?
I'll agree I'm not the sharpest tool, and Steve Jobs may not be either -- but I'm sure even the likes of Tim Berners-Lee, Linus Torvalds, Adi Shamir and Bruce Schneier* have had internet arguments.

*my apologies if I misspelled
(Me, I'm not... in any way intoxicated, Thu 20 May 2010, 18:11, closed)

If you believe the internet, it should be spelt "retarted".

( The Mock TurtIe ™ --- Thinks you are a cunt, on, Thu 20 May 2010, 19:35, closed)

Or worse, 'retartet'.

( Bob Todd whee, Thu 20 May 2010, 22:27, closed)

Depends what you use.
The newsgroups, forums* and comments pages I have frequented tend to be populated largely by "Grammer Nazis" -- so any post which isn't written in English isn't taken seriously.
I could also be pedantic and point out that any email disagreement which includes people on different domains is also an internet argument.
*or Fora, if you prefer.
(Me, I'm not... in any way intoxicated, Fri 21 May 2010, 18:16, closed)

Pretty much, yeah.
There's something about the internet that just instantly lowers the level of debate. I think it's the fact you're talking to words on a screen, rather than a real person.
(Falstaff's Spiritual Successor, Thu 20 May 2010, 20:45, closed)