I've been in a few flame wars in my short time here. I've sworn, called names and been accused of being a scum bag. I've spent all night long arguing with people because, after all, the misunderstandings and disagreements are important enough to ruin the entire next day of my life.
You people are all a bunch of douches.
Am I being sarcastic? People can only tell about fifty percent of the time. It is very likely that some of the only people reading this diary stopped immediately after reading the word "douches".
People assume, though, that they get it right ninety percent of the time even when the real meaning of a message is ambiguous. I assume that I am right about the meaning of comments about 100% of the time. I'm really good at it. Don't question me on this. When I have disagreements with people, it is always their fault. Seriously...
Anyway, go read the article: http://tinyurl.com/... It ought to help a lot of people be slower to react to misunderstandings.