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From: <mrlungs@ak*.ne*>
Date: Wed, 15 Oct 1997 16:57:09 -0400
To: techdiver@aquanaut.com
Subject: Flame Form Attn: farmanimals

FORM FLAME
~~~~~~~~~~~

Dear:  


[ ] sir        [ ] clueless one [ ] twit         [ ] great man on campus
[ ] madam      [ ] dweeb        [ ] twerp        [ ] comrade    [ ] moron
[ ] Elvis      [ ] moon beam    [ ] boor         [ ] Obergruppenfuehrer
[ ] citoyen    [ ] Geek         [ ] grad student [ ] cur   [ ] boneheads
[ ] Republican [ ] Democrat     [ ] Liberal      [ ] Conservative
[ ] Communist  [ ] Dilbert      [ ] Dogbert      [ ] Ratbert
[ ] Catbert    [ ] Jerk  
[X]Farm Animials, strokes, and Annom Posters
[ ] Other ( )

You are being flamed because.

[X] you continued a boring useless stupid thread
[ ] you repeatedly posted to the same thread that you just posted to
[ ] you repeatedly initiated incoherent, flaky, and mindless threads
[X] you posted some sort of crap that doesn't belong in this group
[X] you threatened others with physical harm
[ ] you made a bigoted statement(s)
[ ] you repeatedly assumed unwarranted moral or intellectual superiority
[ ] you are under the misapprehension that this group is your preserve
[ ] you repeatedly have shown lack of humor
[ ] you posted an obvious troll
[X] you assumed that AOL/CIS/Prodigy founded the Internet
[X] you neglected to do research on the chosen subject
[ ] you asked a question that was covered in the available FAQ
[X] you redundantly covered the same point over and over
[X] you assumed that the Internet is a U.S. only phenomenon
[ ] you crossposted excessively
[ ] you, in any way, make, shape, or form, agreed with Senator Exon
[ ] Repeatedly requested info on where to find XXX stuff.
[X] Repeatedly harassed people with androgynous names like Chris, Jamie, or
    Rajhatmalhaban, with "Are you a girl?" or "M/F?" questions.
[ ] you, in any way, make shape, or form, used the term(s)
    [ ] "infobahn"  [ ] "Neutopia"  [ ] "synergy"      [ ] "warez"
    [ ] "SUX"       [ ] "wymyn"     [ ] "ROOLZ"
    [ ] KEWL/KOOL/K0oL              [ ] "information superhighway"
    [ ] any typically or inherently racist or anti-semitic term
    [X] any homophobic term
    [ ] Other annoying term:

[ ] you discussed the following in a non-nutcase newsgroup;
    [ ] hollow earth theory            [ ] alien President theory
    [ ] orbital mind control frisbees  [ ] faith healing
    [ ] government weather control     [ ] Russian psychics
    [ ] Squeaky Fromme                 [ ] the nation of France
    [ ] robot spy bees                 [X] sexually promiscuous space aliens
    [ ] "Manos, the Hands of Fate"     [ ] Beavis & Butthead anything
    [ ] flat earth theory              [ ] government consipiracy theory
    [ ] the veracity of any X-Files plot (see all of the above)
    [ ] Other:

[ ] you considered the following to be reliable reference sources;
    [X] Golden Books' "Exploring Science", printed 1955
    [X] Any program covered by Talk Soup   or [ ] SNL News
    [X] Oliver Stone           [X] Hard Copy  [X] Inside Edition
    [X] The National Enquirer  [ ] The Sun    [ ] NY Post
    [ ] The Union Leader       [ ] Pravda     [ ] OMNI Magazine
    [ ] Company Marketing Hype [ ] Microsoft  [X] The Simpsons
    [X]  An unidentified, but obviously stupid, person or publication
    [ ] Other:

In the future, you may wish to;

[ ] do not delete the "welcome to the list" message you recieved when you
    joined
[ ] remember that not all newsreaders are threaded
[ ] recall that there are academic and commercial users on the net
[ ] remember that the Internet is multinational
[X] consider that others may know more about certain subjects than you
[ ] exercise some humility
[X] 'lurk' without posting for a few days to learn the forum of a group
[ ] take personal discussions or stupid/boring threads or certain inane
    questions to email
[X]  get used to being mocked
[X] stop volunteering for Armed Forces pharmaceutical experiments
[X] join your people on your planet of origin
[ ] remove the pipe from your nether regions
[X] buy a nice fiery lakefront plot in the Hell you so richly deserve

I would like like to suggest that, for the common good, you;

[X] wait at least two hours before responding to another post
[X] read the FAQ (frequently asked questions) list for the group
[ ] learn to use the 'kill' command to eliminate erroneous posts
[X] post only to alt.dev.null
[ ] selectively respond to threads after reading all new messages in
    that thread
[ ] voluntarily apologize in a brief post
[X] shop for clues at a better clue shop
[X] no longer contribute to this newsgroup/mailing list
[X] no longer contribute to any newsgroup/mailing list
[X] no longer contribute to the gene pool
[X] look into the possibility of medication for the above problems
[ ] familiarize yourself with the history of the Internet
[ ] familiarize yourself with the concept of:
            [ ] patience            [ ] tolerance           [ ] caution
            [ ] common courtesy     [ ] succinctness
            [ ] vocabulary          [X] higher brain functions
            [ ] Other:
            [X] Re-install what ever failed mental operating system
                you are currently running on

Please save this message and review it occasionally to determine
your progress toward being;

[ ] a useful member of Internet society
[ ] a less annoying member of Internet society
[ ] a human being
[ ] a fully-functional human being
[ ] a tolerable poster
[ ] integrated into humanity
[x] re-integrated into the wild
[ ] Other:

Thank you for taking the time to read this form flame.

Jeoff 
sorry about the use of the band width :)
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