I have spent most of my day here at work reading the Rockstar:INXS message boards (no mean feat when you have dial-up), which means it's freakin' slow here. The venomous wrath and hatred expressed on those boards is hilarious - almost rivals the boards I've read about politics. We're talking about several relatively talented people auditioning to be the lead singer of a band that has been off the radar for quite some time and you'd think it was a life-and-death decision:
JD SUCKS!!!
NO HE DOESN"T - MARTY SUX!!!
YOU ALL SUCK!!! MIG IS THE ONE!!!!
Third grade stuff.
Then someone starts an intelligent thread and it's great for a while, but ultimately descends to juvenile vitriol, but in lower case letters with a better vocaulary:
Stop bashing me! I have a right to express the opinion that JD is a revolting jerk and lacks talent.
Do you know JD personally? I have a friend who knows both JD and Marty, and the fact is that Marty ultimately has the least talent and most horrible personality.
I'm sorry to disagree, and we all have a right to our opinion, but you are both insane. Only MiG has the talent and agreeable personality to front INXS.
I think it would be an excellent thesis topic for anthro or psych majors to study the behavior of anonymous communication.
Porn to follow...