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There are quite a lot of accounts that do this. The problem being: this isn't a spoken conversation. Words aren't lost in the ether. They're sitting on a hard drive in @PMYB2's mom's house.

e: And the JIDF swung into this thread quickly to circle-jerk that I was being mean or antagonizing or some such retardation. Apparently calling someone out on their moving the goal posts is antagonizing.

There are quite a lot of accounts that do this. The problem being: this isn't a spoken conversation. Words aren't lost in the ether. They're sitting on a hard drive in @PMYB2's mom's house. e: And the JIDF swung into this thread quickly to circle-jerk that I was being mean or antagonizing or some such retardation. Apparently calling someone out on their moving the goal posts is antagonizing.

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Being a respectful newfag is knowing your place and shutting the fuck up when you don't understand something, on a new forum, server, hobby or similar. Also having the humility to know when you're wrong.

I've seen so many examples online of people not being respectful newfags, or worse - offering advice on things that they aren't skilled at - and thinking that it's gospel or decent advice. It's akin to someone who's been learning a foreign language for a month giving language learning advice when it comes to the advanced levels, or a morbidly obese person giving dietary and fitness advice.

I agree that people need to have a thicker skin when it comes to insults online as well.

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Being a respectful newfag is knowing your place and shutting the fuck up when you don't understand something, on a new forum, server, hobby or similar. Also having the humility to know when you're wrong.

Which is where "lurk 2 years" came from.

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Yeah that's exactly right. Should have probably mentioned that as well.

Same goes for "tits or GTFO" and "there are no girls on the internet" - its about stamping out attention whoring on the basis of being a female and having no other defining characteristics which make your comments stand on their own merits.

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Yup.

I don't really give a fuck if I see your (her) tits or not. Yes tits are sweet but if I wanted to see them I could. It's not hard to find tits online. The same thing with a poster having a vagina I DO NOT CARE. There may be rare scenarios where it's relevant, but 99% of the time it doesn't matter.