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The White Knight Effect

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Josef Djugashvilis
#61 - 2013-11-29 12:20:41 UTC
Krixtal Icefluxor wrote:
Patri Andari wrote:
Have you seen this?

Someone makes a post on EVE forums. Maybe they ask a question or pose an opinion. Someone answers with an off hand, snarky, rude or otherwise dismisive response. The OP then defends him or herself by attacking the rude responder and then...OH CHIT...IT'S ON NOW!


The next several post belittle the OP in defense of the snarky guy. "If you want someone to take you seriously you should not be rude to people that respond" or "with that attitude it is no wonder you have no friends that will help you" or "If you want help you should not use such language."

Meanwhile, snarky dude guy gets a pass.

It is very funny to watch this play out. Do people expect rude responses to legitimate posts go unchecked just because they are made by friends?

I tend to attack anyone who is rude to me in response to a post. Just makes sense to return favors, but these damned white knights are a new kind of butt hurt (looking at you Taoist Dragon & the like)

Any who, Just posting after reading several such posts and wondered if anyone else noticed.

PEACE


The last vestiges of anything resembling social decorum and balanced discourse evaporated back in 1995 or so.

Is it not a wonderful Brave New World ????


My parents insist that 'old fashioned good manners and politeness' went into decline from the mid 1950s with the advent of the teen-ager as a recognized form of life.

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