Twitter: America’s new virtual bar fight

Discussion in 'Off Topic Discussion' started by SportsChump, Mar 7, 2015.

  1. SportsChump

    SportsChump Well-Known

    Not to sound like an old curmudgeon (sometimes I can’t help myself) but it used to be that if you had a beef with someone, you would confront them face to face, address the issue at hand and either resolve it in a peaceful, diplomatic fashion or put up your dukes until there was one man standing… which is why it’s always good to carry around an extra Ronda Rousey with you, just in case shirt gets real.

    These days, such resolutions are a thing of the past as arguments have become virtual… yet still as pointless as ever.

    Twitter can do that to a culture.

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  2. DawkinsINT

    DawkinsINT Tebow free since 9/5/2015.

    So nice to hear, "put up your dukes". Haven't heard that expression in a long time.
     
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  3. SportsChump

    SportsChump Well-Known

    How about a knuckle sandwich, Dawk?
     
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  4. markaz

    markaz Resident Cards Fan Staff Member

    I read that and didn't give it a second thought. I'm either too damn old or living in the past. Hell, I can't get used to seeing trains without a caboose.
     
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  5. DawkinsINT

    DawkinsINT Tebow free since 9/5/2015.

    So think about it...when was the last time you heard someone say that? It's been decades for me.
     
  6. Jihad Joe

    Jihad Joe Life to Infidels

    Isnt it sammich?
     
  7. markaz

    markaz Resident Cards Fan Staff Member

    Same...

    Just can't believe how things have changed. Extreme fighting on the internet , espesically via Twitter, and the first time I cussed in front of my father I was 11 and said "damn". I was absolutely mortified.
     
  8. SportsChump

    SportsChump Well-Known

    Why do I get the feeling we should all be sitting on a park bench, wearing fedoras and feeding the pigeons?

    Eh, sonny?
     
  9. markaz

    markaz Resident Cards Fan Staff Member

    Don't forget the dress shirt, tie and cardigan.
     
  10. SportsChump

    SportsChump Well-Known

    Slippers and dark socks?
     
  11. markaz

    markaz Resident Cards Fan Staff Member

    Sitting at a chess board in the park with Ernie.