Comments on: Fear and Loathing at Wikipedia http://stroppsworld.com/2009/01/14/fear-and-loathing-at-wikipedia/ Spank That Orc, He Likes It Fri, 18 May 2012 05:02:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Stropp’s World » Blog Archive » Preserving Gaming History http://stroppsworld.com/2009/01/14/fear-and-loathing-at-wikipedia/#comment-41074 Stropp’s World » Blog Archive » Preserving Gaming History Thu, 15 Jan 2009 09:15:08 +0000 http://stroppsworld.com/2009/01/14/fear-and-loathing-at-wikipedia/#comment-41074 [...] Stropp: I'll go one further and say that, some people never seem to leave high school. (With me, it's primary school read more... [...] [...] Stropp: I’ll go one further and say that, some people never seem to leave high school. (With me, it’s primary school read more… [...]

]]> By: Stropp http://stroppsworld.com/2009/01/14/fear-and-loathing-at-wikipedia/#comment-41072 Stropp Wed, 14 Jan 2009 22:07:04 +0000 http://stroppsworld.com/2009/01/14/fear-and-loathing-at-wikipedia/#comment-41072 I'll go one further and say that, some people never seem to leave high school. (With me, it's primary school I never left -- I still like the toys) And the tragedy is you see it all through society -- people pushing their own agendas and to hell with everyone else. The interesting thing is how ingrained, maybe genetic it all is. As a behaviour study it's quite fascinating. Check out the Stanford Prison Experiment to see how easy it is for people to be corrupted. I’ll go one further and say that, some people never seem to leave high school. (With me, it’s primary school I never left — I still like the toys) And the tragedy is you see it all through society — people pushing their own agendas and to hell with everyone else.

The interesting thing is how ingrained, maybe genetic it all is. As a behaviour study it’s quite fascinating. Check out the Stanford Prison Experiment to see how easy it is for people to be corrupted.

]]> By: Ysharros http://stroppsworld.com/2009/01/14/fear-and-loathing-at-wikipedia/#comment-41071 Ysharros Wed, 14 Jan 2009 15:28:36 +0000 http://stroppsworld.com/2009/01/14/fear-and-loathing-at-wikipedia/#comment-41071 Very nicely said, Stropp. That's all *I'm* going to say because the whole power play thing makes my teeth ache. I hate being confronted with just how toadlike and petty people can be -- and nothing is more potentially petty than feuding geeks. Wikipedia = high school popularity list. Grow the F up already, people. Very nicely said, Stropp.
That’s all *I’m* going to say because the whole power play thing makes my teeth ache. I hate being confronted with just how toadlike and petty people can be — and nothing is more potentially petty than feuding geeks. Wikipedia = high school popularity list. Grow the F up already, people.

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