GreNME
Philosopher
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No, it's high school drama because all of these characters are behaving like they're far more important in the grand scheme of things than they really are. Prior to this thread I'd never heard of them, and watching a few of the videos I can tell why: they have no sense of presence, and are utterly forgettable. The creationism whacko is the most entertaining of the bunch, and he's about as entertaining as watching a 16-year-old fight for attention of some moderately pretty girl who is more interested in something else anyway. Replace DMCA complaints with trying to frame others to local authorities, teachers, or to the embarrassment of other students and you have basically the same thing going on as is happening here. Trying to couch it in law, especially something as complex as IP law and harassment, is just plain stupid. Give bored, over-privileged children access to more ways to harass other bored, over-privileged children and they're going to do it.
I'm not saying that the Thunderf00t guy shouldn't respond to the VenomfangX guy or anything-- that's his prerogative and he's well within his rights to do so-- but all of the navel-gazing and self-important commentary is like borderline parody.
Then again, I recall when blogs were called internet diaries and I was off the mark about how much traction they'd get. Maybe there's a market for twenty-somethings who are staring just left or right of the camera so they can watch themselves talk about what they feel is important. I certainly can't complain about the presence of vanity space on the intarwebs, since I'd likely break one of my own glass walls by doing so. I guess my main gripe about the conflict is: so what?
I'm not saying that the Thunderf00t guy shouldn't respond to the VenomfangX guy or anything-- that's his prerogative and he's well within his rights to do so-- but all of the navel-gazing and self-important commentary is like borderline parody.
Then again, I recall when blogs were called internet diaries and I was off the mark about how much traction they'd get. Maybe there's a market for twenty-somethings who are staring just left or right of the camera so they can watch themselves talk about what they feel is important. I certainly can't complain about the presence of vanity space on the intarwebs, since I'd likely break one of my own glass walls by doing so. I guess my main gripe about the conflict is: so what?
