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<blockquote data-quote="Harzel" data-source="post: 7003386" data-attributes="member: 6857506"><p>First, an admission: I laughed heartily with both the OP and the bingo card. And then I was just going to bold that phrase and reply with, "So much work to do outside these forums..." But that made me think. Does satire actually accomplish the desired de-normalization? Unfortunately, I think not. If it did, the world would be a very different place; Stephen Colbert would be second in influence only to God. At best it is a little reminder to forumites who likely don't make the targeted sort of posts anyway.</p><p></p><p>Make no mistake: this is not to discourage the satire. It provides amusement and, to be honest, probably some validation for people who (believe that they) don't write That Kind of Post. But people who do write That Kind of Post will either not recognize it or be alienated.</p><p></p><p>So what to do? Sadly, I doubt that any of us is in a position to help the tortured souls who rail against the sins of WoTC out of their morass. To me it seems like the only thing at all helpful is to look away from the train wreck*. Don't reply to posts you want to discourage. They will fall to the bottom of the threads list and be forgotten. You will have saved yourself some time that you can employ more usefully, and maybe, just maybe there is a small outside chance that the poster will find something more constructive to do when (s)he has no 'WoTC apologists' to do battle with.</p><p></p><p>*Although honestly I find this difficult to do, too. These people have posted something wrong on the Internet and they need to be corrected, and I am just the person to do it!<img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/rant.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":rant:" title="Rant :rant:" data-shortname=":rant:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Harzel, post: 7003386, member: 6857506"] First, an admission: I laughed heartily with both the OP and the bingo card. And then I was just going to bold that phrase and reply with, "So much work to do outside these forums..." But that made me think. Does satire actually accomplish the desired de-normalization? Unfortunately, I think not. If it did, the world would be a very different place; Stephen Colbert would be second in influence only to God. At best it is a little reminder to forumites who likely don't make the targeted sort of posts anyway. Make no mistake: this is not to discourage the satire. It provides amusement and, to be honest, probably some validation for people who (believe that they) don't write That Kind of Post. But people who do write That Kind of Post will either not recognize it or be alienated. So what to do? Sadly, I doubt that any of us is in a position to help the tortured souls who rail against the sins of WoTC out of their morass. To me it seems like the only thing at all helpful is to look away from the train wreck*. Don't reply to posts you want to discourage. They will fall to the bottom of the threads list and be forgotten. You will have saved yourself some time that you can employ more usefully, and maybe, just maybe there is a small outside chance that the poster will find something more constructive to do when (s)he has no 'WoTC apologists' to do battle with. *Although honestly I find this difficult to do, too. These people have posted something wrong on the Internet and they need to be corrected, and I am just the person to do it!:rant: [/QUOTE]
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