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The Internet is a worldwide double edged sword. Allowing people to have unprecedented access to accept and gather information is fantastic. The balance to this equation however is enough to overwhelm the novices and continue to harden the veteran users. Rome had their Colosseum, contemporary sports have their stadiums, and cyber-warriors will have their forums.

Forums are the everyman’s battleground. A chance to diminish and obliterate some unsuspecting n00b or to challenge the near-infallible veteran troll. These battles wage until one person often just gives up and leaves, leaving the victor to soak in the e-glory of his latest e-kill. For the most part these fights are victimless but quite a few times intelligence, reason, and logic are not involved in the victory.

With this in mind I present: The Top 9 Things the Forum Nerds Will Never Admit

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Hey, look at me go. I’ve finished the final installment only a month after Part 2 debuted. I think in the future I’m going to stick to the short and sweet pieces that need saying. These long winded, Tolstoy-esque posts are a little too daunting for me to control regularly. I would’ve stopped and given up but I didn’t want to stop or give up so I didn’t.

Here you go:

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