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Walking out of a movie theater mid-movie in some kind of passive protest does not make you a badass. It does however make you a giant asshole, and a stupid one at that. In fact it probably means you’re really bad at making decisions on top of the implication you tend to be prejudice. Yes that’s right, the defiant act of leaving a movie part way in only shows the world that you are an idiotic prejudging asshole, not some kind of moviephile elitist with only the highest degrees of taste in art and film.

I haven’t witnessed it too often but there is one slight exception, as was the case when I was at a Watchmen viewing. Being that a family removed themselves from the theater due to the fact they had small children with them. I don’t consider them to be assholes based on that, but I do hold them to a higher degree of stupidity than the normal walk-out. You see, it takes someone stupid to go to a movie these days with total ignorance about what it is they are going to be watching. Movies have reviewers and critics, a synopsis and a genre for a reason. To forgo these massive indicators and blindly walk in is moronic.

Now take that mindset and apply it to a parent or guardian that is responsible for young children. To take them into an R-rated film only to not realize your mistake when there’s an attempted rape scene blasting its way into their psyche forever, is well, really stupid. To take any sub-teenager into an R-rated film is setting yourself up for open mockery and at least a little ostracizing for being a fucking retard. However the plain, old-fashioned walk-out screams for people to give you attention. The whole “look at me, I’m above this, I’m above this wasting my time, look at you sheep, foolishly viewing such a piece of garbage, look at you all, you’re all sub-par to my ability to gauge a valuable use of time” facade you put on as you leave the premises doesn’t fool anyone. Every single person seated in the dark instantly recognizes you as the tool you are.

Now as if these actions weren’t bad enough, with the advent of the Internet as well as the increased usage of forums and the like, the self-promotion of this idiotic maneuver is rampant in the ‘tubes. To be so dumb to brag about a movie that was so “bad” you had to leave only reinforces the fact you are not to be credible as an opinion-giver. The moment you decide to admit or brag about this fact, everyone reading your comment(s) instantly recognizes you as the tool you are. Plus how would you know the movie was bad if you didn’t see the entire thing. This would baffle me the most except I try not to rationalize with the gutter trash of the Internet.

As for the rest of you dirtbags, stop bringing your kids to movies you know nothing about. I’m tired of hearing a crying baby during a bloodbath scene up on the screen because I envision the hellhole that kid must live in and how you’re so inept I’m tempted to just turn around and take the kid from you.

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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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 (Part 1)

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