Well, people will make what comics and post what messages they like. That's the short version.
If you don't like their comics, well, it's probably because their brains and their little friend's brain process humor differently. It is the fact that people find stupid things funny that keeps The Family Circus in business.
People come here from wherever 15-year-olds hang out on the Internet trying to feel angstful or have cybersex or whatever 15-year-olds do on the Internet, and they make these comics trying to be funny. Their reference for funny may be quite different from ours; maybe they think Howard Stern or Def Comedy Jam or whatever shock humor adolecents find funny are the epitome of humor. But it even takes talent to be Howard Stern (believe it or not). These guys just don't have the talent (in the comic medium, anyway). It's not their fault.
But who knows? Maybe among their own kind, their stuff is a work of genius. Maybe the joke's on you: the humor isn't in the comic but in the offense it produces. (Or that they perceive it produces.)
Then when they find message boards, they find they can offend more people by posing "shocking" messages. But the fault ultimately lies with the regulars and other people with some sense of wit. Because when they see something like "nigga! Wheas mah chiltlin's!", or "My comics are awesome, its you who sux," or anything else in the vein of #123376,
YOU HAVE TO GO AND REPLY TO THE GODDAMN THING!
It should be pretty obvious that people like "the two new guys" that bunner is talking about (and I really don't know who they are), or others who out of conviction or the urge to offend post racist or "cuss"-laden comics don't really want helpful advice or playful raillery. They want attention.
How often do I see "Don't feed the trolls." posted? But no one listens. So what do y'all expect? United we stand; divided we have to put up with a bunch of inane crap.
However, it's still the case that since this is pretty much a public message board, fools will show up. There's no need to let them work you into a hot lather. Fools exist, and many know how to work a computer (enough to post, anyway). The rest of us'll just have to deal with it.
The best way to deal with it is the simple rule: If you really don't want to hear from someone again, or you really think he's an idiot beyond help, why do you even want to post messages for him? I honestly don't know why you give these people the time of day even to insult them. It's not as if you're going to get a witty reparte going.
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peddling the funny around since 09/24/2002