OH my god!!! The level of nastiness in that thread is stunning (Reply #85)

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Mon Nov 10, 2014, 07:58 PM

85. OH my god!!! The level of nastiness in that thread is stunning

thanks for posting it!

But yes, it was the sheer number of threads in the weeks and months afterwards that were locked and/or deleted for the word
'chicken' that got me interested. I finally know the reason!

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135 replies	Author	Time	Post
What was DU's most ridiculous flamewar? [View all]	LostInAnomie	Nov 2014	OP
The moon bombing thread	fishwax	Nov 2014	#1
Oh shit! I forgot about that one.	LostInAnomie	Nov 2014	#2
Like this?	Initech	Nov 2014	#7
This one ?	A HERETIC I AM	Nov 2014	#13
That thread encompasses the full spectrum of the bizarre. Not surprised many posters	stevenleser	Nov 2014	#22
OMG. That was epic off the chartness.	progressoid	Nov 2014	#122
An all-time classic for sure.	chrisa	Nov 2014	#21
That was truly	hifiguy	Nov 2014	#54
Yea, verily.	Dr. Strange	Nov 2014	#90
Nothing beats the great moon bombing!	TheKentuckian	Nov 2014	#92
This message was self-deleted by its author	Odin2005	Nov 2014	#114
That was hysterical. Literally.	Odin2005	Nov 2014	#115
That was totally Epic	Marrah_G	Nov 2014	#119
Moon bombing was my personal favorite.	Warren DeMontague	Nov 2014	#120
That was the first one that came to mind for me.	Renew Deal	Nov 2014	#127
The one I remember most was more of a WTF thread: "I don't drink with you"	arcane1	Nov 2014	#3
I don't remember that one.	LostInAnomie	Nov 2014	#4
Someone went to a gathering of his wife's employers, and he refused drinks.	arcane1	Nov 2014	#5
The one I remember the most about is The Olive Garden thread. N/T	nirvana555	Nov 2014	#6
Here it is (I don't drink with you!)	sharp_stick	Nov 2014	#29
There it is! Good lord, my brain hurts again already	arcane1	Nov 2014	#69
Reading that thread was like a philosophy test,	betsuni	Nov 2014	#96
Just spent twenty minutes reading that thread	treestar	Nov 2014	#128
Wasn't it the same poster who said he would not celebrate the holidays in any way?	Phentex	Nov 2014	#44
He also was proud not to wear a seat belt when driving a car.	Throd	Nov 2014	#68
Fat Actress! Also, to give props to a good lock, 477 posts about indoor/outdoor cats followed by:	petronius	Nov 2014	#8
Oh man I remember	sharp_stick	Nov 2014	#11
How did I ever miss that thread?	Sanity Claws	Nov 2014	#12
I believe kudzu had a good run.	kiva	Nov 2014	#9
Yes! I remember that one, wondered if anyone else did!	Rhiannon12866	Nov 2014	#10
It's going places	sakabatou	Nov 2014	#50
I killed that thread.. Actually CallMeWestly locked after my post.	denbot	Nov 2014	#61
Thank you!	swag	Nov 2014	#89
Chinese Gardener	Sanity Claws	Nov 2014	#14
asian woodcarver, I believe it was :)	fishwax	Nov 2014	#28
Oh yes! It was woodcarver.	Sanity Claws	Nov 2014	#37
you might be right on that point	fishwax	Nov 2014	#39
You were right!	Sanity Claws	Nov 2014	#40
Thanks for the link, that was great.	betsuni	Nov 2014	#97
Wow, that woman was... Special.	BeanMusical	Nov 2014	#99
I actually googled the Cream Stallion. What came up on google was not a book.	LiberalLoner	Nov 2014	#112
RadioLady's initial post about Olive Garden	Hissyspit	Nov 2014	#80
That was something else	sharp_stick	Nov 2014	#103
It really was.	Hissyspit	Nov 2014	#106
Put your shopping cart back...	Phentex	Nov 2014	#15
Which one?	valerief	Nov 2014	#34
No, this one. How many people would be booted off DU for this now?	Phentex	Nov 2014	#41
I remember that one now	sharp_stick	Nov 2014	#42
She was a mod!	Phentex	Nov 2014	#43
Right. The humor has been sucked out of the place by RW disruptors using	valerief	Nov 2014	#74
Oh my gosh!	Art_from_Ark	Nov 2014	#75
Also, the Clique Wars...	Phentex	Nov 2014	#16
I remember the "Great Purge" but that was years ago.	LostInAnomie	Nov 2014	#47
These might bring back some memories	Algernon Moncrieff	Nov 2014	#70
Geez, look at some of the names in those threads.	LostInAnomie	Nov 2014	#71
IK,R	Algernon Moncrieff	Nov 2014	#72
Back when we had "unrec"...	A HERETIC I AM	Nov 2014	#17
Oh yeah...	pipi_k	Nov 2014	#18
Ahhhh...the good old days!	A HERETIC I AM	Nov 2014	#20
I don't recall	pipi_k	Nov 2014	#63
Post #48	A HERETIC I AM	Nov 2014	#64
Wasn't she the one who was shilling for North Korea?	stevenleser	Nov 2014	#24
i don't recall that.	A HERETIC I AM	Nov 2014	#25
was it bobbolink?	fishwax	Nov 2014	#30
Yes. n/t	A HERETIC I AM	Nov 2014	#31
Interesting anecdote on Bobbolink.	Texasgal	Nov 2014	#87
i've heard several stories like that about her.	A HERETIC I AM	Nov 2014	#93
Yep, I just checked, there are multiple examples	stevenleser	Nov 2014	#35
Yes, I remember that now.	A HERETIC I AM	Nov 2014	#49
She was the DU "authority"	BronxBoy	Nov 2014	#73
You are correct, sir.	hifiguy	Nov 2014	#57
Wow, I don't even know what a Hannah bell is. nt	valerief	Nov 2014	#32
Man, I miss unrec.	LostInAnomie	Nov 2014	#46
LOL....	A HERETIC I AM	Nov 2014	#48
Beautiful.	LostInAnomie	Nov 2014	#51
Every poll ever done on DU.....	A HERETIC I AM	Nov 2014	#52
Pretty much the opposite of "Nuclear Ignore" then.	LostInAnomie	Nov 2014	#53
I LOVED Nuclear Ignore. I can't remember exactly what it was but I remember one poster	seaglass	Nov 2014	#109
Pretty much.	LostInAnomie	Nov 2014	#110
Ha, that makes me smile.	Dr. Strange	Nov 2014	#91
CALL CONGRESS RIGHT FUCKING NOW!!!!!!	riderinthestorm	Nov 2014	#19
That is one of my favorites.	murielm99	Nov 2014	#94
Not that I recall which is why it was so hilarious. A hit and run OP	riderinthestorm	Nov 2014	#98
Walt Star's = Tombstone Me Now, Skinner ... not a flamewar but, epic nonetheless.	Tuesday Afternoon	Nov 2014	#23
That still makes me laugh	hifiguy	Nov 2014	#58
That was 'RIGHT FUCKING NOW'	LynneSin	Nov 2014	#104
I remember one about broccoli stems.	Kali	Nov 2014	#26
That thread is HIGH ART.	valerief	Nov 2014	#33
woo! i posted 4 times in that thread	orleans	Nov 2014	#38
LOL, I missed that one thinking it really had something to do with casting asparagus	Brother Buzz	Nov 2014	#66
What was the Laura Brannigan one about?	LeftinOH	Nov 2014	#27
That was a long time ago	sharp_stick	Nov 2014	#36
I think I started that one by calling her a no-talent hack....right after she died.	BlueJazz	Nov 2014	#78
I just remembered another - Thatcher's spirit. Or something like that.	Kali	Nov 2014	#45
OJ trial?	B Calm	Nov 2014	#55
It has to be Bomb the Moon.	Tommy_Carcetti	Nov 2014	#56
Laura Branigan hands down!	Texasgal	Nov 2014	#59
OMG, is that funny!	femmocrat	Nov 2014	#65
As I said in another post, I was the Rat that kinda' started the uproar. My Bad.	BlueJazz	Nov 2014	#81
'she sang about as good as your friendly Home Depot salesgirl'	lovemydog	Nov 2014	#100
I STILL don't know what the cornflake chicken thing was all about	Beaverhausen	Nov 2014	#60
Here it is in all it's glory:	Texasgal	Nov 2014	#62
The chicken one was hysterical.	bigwillq	Nov 2014	#67
The aftermath was funny!	Texasgal	Nov 2014	#77
The aftermath was funny	sharp_stick	Nov 2014	#84
OH my god!!! The level of nastiness in that thread is stunning	Beaverhausen	Nov 2014	#85
Yeah.. it was hateful	Texasgal	Nov 2014	#88
"My recipe is too good to share with someone who ruins their chicken with breakfast cereal."	BlueJazz	Nov 2014	#82
Songbirds vs Cats	The empressof all	Nov 2014	#76
I think I remember that. The outdoor cats were eating all the songbirds and people drew deep lines..	BlueJazz	Nov 2014	#83
The monkeys have taken over the cabana... by Recursion	Callmecrazy	Nov 2014	#79
Aww thanks. Not a flamewar, though	Recursion	Nov 2014	#135
None of these threads hold a candle to...	Archae	Nov 2014	#86
Oscar was great.	murielm99	Nov 2014	#95
That thread made me extemely envious.	betsuni	Nov 2014	#101
Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Cover	lovemydog	Nov 2014	#102
Vegetarians/Peta vs. meat eaters	Tabasco_Dave	Nov 2014	#105
There have been some brilliantly classic ones as mentioned already.	kentauros	Nov 2014	#107
Showing a receipt at the door is an indicator of a fascist nation.	LanternWaste	Nov 2014	#108
Oh my God! I forgot about that one.	LostInAnomie	Nov 2014	#111
IIRC the OP himself was cool at the Circuit City	Recursion	Nov 2014	#134
What was the name of that forum replaced by ATA?	JonLP24	Nov 2014	#113
Meta Discussion	lovemydog	Nov 2014	#130
it would be hard to top Olive Garden	DrDan	Nov 2014	#116
The Moon Bombing threads.	Odin2005	Nov 2014	#117
Do you remember Dreamer Tatum's "Coca Cola Corp Mission Statement?	A HERETIC I AM	Nov 2014	#121
Bomb The Moon.	Iggo	Nov 2014	#118
How is it that nobody has mentioned the pubic hair wars?	Iris	Nov 2014	#123
Wow!	LostInAnomie	Nov 2014	#124
Right? n/t	Iris	Nov 2014	#125
No such thing	Renew Deal	Nov 2014	#126
How could anyone forget Asher Heimerman? Conference call in 15 minutes!	Tommy_Carcetti	Nov 2014	#129
Ahhhhh, good ol' Asher. Here's someone who doesn't think too much of him;	A HERETIC I AM	Nov 2014	#131
ANY of the circumcision threads....and there were several	Rowdyboy	Nov 2014	#132
The Ross Ice Shelf is collapsing!	Tom Kitten	Nov 2014	#133

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