I have done a meticulous and exhaustive study, and found that 94.6% of flamewars in message boards and blog comments begin something like this:
Poster #1: X.
Poster #2: What do you mean, Q?
#1: I didn’t say Q, I said X.
#2: There you go again with Q.
#1: No, I’m telling you I said X.
#2: Q? Q?!! How DARE you say Q, you (expletives deleted)!
Poster #3: Calm down, buddy, he’s only saying K.
#2: That’s what I said . . . he’s saying Q . . . and don’t tell me to calm down!
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Poster #1138: Oh, for Pete’s sake.
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