Death of Usenet due to AAPS (Acquired Asshole Posting Syndrome)

[Tim Scott]

[This is probably not an original peeve, but it still pisses me off:]

The Death of Usenet will not come by government fiat or some pernicious
virus, but by the final drowning-out of interesting discourse due to
(a) every freshman (and soon high school student) with two brain cells to
rub together getting a Usenet account
(b) gatewaying by every half-baked commercial service and home grown BBS
in the universe.

Clue 1: What's wrong with the following Subject: line?

Subject: PEROGATIVE OF FILMAK

Clue 2: Aha! Just looking a couple lines down, what do we see?

Organization: The B C S BBS 213/962-2902

Oh joy. And, to add insult to injury:

Distribution: world

Then, finally, the coup de grace:

* RM 1.3 00228 * Diplomacy: Saying "Nice doggie" until you can find a rock

Feh.

Have an irritable day.

tim "insert clever sig quote here" scott $ ti...@megatek.com

[Tim Scott]

ti...@megatek.com (Tim Scott) writes:
[...such an excellent peeve that I have to follow it up myself...I omit it
here with reluctance.]

And if you need further proof that Usenet is in its death throes, observe this
gem from alt.tv.ren-and-stimpy [no, it isn't any of your business what I'm
doing reading that group]:

> From: <clueless.git>
> Date: 17 Feb 94 13:57:00 -0800
> Newsgroups: alt.tv.ren-n-stimpy
> Subject: INternet?
> Message-ID: <ecf_940...@wmeonlin.sacbbx.com>
> Organization: FidoNet:Cheesy Cake - Sacramento, CA - (916)338-5226 (1:203/821)
> Lines: 6
>
> Wow.. Cool.. Ren and Stimpy huh? Well I personnally think the show sucks.. But
> anyways.. I just thought I'd say Hi in this NET.. cool huh?
>
>
> Eric

"Information superhighway", huh?
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[cam...@cse.unsw.edu.au]

I think this peeve speaks for itself:

The Machine quoth:
TM> From: ti...@megatek.com (Tim Scott)
[...]
TM> ti...@megatek.com (Tim Scott) writes:
TM> [...such an excellent peeve that I have to follow it up myself...I omit it
TM> here with reluctance.]

My Humble Self (thinking to read said excellent peeve):
MHS> [ [ for the non-trn'er: "parent article" ]

TM> alt.peeves #38757 is not available. (1)--(1)
TM> What next? [npq]

Tim> [...]
Tim> "Information superhighway", huh?

Yeh, as viewed from the outside through a tiny slit in the fence.
- Cameron Simpson
cam...@cse.unsw.edu.au, DoD#743
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