Safe word, tanglement meme

[thelerner]

Here's a random, unformed thought.  We often see arguments on TDB's that get circular and tit for tat on subjects that are so abstract that neither side has any power to change things.  I wish there was a way to defuse them.   Either by one side, or nudge from a general member.

 

Cause sometimes they cause bad feelings, other times you see they're clearly heading for the pit and in essence, once people's views are out, neither side will change, facts, quotes and sources become meaningless and unread.

 

I'm looking for a meme, I think.  We all know what a troll is, but here I'm looking for something to describe a tangled argument that's heading towards bad blood and a warning to stop it.  I don't want it to be a moderator's warning, as much as a regular members way to saying enough is enough. 

 

Something analagous to 'you've jumped the shark' but in internet terms. 

Edited March 9, 2015 by thelerner

[子泰]

"You mad bro?"

[Chang]

“Ah Love! could thou and I with Fate conspire

To grasp this sorry Scheme of Things entire,

Would not we shatter it to bits -- and then

Re-mould it nearer to the Heart's Desire!”

[dust]

Is it worth it?

 

IIWI!

[Songtsan]

Don't pet the sweaty things

[Vanir Thunder Dojo Tan]

Don't pet the sweaty things

 

wait till their workout is over and they've had a shower

[thelerner]

"You mad bro?"

Too likely be returned with a 'Damn Right I am'

 

“Ah Love! could thou and I with Fate conspire

To grasp this sorry Scheme of Things entire,

Would not we shatter it to bits -- and then

Re-mould it nearer to the Heart's Desire!”

Too poetic

 

Is it worth it?

 

IIWI!

Too Dirty Harry'ish.   though not bad and might make someone's day.

 

Don't pet the sweaty things

Too oblique.. but has a nice creative spark

 

Don't sweat the petty things.    best so far imo.  could we make it more taoish?  daosh.. daesh?  it might cause confucian.

[Aetherous]

[子泰]

"Pretty sneaky, sis!"

[Vanir Thunder Dojo Tan]

"those who speak..."