6 Stages of a Youtube Argument

With only three exceptions among hundreds of arguments I've seen, these are the stages of an argument on Youtube.com.

1. Conflict: Someone has a problem with somebody. This can range from something complex to something stupid.

Example: "Why is he flirting with her? She's old, ugly, and has a rancid, b****y personality. I wouldn't give someone like that the time of day. He must be desperate." (This is obvious trolling, but it is an example of a stupid conflict.) 

2. Pseudologic: People make up anything and everything they can to support their side. This can range from actual logic (involving arguments and counterarguments) to insane troll logic (involving numerous fallacies and conclusions that do not follow from any logic). Because both are so different, I will give you both kinds.

Insane Troll Example: "shut ur f***en punka** b****a** raggedy a** up! what the hell does this convo have to do with u! dont try to jump into s*** that doesnt concern u..thats how motherf***ers get hurt, sitting there with a f***en cartoon as an avatar with a satanic screename..teeny bopper b****" (This is in response to someone trying to stop an argument.)

Actual Logic Example: "So just because I am defending Asians from racist, ignorant s***s like you means I automatically have an Asian girlfriend who apparently is ugly?" (This is in response to someone randomly accusing this person of having an ugly Asian girlfriend for a nonsensical reason.)

3. (This step is optional, and can be put anywhere after the second step.) I ttly won right guyz: Claiming you have won even though you have done no such thing. This can range from "You left, so I win" to "I'm just right" to other variations.

Example: "Notice how [Person] conveniently forgot to reply to my comment. He knew he was pwned and hoped everyone would forget his humiliation." (The person actually left because the only thing this person was doing was making up insults.)

2nd Example: "you just keep on talking dont you? xD All im doing is correcting you, you got angry and started a little war you want to win, now your seeing how i disprove you, your now trying to get back up, but your just gunna fail ;)" (This person did not disprove anything.)

4. Insults: This is where everything falls apart. This ranges from swears to extremely clever insults.

Example: "and youre clearly a child to sit there and spend ur time readig comments of 3 trolls fighting! u have no f***en life! u have nothing to live for! I know dumba**es loove to get the last say stage is yours......... I wont be replying to a piece of s*** who is beneath me...Talk to yourself! and watch you get flagged" (In this example, notice the personal attacks that take the place of a logical response. You will probably be entertained to know that ironically, this person got flagged.)

2nd Example: "There are other reasons why he might not have responded to you, other than the one that insures that you look great and that [person he was arguing with before] is a coward. Of course, you will deny this because of the aforementioned being full of yourself. You always have to be right, and you always need the last word. Everyone who tries to deny you these things are *whatever insult you come up with.* And everyone who stops arguing with you because you have these qualities is a coward. You're almost a troll." (This example is clever, accurate, and also very personal instead of being a generic phrase like 'idiot.')

5. This is where it simply peters out into insults until somebody leaves. This step can take months and can be followed by step #3. This step is unique to each argument and depends greatly on the people involved.

6. This step has two directions: Silence or Repeat. Silence takes place when no one else jumps in. Repeat occurs when someone replies to whoever is perceived to be the loser of the argument, calling them an idiot. In a repeat situation, the argument starts up again from any of the previous steps, depending on the sophistication of the newcomer. 

The three exceptions to this were arguments I participated in and guided away from this. If you remember this and avoid it as much as possible, keeping as close to the argument and actual logic as you can without insulting your opponents, you can avoid having a Youtube argument going this direction. To actually see that happen naturally would be amazing.