Ragemo - The New Age Emo : Tell-Tale signs and How to Deal With Them.

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The words displayed here may or may not have been edited, and may or may not have taken place. The words said here are for example only, and are not here for defimation of character or to show discrimination towards any one individual.

The name Porcelain does not denote any specific person, and is to be taken only a username of an internet chatroom. Any similarities are due only to lack of imagination and coincidence only.

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------ Introduction ------

Vincent:  Hey man! How long you been here?
Porcelain: Oh, only a few moments, my backwards mullet wearing puny armed emo fiend.
Vincent:    You're losing your game, friend. You've been deduced to name calling, I've hardly ever seen you do so.

I believe that I have found a new type of Emo in this lifetime. I am not sure if it has been specifically classified yet, but until a suitable name comes up I'm going to call them RAGEmo's.( The name is a work in progress, feel free to leave a comment with a name suggestion. From this point on, the term will be refered to as R.E.)

What I have noticed of an R.E. is that they are constantly found online, at least 5 in a popular chatroom per a 24 hour period. They're not hard to find, and I'm sure each and every one of you have run into one before if you happen to frequent chatrooms. They also return often, dispite thier "utter disgust" with the room or the people in it. 

------ Warning Signs & Quick Combat ------

The signs of an R.E. are as follows :

1) Constantly trying to pick a fight with someone in the chatroom constantly pointing out the following :
 a) Lack of a life due to constant internet time
 b) Lack of intelegence (spelling, text, or use of grammer or words)
 c) flaws of age (no job, no money, no social life)
 d) flaws of sight (looks, style in clothes)
2) Like Scenesters, will look for acknowladgement and agreement from other Ragemo's.
3) Constantly in a state of "High Horse", feeling or expressing how they are better than you.
4) Ignores people who make a point and can disprove thier assumptions
5) Will claim that they are not looking for an argument when giving one.
6) Will talk about how the world is pathetic, and the people in it are worse.
7) When at a loss for words, or angered, will resort to being a 5 year old and call people names.

If you get into an argument with an R.E., be warned. They do not give up, because they are much too full of themselves. They believe you are the scum of the world, and that your words mean nothing.

However, if you want to shut one up there are ways to do it. They will, of course, come back later with a retort that means absolutely nothing and is far to late to have an impact, or will make up an excuse at a time when a flaw of thier own shows (Including not being able to disprove something you say) and say that they must go. Don't worry, however, they almost always return.

Porcelain: So if he's bored and wants to pass time maybe he should study political sciences. Then his entries might make a little more sense and would whine alot less to the ready.
Porcelain: *reader
Porcelain: ... This is a sure sign that I need coffee.
Porcelain: I will return.

Now, certen ways to combat an R.E. is to turn around what he or she is saying aginst themselves. With the constant internet time, comment on the fact that they themselves happen to be online quite a bit themselves. In a lack of intelegence, point out that his assumptions are based on absolutely no fact. With age, sight or spelling just ignore the comments. This will most likely do the most effective of combat, as it takes away the attention that they so highly prize.

To combat the High Horse state, use sign 5 aginst themselves. They say that the people in this world are pathetic. However, they themselves will do nothing but sit and whine about it. They may think of themselves as something great, but they are far to lazy to try and fix this problem that they see. An elitest never likes to be called lazy, this will throw them into further rage and can be rather entertaining.

You will notice that if you end up making them at a loss for words, if you've seriously shut them down, they will claim that you are not worthy of talking to. They will make up another assumption and claim that you aren't worth thier time. This is an easy way for them to continue to feel better than you, and get rid of the threat that opposes them. Take this as a sign you've gotten under thier skin, because the main reason they come into a chatroom is to screw with people to no extent. If they don't want to talk to you any further, it's only because they know that if they continue to they'll be made a fool of.

------ R.E. Tactics & In Depth Disection ------

R.E.'s main fuel is your anger. It makes them, for lack of a better term, get off. They thrive on it, it gives them the addreneline to say more and do more. Thier main parade begins with a baseless insult. It is beyond the "Your Mama's", it's not a direct insult of intelegence. It's often a direct attack at your personal life or personality itself.

What they expect you to do with the insult is to try to defend yourself. During your own defence, they pray on the fact you will be angered by the ideal that they are wrong. If you speak quickly, you will miss some crutial fact, and they will find another flaw, and continue on thier parade. If you speak slowly, they will have another insult out before you can defend your first, and will be further insulted upon the fact that you are slow.

Mix all this in with a few random insults out of nowhere, and they quickly pile up an assault of words and assumptions. Which, in real life is actually called "Assault" and is a criminal offense. (What did you think the "Assault" in "Assault & Battery" ment? However, this subject is another article for another time) As moronic as it sounds, it works.

Porcelain: Your blog entries say it all. Half of the time you don't even know what you are talking about and alot of it is formulated from your personal opinion. Not so much observatin or conviction concerning the matter.

The reason it works is because nobody is perfect, and everyone has flaws. Each point in your life can be taken in a wrong way. If you spell a word wrong, you can be called an idiot. If you are upset about something, you can be called emo. If you don't have a picture in an online profile, you can be called ugly. If you have a blog (hint hint) you can be called biased, opinionated and that you don't know what you're talking about. There is a long list that a person like this could pull from. The following is a very small example list :

1) Pictures
 A) Lack of picture
  I)If Male - Pedofile/Old: Faking age to get young women
  II)If Female - Ugly or is really a Guy and is Gay
 B) With Picture
  I) Comment on obvious flaws (Acne, obesity, bad haircut, dumbfounded look)
  II) steriotypical looks (Emo, Gay, Slut, Nerd, Goth, Scenester)
2) Lifestyle
 A) Extensive Online Time (No Outside Life)
  I) Friends in the Chatroom/Well Known
  II) Chat Time Logs
  III) Blog/Internet Journal/Forum Post Times
 B) Ineternet connection type
  I) Dial Up/Modem - Poor : Must be uneducated/lives in a trailor
  II) Cable/Wireless and higher - Rich : Must be a snob/bitch and stuck up.
 C) Smoking/Drinking - Weak for falling to addiction
3) Age
 A) Young (12-17)
  I) Cannot fend for yourself
  II) Feeding off Parents
  III) No Job
  IV) No Money
 B) Older (18-Up)
  I) Too old to be hanging around kids
  II) Looking for younger people who will solicite themselves
  III) Discrimination of Job
4) Webcam
 A) If Young (12-17) - Showing yourself off to other people (Slut if Female, Pervert if Male)
 B) If Older (18-Up) - Showing yourself off to younger people (Pedofileif Male, Whore if Female) 
5) Using alternative chat program - Must be a script kiddy/wanna be hacker. (In other words : Poser)
6) Religion (I'm not even going to get into this one, let's just say all religions can be twisted in pretty sick ways)

These things don't have to be true, in fact that's the power behind them. The internet is a place where people can, and usually do, come to be something that they are not. Everything else is left behind, therefore anything you say to defend yourself could be "Just another lie". There is no accurate defence aginst the accusations, making the amunition unavoidable. The world loves a juicy bit of drama, and this person is delivering it to them. You can't prove them wrong, but they don't need to be proven correct. The automatic setting in most persons mind for a bit of gossip is "True". Once you defend yourself, they've taken target. They will continue down the list until you reveal another fact for them to exploit. This will continue until they reach a pinacle.

This is thier climax. They receive an extreem rush, and feel that what they have just said will make an unavoidable impact, like the feeling a director would get when all the peices fall into place with perfect timing. In thier minds, there is nothing else you can say that will matter. After one such moment, if you do not respond with something that they cannot exploit, they will move on.

Porcelain: I think I'll just take you the way God intended for you to be took...
Porcelain: as a JOKE!
Porcelain: I'm done with ya

------ Combat Tips ------

There's not many ways to combat this type of person. One main tactic, however, is to ignore groundless facts. Insults are a pain in the ass, but why in the hell do you care? These things aren't true, the people who are around you won't believe them if they're your friends, and all you have to do to tick the R.E. off is twist thier words.

Once he goes on long enough, and you pay attention, you'll be able to do it. If he comments on the fact that someone spends too much time online and must have no life, ask the R.E. how long he spends online. Trust me when I say it will be in the high areas, but he will try to hide this fact somehow. If he comments on the fact someone forgets a period, or a comma, or perhaps spells a word wrong: There will be a time when you can do the same to him.

Your goal in all of this is to make the R.E., who deems themselves better than all others, to the same mental level as "Everyone else". If you can catch them in the same flaws that they insult, then you make them listen to the only people worth listening to, Them. They will not like being the same as you.

One tell-tale sign that you can see that shows you're getting to a R.E. is the fact that they will cling to any opertunity to make you seem less intelegent. Thier insults will become much more dramatic, and alot less understandable.

Vincent: You're getting ticked because I speak with infoulable logic and common sense.
Porcelain: It's infallible, you moron. You really are a pathetic excuse for a human being.

This is one such example, as well as a common one. A simple mistake of spelling advanced into a complete assumption of human life. R.E.'s will take any advangate to thier disposal to throw out a high grade insult, even with no base fact or background for the simple reason that it hits hard and fast. However, there is a slight flaw in this previous statement.

Before, Porcelain would of continued this insult with a remark on low intelegence, lack of funds from parents for a high grade school or perhaps a wasted attempt of trying to "seem more intelegent". But as you can see in this case, he has done nothing within connection. Not to mention he actually made a mistake in word usage, and this is very rare when it comes to R.E.'s

------ Final Words ------

By now, if you're actually combating one of these R.E.'s, you're more than likely having fun. I don't blame you one bit. The way these people conduct themselves it's nigh imposible to hit a nerve, but once you do it it becomes easier and easier every time. What they say means less and less, and your display in front of others will become amusing.

You will turn the person who was hated by everyone into someone who is laughed at by everyone. Eventually this person will dissapear into the darkness that is the internet, onto some new chatroom where he can become a nuisence again.

These people can also be found in real life. I'm sure you know a few. People who are just complete morons, sitting on a high horse, or claiming that they are better than you. It won't take you long to be able to find a few of these people in your place of work, at your school, or even inside your own home. They're everywhere!

Do us all a favor! With your help we can make people like this dissapear! Don't waste your time arguing unless you're seriously bored (Which does waste some time. This is the only use they have.) If you take away the attention that they crave, they must move onto the next place. If this word spreads far, then many people will ignore people such as this. Eventually this sad subculture will die out, and we can move on. It's now up to you.