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* SingleIssueWonk

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* BaseBreaker

* EditWar

It sometimes leads to people saying "PassThePopcorn." Here's a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QyYaPWasos video]] from ''CollegeHumor'' [[WeDidntStartTheBillyJoelParodies setting the whole concept to a Billy Joel song.]]

It sometimes leads to people saying "PassThePopcorn." Here's a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QyYaPWasos video]] [[WeDidntStartTheBillyJoelParodies setting the whole concept to a Billy Joel song.]]

''No examples, please. Everything can cause this to an extent, whether it's on the Internet or not. While there are other tropes wikis which may contain examples, ''refrain from bringing examples or 'tude back from those other places.''

''No examples, please. Everything can cause this to an extent, whether it's on the Internet or not.''

''No examples, please. Everything can cause this to an extent, whether if it's on the Internet or not.''

''No examples on this site, please. Everything can cause this to an extent, whether if it's on the Internet or not, Look the examples at [[http://allthetropes.wikia.com/wiki/Internet_Backdraft All the Tropes]], The Other Trope Wiki.''

''No examples on this wiki, please. Everything can cause this to an extent, whether if it's on the Internet or not, Look the examples at [[http://allthetropes.wikia.com/wiki/Internet_Backdraft All the Tropes]], The Other Trope Wiki.''

''No examples, please. Everything can cause this to an extent, whether if it's on the Internet or not.''

* ComputerWars

* ConsoleWars

* PCVsConsole

* EightPointEight

The single item in common for these is that people outside the involved communities are astounded that anyone could care enough about the issue to get in any kind of argument about it at all, much less a ''big'' argument.

This is also known as [[http://catb.org/jargon/html/H/holy-wars.html "Holy Wars"]]. {{Troll}}s and FanDumb are drawn to to them like flies to a carcass. Mike Reed's Flame Warriors refers to this, when the metaphorical "door" is opened on purpose, as a [[http://www.flamewarriorsguide.com/warriorshtm/grenade.htm Grenade]]. It is also why we have the RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment, and one of the most frequent reasons for a trope page specifying NoRealLifeExamplesPlease. Some tropes and/or audience reactions are themselves this - which is why they are listed as FlameBait.

This is also known as [[http://catb.org/jargon/html/H/holy-wars.html "Holy Wars"]]. {{Troll}}s and FanDumb are drawn to to them like flies to a carcass. Mike Reed's Flame Warriors refers to this, when the metaphorical "door" is opened on purpose, as a [[http://www.flamewarriorsguide.com/warriorshtm/grenade.htm Grenade]]. It is also why we have TheRuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment, and one of the most frequent reasons for a trope page specifying NoRealLifeExamplesPlease. Some tropes and/or audience reactions are themselves this - which is why they are listed as FlameBait.

This is also known as [[http://catb.org/jargon/html/H/holy-wars.html "Holy Wars"]]. {{Troll}}s and FanDumb are drawn to to them like flies to a carcass. Mike Reed's Flame Warriors refers to this, when the metaphorical "door" is opened on purpose, as a [[http://www.flamewarriorsguide.com/warriorshtm/grenade.htm Grenade]].

It sometimes leads to people saying "PassThePopcorn." Here's a [[http://blog.wired.com/underwire/2009/04/flame-war-video.html video]] [[WeDidntStartTheBillyJoelParodies setting the whole concept to a Billy Joel song.]]

Poor, innocent, hapless newbie wanders into a forum and wonders aloud if that guy in that show should be with that girl in that show. The forum erupts into flames, igniting all the boards that deal with the show, which ignites whole sections of the Internet into a blazing Inferno.

This is also known as [[http://catb.org/jargon/html/H/holy-wars.html "Holy Wars"]]. {{Troll}}s and FanDumb are drawn to to them like flies to a carcass. Mike Reed's Flame Warriors refers to this, when the metaphorical "door" is opened on purpose, as a [[http://www.flamewarriorsguide.com/warriorshtm/grenade.htm]].

This is also known as [[http://catb.org/jargon/html/H/holy-wars.html "Holy Wars"]]. {{Troll}}s and FanDumb are drawn to to them like flies to a carcass. Mike Reed's Flame Warriors refers to this, when the metaphorical "door" is opened on purpose, as a [[http://redwing.hutman.net/~mreed/warriorshtm/grenade.htm Grenade]].