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** "Which Linux distro is better?" or "Linux vs. Windows" or "Microsoft is evil/no it isn't/yes it is" can generate epic flame wars sometimes.

** There's also Mac vs. PC, or Elitist fags vs. Moronic man-children in the fanatics' eyes. Linux fans tend to be too dismissive of Mac and "macbook users" to argue with Mac fans, though OS Mach still being *NIX sometimes makes an alliance vs. the Windows crowd (see [[Alt Text]] [http://xkcd.com/272/ here]).

** Direct Rendering Manager? (i.e. this brings us to the part about Linux vs. Windows).

** But since we have a choice, which desktop environment? Gnome, KDE, LXDE, Xfce, Compiz? That wasn't too hot, but things got much more lively when freshly baked Unity dropped in the middle of Ubuntu. Unity is very much [[Love It or Hate It]] - is it the desktop environment revolution or a pile of widgets glued with Mac love, not fit even for LiveCD?

* Mac vs. PC. Est. 1981.

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*** Unless you count the Apple Lisa, which predated the Mac by a few years. Or the Apple I, II, III, etc., which were driven by CLIs instead of the now-standard GUIs.

* CLI vs. GUI. Command line users trumpet the superior freedom and customization options of a CLI, while graphical users like to have things like a window system and a mouse.

* iOS vs Android. Used to be vs [[BlackBerry]] to a lesser extent, but the other two are the primary combatants today. This one's only been around a few years, because smartphones have only been around a few years.

* iOS vs. Android. Used to be vs. BlackBerry to a lesser extent, but the other two are the primary combatants today. This one's only been around a few years, because smartphones have only been around a few years.

== Tabletop Games ==

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** Another sensitive issue is whether or not a few people [[Digital Piracy Is Evil|pirating games]] really hurt game developers. Topics also somehow get morals involved.

** [[DRM]] is the new big one, unique in that there are very few people actually supporting it, yet the Angry Internet Men somehow manage to start a flame war anyway.

*** (in a carefully innocent tone): What's with "Direct Rendering Manager"? <ref>translation: this ''also'' brings us to the part about Linux vs. Windows - see above - in no time, via old good "Wait, you guys are ''paying'' to install what you ''know'' is ''malware''?.." bait</ref>

* Say ''anything'' about [[Sonic the Hedgehog]]. Really, almost ''[[Broken Base|ANYTHING]]''. Good, Bad... it doesn't matter. The haters and trolls will burn anything positive and piss on the ashes, and the [[Fan Dumb]] loyalists of the franchise will not only feed the Trolls by commenting back, but they'll burn the slightest negative comment too- even constructive criticism of the more mediocre games of the series.

* Go to a forum with lots of fans of ''[[Mega Man (video game)|Mega Man]]'', ''[[Mega Man X]]'', ''[[Mega Man Zero]]'', and ''[[Mega Man ZX]]'', and talk about ''[[Mega Man Battle Network]]''. Go on. I dare you.

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* ''[[Fallout]] [[Fallout 1|1]]'' and ''[[Fallout 2|2]]'' fans vs ''[[Fallout 3]]'' fans. No, you're not allowed to like both at the same time.

* Behold, the inner workings of [[Nasuverse|Kinoko Nasu's]] fans:

{{quote|'''Poster A:''' I'm going to objectively state how I feel about [[Fate/stay night|Heavens Feel]].~~<br />~~

{{quote|'''Poster A:''' I'm going to objectively state how I feel about [[Fate/stay night|Heavens Feel]].

'''Poster B:''' Fuck you, I feel the opposite of you and like Unlimited Blade Works better.~~<br />~~

'''Poster B:''' Fuck you, I feel the opposite of you and like Unlimited Blade Works better.

'''Poster C:''' [[Tsukihime|Shiki]] can kill servants. Discuss.~~<br />~~

'''Poster C:''' [[Tsukihime|Shiki]] can kill servants. Discuss.

'''Poster D:''' [[Word of God|He can not.]] [[Author Existence Failure|Nasu agreed, don't dig him about about it.]]~~<br />~~

'''Poster D:''' [[Word of God|He can not.]] [[Author Existence Failure|Nasu agreed, don't dig him about about it.]]

'''Poster E:''' [[Fanon Discontinuity|There is no Tsukihime anime.]] }}

** Repeat ad nauseum.