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** In general, it's a bad idea to ask if people should disable comments or not. These usuall escalate into flames shouting "They just can't handle criticism!" VS "People should have the right to censor comments they don't like!" VS "They're just over-sensitive" VS "People won't stop trolling!" and variations thereof.
** In general, ''never'' mention you have autism/Asperger syndrome (or that you know someone who does). Otherwise, you'll just bring up the old flame war of "Autistics are people too!" VS "Ass-Burgers is just an excuse to be a jerk!".
*** Pretty much any disability falls under this, unfortunately. Especially due to the sheer number of [[troll]]s that lurk about DeviantArt that just love to post Anti-(insert disability here) images just to
** Clubs in DA seem to be specifically centered around these lately. For every Pro-(insert topic here) club, there's about 20 Anti-(insert topic here) clubs created just to incite flames, and vice versa.
*** Likewise, '''never''' make a club about a specific artist (regardless of whether you like them or not). Chaos will ensue no matter what.
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*** Especially when the "Daily Deviation" in question is ''fanart'' of any sort.
** Three words. [[Axis Powers Hetalia|Axis. Powers. Hetalia.]] Simply '''mentioning''' this show ''anywhere'' on DA is bound to create an unstoppable inferno.
* Thanks to a few high profile cases, mentioning [[Something Awful]] anywhere, or that you're a "Goon", is just an invitation for very opinionated people to declare the place as the bane of the interbutts.
* And even the Goons look down on the people who inhabit [[Fight Club|certain nameless imageboards]].
* Here's a fun one! Go to any Fan-Fic site, forum, or community, and ask if anyone considers [[Shotacon]] or [[Lolicon]] to be pedophilia, sit back, and break out the weenies to roast over the flames. Bonus points if you mention the great strikethrough on LJ.
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