WARNING: I reproduce rude, crude, obscene, lewd and stupid words/remarks placed on my user page here.
If you have delicate sensibilities, you may be offended by this page. I, on the other hand, am very amused by such antics and enjoy analyzing the motivation and style of the examples. I admit to some sadness that the perpetrators often seem so limited of vocabulary, so scant of originality. I blame TV, video games, and the newest limiter of subtle verbal expressiveness, text messaging.
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My First Vandalism
Ah, you never forget the first vandalism of your user page because of anti-vandalism work! It is a special and precious moment. Tonight was mine. This was the text put on my user page diff:
- I'm some guy (with a really shit name) who can't stay out of other peoples business who knows a little about being gay. I've been gay for 35 years. Oink oink u fatty, leave the badger lord alone
- Pig Pig Pig PIg Pig PIg Pig Pig pig pig pig pig pig pig pig pig pig pig
My crime was removing an odd paragraph from the badger article. But it was a paragraph someone cherished and wished to protect. Alas, poor paragraph, so brief a life... --Pigmantalk • contribs 03:17, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
More Pleasantries
This one was less creative than the first.
- I'M SOME FAT LAZY CUM GUZZLING PIG MAN.diff
I sense a pattern here. These boys (I think it's safe to assume they are male) apparently believe I would be offended by being called gay or by saying I have sex with men. I'm supposed to be offended and deeply ashamed. My analysis shows that people most often insert concepts or phrases into insults which would offend themselves. It's a mirror effect. Deeply insecure in their own masculinity, questioning someone else's is the worst thing they can imagine. Sad, really. Pigman 01:30, 1 October 2007 (UTC)
Dreams of grandiosity
From Flipcanmac (talk · contribs), apparently upset at my deletion of the article on Michael Macken:
- Though you know what you don't even deserve to have him on this site, so i hope you take him off & if you don't i will do it myself. Wait 4 months & I won't need to make a page. Everyone will know his name.
- SUCK MY COCK YOU UGLY FAGGOT BITCH diff
Demands of oral sexual gratification as an insult seem closely tied to issues of dominance and aggression. Of course, in instances like this the aim is not to gain oral sex but to assert the implied dominance/submissive paradigm. The violent and aggressive tone is intended to cow the target (me), to evoke the fear/flight response. Thus the capitalized (shouting) text version of it in the example above. Unfortunately, text is not a very good medium for conveying threats. However, it is an excellent medium for cowards, blowhards, bullies, and narcissists. Actually, these comments border on Narcissistic personality disorder. This fellow might possibly benefit from seeking treatment. This is not intended as an insult as much as a real concern for the anti-social tendencies shown here. I believe low ability to tolerate frustration in social situations is a sign of sociopathy but I'm not a mental health professional. Pigman☿ 01:56, 31 August 2008 (UTC)
A judgment of my editing abilities
While the following was not on my talk page, I'm always intrigued by evaluations of my skills as an editor. I'm neither egotistical nor arrogant in these matters and I try to accept criticism with an open attitude, willing to consider flaws or failures in my abilities. Thus we have this:
- I agree with you: Pigman is just that. It does not have the knowledge to edit Wikipedia. Chaos4tu (talk) 12:47, 31 August 2008 (UTC) diff
I admit I was impressed by the subtlety of "Pigman is just that." Bravo! Much better than the usual string of boring and vastly overused curse words commonly applied to me. And the excellent use of the objective pronoun "it" to refer to me (as opposed to he or she) is worthy jab as well. Still, on the whole, I have to rate it as barely a passing effort, perhaps a D on the letter grade scale. I continue to hope for exceptional expressions of disdain aimed at me. I stress I am not encouraging incivility on Wikipedia, only saying that I yearn for examples of artistry in these matters. Pigman☿ 03:41, 1 September 2008 (UTC)
Questions about my "patriotism"
- == You ==
- Your an un-patriotic fool who still lives with his mother. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Drewprovost (talk • contribs) 18:11, 9 October 2009 (UTC) [1]
Tsk, I had no idea. My deletion of David A Provost, essentially a wholly unreferenced autobiography of the user Drewprovost (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log), seems to have been a red flag about my subversive motives. The fact that it massively violated Wikipedia's biographies of living people policy couldn't possibly have been a factor. My mother would love it if I came and lived with her. Pigman☿/talk 19:39, 17 October 2009 (UTC)