Ever so many years FR explodes into a general brawl. In 1999-2000 it was much wilder than now. I'll tell you, them was some factions that knew how to food fight. The future of western civilization was at stake on every thread.
Those were volitile times . . . hazardous to post anything with any emotional punch at all--especially about some topics.
There is--probably in most humans--especially of the male variety--an urge to enjoy a food fight.
But the mess afterward is really not attractive and plenty dysfunctional.