HomeNot here of course, but at other places, we all know the types...trolls and kinds like that, what the hell's up with them? And why are there so damn many of them? I'm sure everybody knows the type, the ones that on a message board come up with the absolute DUMBEST things to post, I can't even begin to think of all the crap I've read over the years and you can't do anything with these morons because block them, delete them, they come back tenfold. Now I can understand that stupidity can spread among idiots like a wildfire and the anonymity of the internet makes it that much easier, but still there's the age old question of WHY?
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Why are so many people on the internet complete idiots?
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Why are so many people on the internet complete idiots?
by Supernova Sun Feb 20, 2011 3:22 am
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Re: Why are so many people on the internet complete idiots?
by RedBedroom Sun Feb 20, 2011 3:46 am
Ugh, I agree with you. And it really doesn't matter what type board one visits (the exception being here, seriously..enough said, don't want to jinx it!).
I enjoy scapbooking. Earlier this month, on a scrapbooking forum, I posted that I had seen a Youtube video by a woman who had more scrapbooking stuff than she would ever use and she wasn't a seller of product or taught classes. She literally has over $60,000 worth of shit. People slammed me something fierce for judging her. I did not post the video (in case she was a member there!) and I could not believe people jumped on me as they did.
One really has to have a thick skin to post online. And I don't always have a thick skin. So, some shit really bugs me.
I enjoy scapbooking. Earlier this month, on a scrapbooking forum, I posted that I had seen a Youtube video by a woman who had more scrapbooking stuff than she would ever use and she wasn't a seller of product or taught classes. She literally has over $60,000 worth of shit. People slammed me something fierce for judging her. I did not post the video (in case she was a member there!) and I could not believe people jumped on me as they did.
One really has to have a thick skin to post online. And I don't always have a thick skin. So, some shit really bugs me.
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Re: Why are so many people on the internet complete idiots?
by Supernova Sun Feb 20, 2011 3:49 am
I hear that. I get attacked for every little thing, 'oh you're homeschooled so you're a brainwashed fundie who's antisocial', 'oh you're a Christian so you believe blah blah blah', 'oh you think prisoners re-offend because they like prison?', 'oh you don't understand why these girls were so offended at being called 'psycho' so you've NEVER been a teenaged girl', 'oh you don't get why this woman in this sitcom was being such a bitch on her period so you've never had PMS', 'oh you believe in waiting until marriage so you're a pathetic loser nobody would even want to sleep with', I get it on EVERY single thing basically.
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Re: Why are so many people on the internet complete idiots?
by Alan Smithee Sun Feb 20, 2011 9:27 am
Why are there so many of them? Because there are over 6 billion people on the planet and many of them use the Internet, a place where you're basically anonymous. To some people that’s enough to remove the governor form that part of their brain that’s present when they have to speak with someone face to face.
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Re: Why are so many people on the internet complete idiots?
by Forgiveness Man Sun Feb 20, 2011 9:50 am
WHY? Because it's easy for them and we live in a world that rewards such behavior.
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Re: Why are so many people on the internet complete idiots?
by Tony Marino Sun Feb 20, 2011 10:19 am
They can sit behind their computer and do whatever they want with no consequences. Its the people that feed into them that are the problem. Trolls should be ignored and they will eventually go away when no one pays them any attention.
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Re: Why are so many people on the internet complete idiots?
by Shale Sun Feb 20, 2011 10:45 am
The Internet is the classic car full of teenage boys yelling insulting comments to girls on the sidewalk, knowing they can just drive away without any real interraction, thinking how witty they are, when in fact they are just a car full of teenage jerks.alan smithee wrote:Why are there so many of them? Because there are over 6 billion people on the planet and many of them use the Internet, a place where you're basically anonymous. To some people that’s enough to remove the governor form that part of their brain that’s present when they have to speak with someone face to face.
(or adult rednecks, campesinos, home boys who will never get it)
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Re: Why are so many people on the internet complete idiots?
by MandyPerfumeGirl Sun Feb 20, 2011 12:06 pm
It's true, many people on internet (not on CC though) are idiots. I think it's because they have anonymity - they feel they can say what they want and never have to suffer the consequences (like a slap in the face, which most times would be justified.) They have that mask covering their identity - they're not gutsy enough to expose their identity, just to blast someone else's. Also, I think they're just mean-spirited and judgmental - people, generally it seems, hate what they don't understand.
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Re: Why are so many people on the internet complete idiots?
by MandyPerfumeGirl Sun Feb 20, 2011 12:09 pm
Supernova wrote:I hear that. I get attacked for every little thing, 'oh you're homeschooled so you're a brainwashed fundie who's antisocial', 'oh you're a Christian so you believe blah blah blah', 'oh you think prisoners re-offend because they like prison?', 'oh you don't understand why these girls were so offended at being called 'psycho' so you've NEVER been a teenaged girl', 'oh you don't get why this woman in this sitcom was being such a bitch on her period so you've never had PMS', 'oh you believe in waiting until marriage so you're a pathetic loser nobody would even want to sleep with', I get it on EVERY single thing basically.
I'm so sorry they've been so mean, Super. All of us on CC will take care of you!
I know how you feel though, I've been bullied for certain beliefs I have. It's just terrible.
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Re: Why are so many people on the internet complete idiots?
by Chris Sun Feb 20, 2011 12:12 pm
For too many people, the anonymity of Internet message boards and blogs gives them the chance live out their sixth grade glory years; being as bratty, hit-and-run, attention seeking, or as fraudulent as possible, without any real consequence. I've been online for fifteen years, and have pretty much seen it all. If you wouldn't want your mother to read what you just posted, then don't post it.
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