Internet = Serious Business....or does it?
Do you express any kind of emotions when socializing online?
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FinalBoss
#levelupyourgrind
Whenever this picture would pop up during debates on the net, I couldn't help but to lol. However, I later started to think about the overall message it was trying to convey. Now, this subject is something that lingers in my mind every now and then, but now I'm finally taking the initiative to address it. Just how serious do you take content on the internet? Where do you draw the line from being too apathetic to too emotional?
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I think it's nice to have passionate debate over the internet. I don't see how it's different from having a debate in person or through letters.
I also think it's possible to have trivial debates over the internet, as well as in person.
I also think it's possible to have trivial debates over the internet, as well as in person.
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The internet can be as serious, or as meaningless, as real life. It's all in how you act and how you see things.
I think a lot of trouble comes from being unsure whether a person is being honest or trolling. A lot of people say shit just to annoy others, but at the same time, a lot of people have opinions that greatly differ from the majority. If a guy says that one of the most critically acclaimed books of all time is shitty, is he trying to piss people off or giving his honest opinion? Without any physical cues or body language, it can be hard, if not impossible, to tell.
I think a lot of trouble comes from being unsure whether a person is being honest or trolling. A lot of people say shit just to annoy others, but at the same time, a lot of people have opinions that greatly differ from the majority. If a guy says that one of the most critically acclaimed books of all time is shitty, is he trying to piss people off or giving his honest opinion? Without any physical cues or body language, it can be hard, if not impossible, to tell.
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This is how I see the internet. 30% of it is stuff that triggers an emotional response in some way. 20% gets the gears in my brain turning and the other 50% make me want to fap.
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Apart from mainstream news channels, I can't trust anything or take it seriously.
I like the rant. I can't beleive the tiny amount of maturity that exists online.
Also, I've stopped using sarcasm since it was obviously impossible to understand on here, regardless of how bloody easy I made it to understand.
I like the rant. I can't beleive the tiny amount of maturity that exists online.
Also, I've stopped using sarcasm since it was obviously impossible to understand on here, regardless of how bloody easy I made it to understand.
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As long as you don't feed the trolls, yeah I can take the internet seriously, I just usually don't. I don't give a crap what people I don't know say about me on the internet (hell I barely care about people I do know), I doubt I'm ever gonna meet any of them so why should I care. And getting emotion over something is fine, I just usually don't.
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Strangers versus people I know. That's where the line is. It's a joke if you take a stranger's insults or arguments as a dead serious matter. You can get emotional or whatever it doesn't really matter in the long run.
The picture and subsequent turn of phrase people throw out all the time is poor trolling. It's an easy way to bait someone who is already running high emotionally.
The picture and subsequent turn of phrase people throw out all the time is poor trolling. It's an easy way to bait someone who is already running high emotionally.
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If I don't know them personally, I don't see the reason affected. In the end, my time online serves my own purposes only, whetever it is about passing time or getting infomation. If I can't gain new entertainment or insight, why bother? It's highly unlikely that the people who post provoking material are going to change their opinion just because I tell them to.
People in the internet know that the other has no real means to make them take responsibility, so they don't have to take it. Getting too involved would be waste of time. And while wasting time that way might not be immature, it's quite naive.
People in the internet know that the other has no real means to make them take responsibility, so they don't have to take it. Getting too involved would be waste of time. And while wasting time that way might not be immature, it's quite naive.
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FinalBoss
#levelupyourgrind
Komamura3578 wrote...
This is how I see the internet. 30% of it is stuff that triggers an emotional response in some way. 20% gets the gears in my brain turning and the other 50% make me want to fap.What about the percent that you have apathy towards?
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Kavi wrote...
If I don't know them personally, I don't see the reason affected. In the end, my time online serves my own purposes only, whetever it is about passing time or getting infomation. If I can't gain new entertainment or insight, why bother? It's highly unlikely that the people who post provoking material are going to change their opinion just because I tell them to. People in the internet know that the other has no real means to make them take responsibility, so they don't have to take it. Getting too involved would be waste of time. And while wasting time that way might not be immature, it's quite naive.
Well said.
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Fruid
Lurker of Threads
What's interesting about the internet is the vast amount of information and yet the tiny amount of people willing to divulge into that. Simply browse CNN's political twitter and look at the number of stupid and mindless comments in caps that come from (what I assume to be, who else would watch CNN politics?) adults. Really annoys me how my comments are placed in a sea of retards and blah blah blah /rant.
No, don't take the internet too seriously, or you'll end up like an idiot that rants about other idiots on CNN's twitter.
No, don't take the internet too seriously, or you'll end up like an idiot that rants about other idiots on CNN's twitter.
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The internet is only SB if I have something financial at stake. Or some things are so rage inducing, anyone would blow.
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FinalBoss wrote...
Komamura3578 wrote...
This is how I see the internet. 30% of it is stuff that triggers an emotional response in some way. 20% gets the gears in my brain turning and the other 50% make me want to fap.What about the percent that you have apathy towards?
There's no such thing on the internet.
