Just wondering as there are some people toxic either online or itl, but are the people online just as toxic as they are online or are they a different person irl?
Hopefully this post makes some sense.
Yes, of course.
Rarely do people have the time to be crafty in direct conversation, and don’t want to be perceived as assholes. That’s why they do it online.
It’s worse in real life, because it’s personal. You will experience the absolute depth of human cruelty from the people you love the most.
Yes. Some people are just assholes and don’t care what they say or do. Online anonymity let’s people who are too afraid of consequences (in real life) be assholes too.
Online anonymity also let’s people forget that the people they’re being assholes too have real feelings. It’s not just retaliation that stops them. Most of us really don’t want to hurt someone, but some need a reminder that online folks are just as real.
A similar phenomenon happens with road rage
They can be. Think of the incidents like that lady calling little kids racial slurs (then getting a fat check from fund raising), or how some people act in customer service situations. Or I mean, random assaults and shootings. Online can give anyone anonymity, which is definitely often abused, but some people feel that way in public surrounded by people they don’t know.
Have you not been paying attention to political news lately?
Yes. Mean people existed before the Internet, after all.
There are unpleasant people in real life too, yes. Most online trolls will put a mask on their assholerly in real life because there are more likely consequences but enough act that way regardless. Protesting humanitarian marches, arguing for the death of people different than them, etc. The existence of neonazi groups and the global pedophile/rape and murder cabal noted in the Epstein files is really all the proof you need.
Yes, but very few and I think they might have personality disorders.
Some people actually be toxic irl and have a false persona of a “good person” on their online (real name) accounts
Worse, even! At least online they can’t physically hurt you.
Remembering my childhood…yeah. yeah they can be just little jerks. They became quieter jerks whenever I kicked them in the shins with my little cowboy boots.
Only the Dutch.
What, someone stole your bitterbal?
I just meant, they are exactly as mean online as they are in real life, it’s not that they’re particularly mean just direct and no filter so less of a difference.
I’m convinced the whole Dutch directness thing is just a marketing ploy to put a positive spin on their poor communication and apathy.
People tend to be less mean irl. Either because they are likely to have to deal with you again or because they are afraid to be punched in the face.
But there are mean people IRL too.
Yes, people who have completely shaped themselves based on the internet (zoomers)
I think tha’s what made early internet nice and new internet bad - early internet is people who are used to politeness and being normal using the internet as a tool ot be more sociable, new internet is people with fried dopamine receptors who are used to porn, gore and bullying and get points for saying shocking things.
Nope. There have always been assholes, online and in real life. This is not a generational problem.
