abuse over the interent

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in AppleOutsider edited January 2014
how many people hurl abouse at people over the internet?



next question



how many people have sworn not to but have?



well, i fall into the second catagory, dam!! i mean, it wasnt even my fault, just look at this...



http://forums.appleinsider.com/showt...threadid=65098
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  • Reply 1 of 21
    cosmonutcosmonut Posts: 4,872member
    It's very easy to use the "anonymity" of the internet to feel justified in treating others like garbage. It's not just message boards but also on XBox live, blogs, etc. I try to approach online communication like we were standing in front of each other and say only those things I'd say to another person's face. Do I always get it right? No, but I am shocked at how rude some here are toward each other.
  • Reply 2 of 21
    hardeeharharhardeeharhar Posts: 4,841member
    That ain't shit...



    Step inside PO if you really want to cut your anonymous abuse teeth...
  • Reply 3 of 21
    skatmanskatman Posts: 609member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by mbaynham

    how many people hurl abouse at people over the internet?



    next question



    how many people have sworn not to but have?



    well, i fall into the second catagory, dam!! i mean, it wasnt even my fault, just look at this...



    http://forums.appleinsider.com/showt...threadid=65098




    hmm.. where is the abuse?
  • Reply 4 of 21
    placeboplacebo Posts: 5,767member
    If somebody gets their feelings hurt on the internet, they either a) posted a picture of their ugly self or b) is ridiculously oversensitive.
  • Reply 5 of 21
    shetlineshetline Posts: 4,695member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by mbaynham

    how many people hurl abouse at people over the internet?



    It's spelled ABUSE, you f*cking moran!



    Oh, and the answer to your question: 364,575,244 people, and rising.
  • Reply 6 of 21
    ronaldoronaldo Posts: 439member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by shetline

    It's spelled ABUSE, you f*cking moran!



    Oh, and the answer to your question: 364,575,244 people, and rising.




    It is spelled moron you f------ moron
  • Reply 7 of 21
    cosmonutcosmonut Posts: 4,872member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by ronaldo

    It is spelled moron you f------ moron



    Hence the subsequent wink. Try to keep up.
  • Reply 8 of 21
    hirohiro Posts: 2,663member
    Yeah. It might have been humorous with the wrong number of dashes though.



    Some folks just don't understand how to process those implicit <humor> tags in winky posts.
  • Reply 9 of 21
    shetlineshetline Posts: 4,695member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by ronaldo

    It is spelled moron you f------ moron



    Not on "the internets" it ain't!







    (Obviously a Republican.)
  • Reply 10 of 21
    placeboplacebo Posts: 5,767member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by ronaldo

    It is spelled moron you f------ moron



    On that topic, it's spelled "internet".
  • Reply 11 of 21
    a_greera_greer Posts: 4,594member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by mbaynham

    how many people hurl abuse at people over the internet?





    Listen shit for brains, I dont hurl insults at people on the net, we clear?



    Quote:

    how many people have sworn not to but have?



    I swear here and now that I will stop hearling insults at people online effective at the end of this sentence. That work for you, numbnuts?





    ****the above post is a joke.*****
  • Reply 12 of 21
    mac_dollmac_doll Posts: 527member
    You guys make me laugh.



    You don't have to tell me about flaming and trolling. I hear it on a daily basis on the NIN fan club boards. Most of them are good people in there, but there's always that few who deem it necessary to run a contest of "Who can be the biggest, most vile shitbag?"



    What's that one phrase I keep hearing? "Arguing over the Internet is like winning the Special Olympics; even if you win, you're still retarded." Yeah, that last statement could be considered in poor taste.. but I was making a point, so in the words of NIN's Trent Reznor, "Flame away, Internet whiners."
  • Reply 13 of 21
    spindlerspindler Posts: 713member
    One of the problems is that it is hard to communicate on the Internet unless you are a writer. When you are talking to someone with your voice you use different tones of voice and you have lots of different ways to make your emotions known.



    On the internet, everything comes out very blunt because it comes out literally.



    For example if you say "No shit, Sherlock" in real life their are a hundred different ways you could say it to imply different levels of seriousness or mockery. On the internet, it just comes out one way.
  • Reply 14 of 21
    [QUOTE]Originally posted by shetline

    [B]It's spelled ABUSE, you f*cking moran!



    That reminds me, remember Rick Moranis?



    I wonder if that guy is even alive...
  • Reply 15 of 21
    mac_dollmac_doll Posts: 527member
    Yes, Mr. Moranis is very much alive and well.
  • Reply 16 of 21
    mac_dollmac_doll Posts: 527member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by spindler

    One of the problems is that it is hard to communicate on the Internet unless you are a writer. When you are talking to someone with your voice you use different tones of voice and you have lots of different ways to make your emotions known.



    On the internet, everything comes out very blunt because it comes out literally.



    For example if you say "No shit, Sherlock" in real life their are a hundred different ways you could say it to imply different levels of seriousness or mockery. On the internet, it just comes out one way.




    This is the main reason "emoticons" were invented.
  • Reply 17 of 21
    placeboplacebo Posts: 5,767member
    We have a few Morans attending my school, in fact. No joke.
  • Reply 18 of 21
    a_greera_greer Posts: 4,594member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by Mac_Doll



    What's that one phrase I keep hearing? "Arguing over the Internet is like winning the Special Olympics; even if you win, you're still retarded." Yeah, that last statement could be considered in poor taste.. but I was making a point, so in the words of NIN's Trent Reznor, "Flame away, Internet whiners."




    Brilliant post....that paragraph would be a great sig.
  • Reply 19 of 21
    a_greera_greer Posts: 4,594member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by Placebo

    We have a few Morans attending my school, in fact. No joke.



    Did you misspell Moranis or Morons? It looks like it could go either way!
  • Reply 20 of 21
    placeboplacebo Posts: 5,767member
    I meant that there's a family in my town with multiple kids attending my school with the last name "Moran".
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