Theoclymenus: I know ! It's like treading on eggshells in here sometimes. I know you've had problems with being downrepped before when all you were doing was being humorous :) I had a similar problem on YouTube but I got over it in the end. Ultimately it doesn't really matter. My conclusion is that the internet sucks just as badly as the real world does, except that people are generally bolder on the internet because no-one can see them.
Ackwastaken: If there is one thing the Internet has taught me, it is that people do indeed suck. Hilariously so.
It becomes funny in the end but it isn't to start with if you are a sensitive soul. Some of the threads on YouTube videos, for instance, are just all-out mutual hate-ins (well, that used to be the case). You've got to laugh or else you'd cry. There's a lot of bullying which goes on on the internet too, mostly perpetrated by clever students or other people who always seem to have the best argument to hand. It's not worth worrying about too much : the real world is still the genuine testing ground.
Theoclymenus: I know ! It's like treading on eggshells in here sometimes. I know you've had problems with being downrepped before when all you were doing was being humorous :) I had a similar problem on YouTube but I got over it in the end. Ultimately it doesn't really matter. My conclusion is that the internet sucks just as badly as the real world does, except that people are generally bolder on the internet because no-one can see them.
Momo1991: http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/shouts/2014/02/on-the-internet-nobody-knows-youre-a-human-whos-turned-into-a-dog.html Ha ha that is really funny :) The internet will be a weird and chaotic place for some time to come I reckon, and perhaps it always will be ? On the plus side it CAN be a good thing for people who, for whatever reason, "don't get out much" - but it can just as equally be a bad thing. It's not the "real" world, though, and everyone should remember that.