[ SECRET POST #4161 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #4161 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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Comments

Re: Jesus

[thewakokid]

Stupid question. I know why people are like this. HOW do these people let themselves get so far down the road of hating your opponents that this seems like something that could ever be ok?

Re: Jesus

[(Anonymous)]

Probably part of it is that it's online. Somehow I doubt most of those people- or internet trolls or assholes in general- would be able to go up to a person in real life and say what they say. The distance lets people spew whatever thoughts most people know are wrong to say out loud in relative safety.

Or, the alternative is they ARE the type of people who say those thoughts out loud in real life, and have been ostracized by normal society already, leaving them only internet echo chambers for acceptance. It's a bitter downward spiral.

This is coming from someone who thinks TB did and said some shitty things.

Re: Jesus

[thewakokid]

Oh, I'm no stranger to the toxic dis-inhibition effects of anonymous or pseudonymous environments (Straight outta 4chan yo)

Some if this shit is next level, tho. I've never seen it this bad. If I could buy that these people are just trolling and don't really mean it this would stll be the most insane shit I've come across, as it is I kinda suspect they mean what they say. How does toxic disinhibition get to be THIS bad?

Re: Jesus

[(Anonymous)]

Then it's probably Option B) from above.

Re: Jesus

[thewakokid]

It's really fucking with my chill.

Re: Jesus

[(Anonymous)]

Eh, I'd think you of all people know people exaggerate their anger and outrage online for attention. At this point it's almost a race to see who can say the worst and most shocking things.

Go outside, take a walk, go to the store or something, wander around some normal people and remind yourself most people don't work themselves into violent self-indulgent celebrations over some guy dying of cancer. Even if they think he was an asshole.

Re: Jesus

[thewakokid]

That's really good advice dude, thanks.

Re: Jesus

[(Anonymous)]

The same way their opponents think it's okay to use graphic threats of rape and murder as a bludgeon. Both sides of that particular fight have been neck deep in vile, dehumanizing language for ages. The fact that it doesn't stop because someone on one side has died shouldn't really come as a surprise.

Re: Jesus

[(Anonymous)]

It's not even really something specific to this fight or this specific context, though

The same stuff is replicated all over

Re: Jesus

[thewakokid]

This is probably true.

No. I know this is true. I saw people praising that Playboy model who killed herself and her kid, and laughing about how the farther deserved it. No, People really are fucking terrible. I got a really short memory for this shit, I guess.

Re: Jesus

[thewakokid]

Yeah, That's fair. Like, I always feel based on my experiences with GG that if anything actually happened to Brianna Wu or Anita Sarkeesian, people would be human beings about it. people would condemn it and NOT gloat. And for the most part I think I'm right, but no, the idea that no-one would be utter scum... I'm kidding myself. People really can be terrible, and with twitter everyone can find the terrible people with some shocking ease.