In other news: the sky is blue.
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I'm an asshole.
Death threats though? That's.... Another level.
It's pretty bizarre to see how many people agree with this take though. Every single one of us has said something online we probably wouldn't say to someone's face because we all understand that a shitty comment online does not hold the same weight as one offline does. Everything on here is impersonal, offhanded, out of pocket comments with strangers you'll probably never even check the reply to. The interaction lasts as long as your attention span for it does.
It's quite literally nothing alike. Walking up to a stranger, singling them out, then saying some fucked up shit has several immediate consequences you're never exposed to online. Their facial reaction, their tone, their body language, signs we would read and associate as honest hurt we've caused which to any non-psychopath would in turn make us feel hurt for our words our actions. All shit I don't experience when I tell some dickhead to suck shit through a straw.
Humans are social creatures (no shit) and the internet is not yet advanced enough to convey every aspect we've evolved and developed to communicate properly offline.
Humans are social creatures (no shit) and the internet is not yet advanced enough to convey every aspect we've evolved and developed to communicate properly offline.
The internet supports high res video chat. If you can't convey the same shit over video chat that you can in a real face to face conversation then I need to ask how you use telepathy because I want to as well.
Mm, yes, I really really really want to turn on a full body video camera every time I read and respond to online comments. That sounds super fucking practical with the technology and online social structures that we could implement it tomorrow. You're a revolutionary who will be praised by historians for centuries to come.
By advanced I mean a solution that isn't so flagrantly stupid yet accomplishes the same or similar goals as offline interactions. We can't even reliably convey sarcasm without overtly stating it - defeating the point of sarcasm.
Are you being sarcastic? Or am I? 🤔 That's not a problem of the technology. That's a problem with the method of communication.
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