Being called names by people on the net makes me wet. Seriously. It get s a little puddle going on down in the panties.
I got this comment today. It makes me wonder just how it is that we can get so worked up at someone else's opinions via such a faceless medium that we react by childish measures? Why is it so common on the internet to be both utterly superiour (My IQ is 1339) and childish (bitch) in a single post? Is it the facelessness of the medium?
Here is my analogy: Image we are all sitting in a restaurant. As I'mm sipping my diet coke and nibbling on my garlic bread, I'm discussing an article I read about the average IQ of a Bush voter. I'm not whispering, just conversing at a normal level. Obviously, people who happen to be seated around us can overhear our conversation. And out of nowhere, another diner walks up and sys "well, you self-hating goth freak child, my IQ is 139 and I voted for Bush. Bitch." WOuld that ever happen? No. Because we'd laugh in his face about how ridiculous and pathetic of a comment it was on somethinat that didn't concern him.
But on the Net, such things are typical. Man, the Net cracks me up.
And now I'm off to dinner to test my theory.
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Wow...it's amazing the mixture of emotions I'm feeling right now. How can I both love and hate stupid people simultaneously? I suppose I could say that sometimes stupidity greatly amuses me; at other times, however, it extremely pisses me off. Where would America be without stupid people? Or the world, for that matter? Sigh.
I really do just flat out hate stupid people. I was just trying to not sound so negative.
I do love the internet though. It exposes me to soooo much.
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