Internet bullying.....

[electric_fur]

Sometimes I wonder why people on boards or websites have a tendency to pick on people who have obvious depression/mood issues going on and keep pushing them, especially to the point that they off themselves.

It's something that bugs the shyt out of me. My theory is the idea that people have no accountability and the fact that for them it's just reading words--not actually interacting with people face to face. IE, "Internet is not real" mentality, even though real people are sitting behind the screen.

Theories?

 

[charmander]

i'd tell a suicidal dikkhead to kill himself face to face or over the internet, i don't have compassion for mentally ill weirdos who would rather lash out at others instead of recognize their own problems

there is no "tendency" that you're referring to, people on message boards pick on the weak the same way people do offline....the only difference is that the weak like to use these places as escapes from reality so they end up caught in the crossfire more often

 

[Malta]

There are sound theories on this -

http://daily-grind.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/greaterinternetfukkwadtheory.jpg

That about sums it up, and to add on to that point, people forget that there are humans behind the text.

 

[Christian3o5]

I talk shyt to people on Xbox Live all the time

 

[Sierra Mist]

A lot of it has to do with what Malta said. Damn near all of it actually. Then you just have people who are insecure and unhappy with their own lives so they come online to bully strangers to feel better about themselves.

 

[MMS]

funny...but all but one person in this thread so far have real names, pics, and or personal info posted already

 

[Born2BKing]

A lot of it has to do with what Malta said. Damn near all of it actually. Then you just have people who are insecure and unhappy with their own lives so they come online to bully strangers to feel better about themselves.

This is why I ain't about that back and forth, internet beefing stuff. I know in real life the person talking slick prolly wouldn't say the shyt to my face. When I first started posted on the Hamster 5 years ago, I would get pissed off when somebody talk shyt and ask them to meet me to fight.

 

[Sad Bunny]

i never argue on the internet or bully...shyt is LAME

im compassionate & dont want to hurt anyone's feelings

and nothing anyone says can hurt mine, especially on the internet

i puts my life in these threads

 

[Sierra Mist]

I mean getting into an argument is one thing but some people have on going beefs with total strangers for years. Got damn. I've had beefs with people in real life before and after a few months it's over. People move on. Not online though. That shyt costs too much time and energy. lmao

 

[electric_fur]

i'd tell a suicidal dikkhead to kill himself face to face or over the internet, i don't have compassion for mentally ill weirdos who would rather lash out at others instead of recognize their own problems

there is no "tendency" that you're referring to, people on message boards pick on the weak the same way people do offline....the only difference is that the weak like to use these places as escapes from reality so they end up caught in the crossfire more often

yeah that's not necessarily true. :CUDI: not all suicidal people are lashing out at others unless they are pushed to do that haha.

You seem to have a severe misunderstanding of depression--not all people with it are unaware they have depression.

 

[Zapp Brannigan]

People think they're being tough for hurting people, and if they can do it safely over the internet without consequences they will. :wobadass: They do it for the same reason little kids do it: To make themselves feel better about any shortcomings they might have.

 

[electric_fur]

me basically:

 

[DenardisPizza]

I mean getting into an argument is one thing but some people have on going beefs with total strangers for years. Got damn. I've had beefs with people in real life before and after a few months it's over. People move on. Not online though. That shyt costs too much time and energy. lmao

is this your way of saying that everyone who knows the truth about you being a depressed bisexual psychopath who spent years online impersonating a spanish girl that they need to let it go and move on, while you keep being a creepy attention whore fakkit on every message board on the internet?

 

[electric_fur]

This post was not made about **** btw. jeeze.

 

[Sierra Mist]

People think they're being tough for hurting people, and if they can do it safely over the internet without consequences they will. :wobadass: They do it for the same reason little kids do it: To make themselves feel better about any shortcomings they might have.

Pretty much and I'm dying @ that smiley. Some people have 100% dedication to people they claim to hate.