Am I the only one truly scared by the internet and it's peoples?

Solace

Haha, no it was more of a joke/analogy. Because text is all we really see of the other people online, their spelling, grammar, and actual ideas conveyed are all we have to make those "judgments" that people make - consciously or subconsciously - about other people. So for instance a person with good grammar but poor spelling might simply come off as "tired" or "lazy" while someone with both poor grammar and spelling might be seen as "immature" or worse. It's not really a fair judgment to make, but it's one that humans tend to make anyway (again, subconsciously), based on their perceptions of grammar and spelling importance. Then the actual ideas conveyed, however properly, stress that initial judgment so that one might feel compelled to either fully agree or disagree with what the person has said.

People do that in real life, too, obviously, but have a lot more things with which to base a judgment - like clothing, hair color, style, physical features. So I guess the internet, in its simplicity, is either really shallow or very genuine in the way it presents us (and the way we present ourselves).

And I stay away from cameras at all times - especially when the internet is involved.

napoleon227

Yeah, well, you remember the advice of Michael Corleone: "Keep your feminists close, but your friends closer."

Solace

When do I get to make them an offer they can't refuse?

P.S. I love the Godfather trilogy. You are a man among men, good sir. LOL

GroovyShamrock

Haha you made my day. I'd completely forgotten about a/s/l.

Ooooh yes and cyber. Often it was "wanna cs?" Ah, the good old days. *senile quiver*

Geodude

Hahaha classy. Incidentally, why is the phrase "senile quiver" giving me a Cronenbergian body-horror image in my brain?

Sily

"... our Army is a billion strong and growing. We are the people of the Internet and together we are shaping the future of humankind."

jdmn

I'm not scared exactly of the people on the internet for you reasons. I'm more scared of what kind of person I may find. You know, there's a lot of sick people who may lure you to abuse you or to steal you something (credit cards, money), others are bullies and some people hack your mail or something and may be in problems. You don't actually know the people on the internet... It's potentially dangerous if you don't take care.

Dreamer

I am. Read comments on youtube videos and you get it...
some of them seem to be psycho cases

Nyx

I was in a pointless argument with someone who insisted black people were animals and white people were endlessly subjected to their brutality...it was a load of bullshit and he kept pulling stuff out of his ass so at some point I just left

Who

I don't really find myself scared of people on the Internet. If anything, I used to be a little worried that someone I know would somehow find some of the posts I made/sites I visited that I'm not particularly proud of, but then I learned that fortunately, I don't know any creepy stalkers that would do such a thing.