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Why do people argue on the internet? (pg. 2)
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| AlphaStarred |
| quote: | Originally posted by Jon_Snow
IRL ppl don't seek out strangers to argue with. |
Of course people argue and debate with strangers, just as they do on the internet. The internet may just be a more comfortable and safer place to do so. And on the internet, people don't necessarily "seek out" to argue with others. They join open debates and such, which is rarer IRL. |
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| Halcyon+On+On |
Healthy discourse so rarely happens in real-life unless you're forensically minded and experienced. It's not exactly common on the internet either, because it's so easy to be acrimonious toward one another since we don't have expression and consequence to distract us; but it's easier for people to carefully construct their thoughts on a subject when they aren't constantly flat-footed.
I'll bicker with people at length because it helps me to formulate my own opinions and views by laying them bare, and hopefully having them deconstructed. So there is definitely some vanity at play, some selfishness, but at times some genuine interest in communicating with other people I would not otherwise be able to reach. |
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| Lira |
| quote: | Originally posted by Jon_Snow
IRL ppl don't seek out strangers to argue with. |
Actually, people often do, specially in academia, but you can easily see it in bars, cafés, and long queues. |
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| colonelcrisp |
| arguing on the internet is alot like jerking off, yeah it feels fantastic, but in the end you are only ing yourself..... in the real world, no one cares that you won an argument on a web forum.... |
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| AlphaStarred |
| quote: | Originally posted by Halcyon+On+On
Healthy discourse so rarely happens in real-life unless you're forensically minded and experienced. It's not exactly common on the internet either, because it's so easy to be acrimonious toward one another since we don't have expression and consequence to distract us; but it's easier for people to carefully construct their thoughts on a subject when they aren't constantly flat-footed.
I'll bicker with people at length because it helps me to formulate my own opinions and views by laying them bare, and hopefully having them deconstructed. So there is definitely some vanity at play, some selfishness, but at times some genuine interest in communicating with other people I would not otherwise be able to reach. |
Why does your tiger have an upside down cross on his forehead? |
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| AlphaStarred |
| quote: | Originally posted by colonelcrisp
arguing on the internet is alot like jerking off, yeah it feels fantastic, but in the end you are only ing yourself..... |
lol.. so true |
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| Halcyon+On+On |
| quote: | Originally posted by colonelcrisp
arguing on the internet is alot like jerking off, yeah it feels fantastic, but in the end you are only ing yourself..... in the real world, no one cares that you won an argument on a web forum.... |
Right, but in the real world, nobody cares that you jerk off, either. BUT YOU DOOOOOOOoo |
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| Halcyon+On+On |
| quote: | Originally posted by AlphaStarred
Why does your tiger have an upside down cross on his forehead? |
Because METAL. |
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| AlphaStarred |
| quote: | Originally posted by Halcyon+On+On
BUT YOU DOOOOOOOoo |
So do you. I don't. Muhaheeha |
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| Jon_Snow |
| quote: | Originally posted by Lira
Actually, people often do, specially in academia, |
I said real life :p |
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| Jon_Snow |
| quote: | Originally posted by AlphaStarred
Why does your tiger have an upside down cross on his forehead? |
It's a cheetah not a tiger and it's one of Hal's "tamer" pictures. Excuse my choice of words. |
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| AlphaStarred |
| quote: | Originally posted by Jon_Snow
It's a cheetah not a tiger... |
Same cat. Why do you have an ugly bird as your avatar? |
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