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Reply 51 of 64 (Originally posted on: 04-13-09 06:43:56 PM)
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Vissario, you fail to follow the social constructs necessary to be "cool" on the internet. These other people clearly understand how this works, which is why the slightest provocation given by you to one of them results in them scrambling to protect their e-ego and their e-pride. No matter the warnings given by anyone that responding to these probes done by you is what gives you fuel and drives you to keep doing it, they know it is their obligation to protect their honor on an internet message board, and if they don't, they might not be as cool.
The internet is just an extension of real life, and they understand this. This is why I was advised by a few to be careful of what I say, or the e-police might come with an e-warrant signed by and e-judge, and I would be forced to make an appearance in a court of e-law for violating the rules of the internet. Thankfully a couple of people objected, telling me, "hey! You can't do that on the internet!" and I quickly made sure to take greater care with what I said.
Furthermore, these statements may make you less "cool" to anonymous people over the internet. Regardless if anything you say or do is in reality without consequence, remember to follow the social order, same with real life. Honesty is not a virtue if it it doesn't pander to what a person already believes. Individuality itself is not welcomed, individuality must be vetted to be within the confines of the established status quo which defines what individuality is and is not. You might have different ideas about certain things. Keep them to yourself. Say deception is a bad thing, and at the same time, actively practice it in many different ways and be blind to yourself doing so.
Another important thing to remember is that when you enter the internet, please leave any intellect or high level cognitive capabilities at the door. Disagreeing with people sometimes is acceptable, people will not see eye to eye on everything.
What is not acceptable is to disagree with someone and at the same time possess a vastly superior mind, which you use to obliterate opposing ideas with seemingly trivial effort. You may be more intelligent, but demonstrating such is not cool. I can't imagine how embarrassing it must be to page through a thesaurus while typing a two paragraph argument that took two hours to compose and proof read and have you come along and casually discredit it in a dismissive condescending manner. That is not cool at all. At that point they may need a cool people bailout when struggling to respond, nearing the point of choking over their own drool trying to understand the words you are using. This usually consists of a third party cool person coming in and saying smooth cool words such as "I wonder how Vissario was the fastest sperm?" The two cool parties will then proceed to congratulate each other and +k themselves, while giving -k to you.
I understand some people say that the internet is one of the last free speech zones we have. That on the internet there exists a truly free exchange of concepts and ideas, lacking the censorship and control at various levels that is experienced in the real world. It is often said what people think of you on the internet doesn't matter. It is said often in this thread, in fact.
Understand that of course people say that, they say such things do not matter, and yet at the same time, they participate in the very same system they state has no meaning whatsoever. Of course it is complete hypocrisy. Of course it is willful deception and dishonesty. But it is also real life. We speak highly of honesty, truthfulness, and transparency, but actually practicing these ideas is taboo.
You might believe it to be absurdly pretentious to take this behavior and apply it to an internet message board where you believe you should be free of these restraints, but at the end of the day, this kind of system is all they really know. Offer them anything else, and they just might not understand.
Not cool Vissario, not cool at all.
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