Bad behavior? Blame the Internet

MothBalls · 09-19-09, 12:57 AM

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The Internet, with its Twitter and Facebook and Craigslist, et al, is destroying society; surely you’ve heard. Even before Civility’s lonesome death at the hands of three completely unrelated incidents, various surveys and studies of specious methodology “proved” that our increasing time in cyberspace is making us stupid, porn-addicted, socially isolated, anonymous sexting bullies with Attention Deficit Disorder.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32897467...h_and_gadgets/

I blame bad parenting.

Arclight · 09-19-09, 01:15 AM

I blame bad taste.

Spending time on the internet doesn't cause people to go retarded, spending all that time trawling YouTube, among other things, does.

I honestly don't know what that picture is about. I kinda know "dramatic gopher" because SouthPark referenced it in an episode. I'm proud to say I'm completely unfamiliar with the other memes (are they?) referenced on that picture.

Castout · 09-19-09, 03:05 AM

The title is DUMB. No offense it's just honest opinion

it's like saying blame the education institution for crimes

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Or blame guns for war,
Or blame DARPA for the internet negative effect on society.
The list goes on and on and on

Ummm....

You know all the bad things in the world would have not happened any longer if humankind were to extinct...
So there you go you can blame each one of us and the whole humankind race.
Or easier that stupid ape that decided to walk straight instead. Who the hell it thought it was anyway? Should have conformed to nature instead!!!

SteamWake · 09-19-09, 06:36 AM

O ur full of it y omg stfu

Platapus · 09-19-09, 08:08 AM

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... making us stupid, porn-addicted, socially isolated, anonymous sexting bullies with Attention Deficit Disorder.

Total BS. I am not addicted to porn, I can quit any time I want. Why once I went 3 days 14 hours and 16 minutes without looking at porn!

09-19-09, 09:23 AM

Kids these days get symptoms if they are separated from computers and internet. It's not a joke, even in the Finnish military the kids all have their laptops with them and get internet breaks etc. Wat a joke.

Task Force · 09-19-09, 09:27 AM

Naa... the internet dosent ruin society... its inbreeding a**ho... err Its the stupid culture out now...

and I dont like it.

Stealth Hunter · 09-19-09, 11:20 AM

Platapus · 09-19-09, 12:17 PM

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Originally Posted by OneToughHerring

get internet breaks etc. Wat a joke.

Are you serious?

I remember laughing at the troops that needed smoke breaks (back when you could smoke in Basic. But internet breaks? My dyin ass.

AVGWarhawk · 09-19-09, 12:36 PM

SteamWake · 09-19-09, 03:32 PM

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Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

LOL priceless !

09-19-09, 06:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Platapus

Are you serious?

I remember laughing at the troops that needed smoke breaks (back when you could smoke in Basic. But internet breaks? My dyin ass.

Actually I'm not sure if they get specific breaks for the internet, might be that they just have their laptops there and that they are allowed to use them when there isn't service.

Most of them are pretty fat anyway, they can't even run in the basic training period. They make them do . Looks really lame.

edit. What happens when that fatty get injured? Who's gonna carry him? Fug dat sheet, not me.

longam · 09-19-09, 07:22 PM

I had a good laugh the other day when I saw a short skit about some kid going threw internet addiction therapy.

What else can they make money on in a usless way?

09-19-09, 08:09 PM

I'm not addicted to the internet, I can log off whenever I want!

*Lays down a broadband cable and snorts it up his nose like cocaine*

Ohhhhh.... Yesssss

*Overdoses*

Takeda Shingen · 09-20-09, 07:06 AM

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Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

That one gets a chuckle out of me every time. I didn't know that they made fatigues in that size.

Truthfully, I think that the internet has contributed to some minor forms of societal degredation. Politeness, for example, is in decline. With the anonymity of internet, one is able to act in a way that they would not act if face-to-face with a person. I think that the SH5 forum will be a perfect example of that. It is very quiet now, but once the game is released, the rabid crowd of axe grinders will appear in force, acting in a manner most unbefitting to real-life society. It is inevitable that such behavior would eventually extend itself to real life.

09-19-09, 01:15 AM	#2
Arclight Navy Seal Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Land of windmills, tulips, wooden shoes and cheese. Lots of cheese. Posts: 8,467 Downloads: 53 Uploads: 10	I blame bad taste. Spending time on the internet doesn't cause people to go retarded, spending all that time trawling YouTube, among other things, does. I honestly don't know what that picture is about. I kinda know "dramatic gopher" because SouthPark referenced it in an episode. I'm proud to say I'm completely unfamiliar with the other memes (are they?) referenced on that picture. __________________ Contritium praecedit superbia.

09-19-09, 03:05 AM	#3
Castout Silent Hunter Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Jakarta Posts: 4,794 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 6	The title is DUMB. No offense it's just honest opinion it's like saying blame the education institution for crimes. Or blame guns for war, Or blame DARPA for the internet negative effect on society. The list goes on and on and on Ummm.... You know all the bad things in the world would have not happened any longer if humankind were to extinct... So there you go you can blame each one of us and the whole humankind race. Or easier that stupid ape that decided to walk straight instead. Who the hell it thought it was anyway? Should have conformed to nature instead!!! __________________ My blog: http://exposingsingapore.wordpress.com/

09-19-09, 06:36 AM	#4
SteamWake Rear Admiral Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 13,224 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	O ur full of it y omg stfu __________________ Follow the progress of Mr. Mulligan : http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=147648

09-19-09, 09:27 AM	#7
Task Force Rear Admiral Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: SPACE!!!! Posts: 10,142 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	Naa... the internet dosent ruin society... its inbreeding a*ho... err Its the stupid culture out now... and I dont like it. __________________ Task Force industries "Taking control of the world, one mind at a time"*

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AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,253 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	__________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

09-19-09, 09:23 AM	#6
OneToughHerring Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	Kids these days get symptoms if they are separated from computers and internet. It's not a joke, even in the Finnish military the kids all have their laptops with them and get internet breaks etc. Wat a joke.

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Stealth Hunter Silent Hunter Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Y'ha-Nthlei Posts: 4,262 Downloads: 19 Uploads: 0

09-19-09, 07:22 PM	#13
longam Admiral Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 2,014 Downloads: 26 Uploads: 0	I had a good laugh the other day when I saw a short skit about some kid going threw internet addiction therapy. What else can they make money on in a usless way?

09-19-09, 08:09 PM	#14
Rilder Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	I'm not addicted to the internet, I can log off whenever I want! Lays down a broadband cable and snorts it up his nose like cocaine Ohhhhh.... Yesssss Overdoses