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...compared to the people who posts comments on news articles at Yahoo. As you may already know, 15 people were killed today at a music festival in Duisburg, Germany when a mass panic broke out and people ended up getting trampled. So how do common folk react to this news? Keep in mind these people are talking about the deaths of some German hippies at an outdoor musical festival.
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This is the ugly side of the internet. I can almost guarantee you that these people wouldn't have the balls to say that in front of the families affected. Sometimes anonymousness on the internet can bring out the worst in people simply because they fear no reprisal.
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Reminds me of Penny Arcade's old greater theory of internet <censored>. Talk about a pretty valid theory.
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Welcome to the internets, check your inhibitions at the door.
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The Internets Tubes are full of "internet-tough-guys" We have em here too.
![]() I am reminded of this quote "I asked someone why he did cocaine. He said 'because it intensifies your personality.' I said 'Yeah, but what if you're an *******?'" - Bill Cosby I feel that the Internets Tubes are the same way. The anonymity allows people's true personality to come out. Many people are stupid *******s. I am sure that there are Psyc and Social Scientists already studying how this unique form of communication affects people's social judgment. This is one of the reasons, I would like the anonymity of the Internet to go away. The social experiment has gone on long enough to proof the hypothesis.
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Plus don't forget the birds of a feather problem Plus to denounce what they refer to as druggie hippy homo's is a way to prove to everyone that they don't lean that way looking for approval from the other birds. The last quote got me ... he wished it had of been Israel ![]()
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most of it is probably just trolling.
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They also show they do not have any knowledge on the subject. In some of the posted comments the victims are called "Nazis", in some others "Hippies". WTH?!
![]() Also, "Hippies"? Are they serious? From what I read about it, the festival doesn't have much, if anything at all, to do with hippies. It's a techno/dance festival. If there's any subculture that doesn't stem from the Hippies, it's those guys. If there's any successor of the Hippie movement, I'd say it's Metalheads. Don't dare to call me a Hippie, but Metal does undeniably have its roots in Psychedelic Rock (besides Blues Rock). (And we've inherited much more from Hippies than just their music) So those guys have just shown themselves to be sad ignorant trolls who throw around unfunded accusations ![]()
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Such angry people. They write things that make very little sense, and that speaks volumes about their intelligence.
Funny thing about trolls... there is one living in an adjacent room upstairs from us. Sometimes it's not just the internet that gives them the separation they need -- sometimes it's just a wall or a door. Pretty much the same kind of personality up there in that room as in the comments in the first post. ![]() |
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I know it can be difficult but simply ignoring the sad bastids is probably the best thing to do.
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About the level of discorse one expects at Yahoo News.
Thats why I tend to not pay too much attention to the comments section of any news outlet. The assumed anonimity of the interwebs is an astounding study in human behaviour. By the way I missed this news story somehow Ill go look for it but wonder what caused the panic. Quote:
But the OP was just venting not really discussing the topic so .. I will just back out of the thread now.
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I was always surprised by the civilized level of posters at subsim. That's why I even registered. The sad thing is I am surprised by the civilized level at this forum, and not at the un-civilized levels at other forums. Good show everyone
![]() And a tragic thing that happened. negligence at planning, one small entrance and all that |
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