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Friendships cut short on social media as people get ruder

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An interesting article. I have always tried to say online only what I would say to someone directly, as far as disagreement and arguments are concerned.

Someone who thinks an online discussion "doesn't count LOL", is wrong. An arsehole online is an arsehole in real life.

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People are not necessarily getting ruder. A lot of people are just more sensitive (emotionally unstable) and just THINK their precious feelings are being stepped on.

In real life, if someone ran up to you, shouted in your face "you're stupid!" and then ran away, you probably wouldn't be upset. You'd probably just laugh while saying "WTF??" and just go on with your day, soon forgetting about that odd event.

But if this real-life situation were similar to an online situation you would run after the person who insulted you, following them while shouting "no, YOU'RE stupid!" and then the childish debate would rage on. Pretty immature, right? Like an emotionally undeveloped child with a bruised ego.

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numin: In real life, if someone ran up to you, shouted in your face "you're stupid!" and then ran away, you probably wouldn't be upset. You'd probably just laugh while saying "WTF??" and just go on with your day, soon forgetting about that odd event.

Who in the world does that kind of thing in real life?

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The internet tough guy is not a new creature. Its population has simply skyrocketed at the same rate as social media's popularity in the last two decades. There's actually a mathematical formula for it by the Penny Arcade guys.

Most of us who remember the ICQ/AIM/IRC days (mainly early online gamers) have a sort of hardened carapace to shrug off this kind of behavior, as you were certain to meet a jerk every time you played something. It was a growing experience, since many of the friends I made in those days taught me not to get offended by trivial things, nor by people's honest opinions. That's still true today, just with more jerks and less people able to deal with them.

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