heh, its just an observation but have you noticed how if you enter any internet community, or your in any chat room/mp game for the first time, everyone is a complete condecending **** towards you? its like if your new you dont deserve any respect, and people are really judgemental about anything you say/do..... Im guilty of it myself sometimes, but im trying to change, its just its amazing how people can be so hostile to each other only because they dont know them. I would never talk to some people on the street like some people on the net talk to each other, its shocking, everyone is really judgemental. I have a few theories on why it happens, of course im probably wrong about them:
1) you cant see or hear them, i think it can be a problem because they cant see your facial expressions which makes it really hard to tell sumtimes the manner in which they are talking to you (same with the expressions in their voice)
2) When i see some huge guy with bulging muscles that could crush skulls with his bear hands, im not gonna call him a ****ing newb on first encounter on the net, nobody respects each other, because you have no fear of being hurt or put down because you have no way of measuring your authority over them, so you can sit they, type whatever you like, and be happy that you can look like your top dog.
3) People are defensive of their communities, when someone enters they are an outsider, and knows nothing about what is taking place in the community, or what has happened previously. They get treated like an outsider, like an intruder in their territory, and they defend their heirarchial position they have established in their community by putting newcomers down.
4) New people are dumb
anyway, i dunno, whats your take on it? ever encountered it or observed it anywhere?
1) you cant see or hear them, i think it can be a problem because they cant see your facial expressions which makes it really hard to tell sumtimes the manner in which they are talking to you (same with the expressions in their voice)
2) When i see some huge guy with bulging muscles that could crush skulls with his bear hands, im not gonna call him a ****ing newb on first encounter on the net, nobody respects each other, because you have no fear of being hurt or put down because you have no way of measuring your authority over them, so you can sit they, type whatever you like, and be happy that you can look like your top dog.
3) People are defensive of their communities, when someone enters they are an outsider, and knows nothing about what is taking place in the community, or what has happened previously. They get treated like an outsider, like an intruder in their territory, and they defend their heirarchial position they have established in their community by putting newcomers down.
4) New people are dumb
anyway, i dunno, whats your take on it? ever encountered it or observed it anywhere?