Pretty sure it’s just a troll. By my estimation, people who act like that online are actually just unfunny normies and/or 13 year old kids. Degenerate is a bit harsh.
I’m not normalizing anything. I’m reacting proportionally. Typing some dumb bullshit on the internet for attention (and finding success, I might add) is not the same as doing it IRL. It’s cringe, it’s obnoxious, but it’s not really “dangerous” per se.
If you remember the internet 10 years ago you’ll remember that saying weird shit to women online was completely normalized to the point where it didn’t even register as an issue for most people. We’ve come so far in correcting that by 1) making the internet more inclusive by way of accessibility, and 2) having the type of discussion that can actually change people’s minds and provide new perspectives, i.e. realistic discussion where we react proportionally.
Is it though? There’s no way to tell if it’s supposed to be funny or something, in written communication, so there’s no choice but to take it literally.
And it’s really just gross and distasteful and if they think it’s funny they should probably get their head checked.
There’s no way to tell if it’s supposed to be funny or something, in written communication, so there’s no choice but to take it literally.
The absurdity of it points to a joke, IMO. Dirty, off-putting and likely contrary to the conversation going on in the rest of the post it was left on, which may even be further hinting at a type of humor intended by the user (IE trolling).
“Indicates toward”, yes. But nothing more. On the flipside there absolutely are individuals that actually mean these things when they say them. Take the incels as an example.
Apart from never understanding the appeal of “haha look, they all hate me because I said something stupid” I’d quote 4chan:
Any community that gets its laughs by pretending to be idiots will eventually be flooded by actual idiots who mistakenly believe that they’re in good company.
It’s called giving the benefit of the doubt, do it for your own sanity. Is it gross and distasteful? Yes. Is the poster a mentally ill and a threat to themself or others? Probably not.
Pretty sure it’s just a troll. By my estimation, people who act like that online are actually just unfunny normies and/or 13 year old kids. Degenerate is a bit harsh.
Yeah but let’s normalize not saying weird shit to women you don’t know under the guise of humor
I’m not normalizing anything. I’m reacting proportionally. Typing some dumb bullshit on the internet for attention (and finding success, I might add) is not the same as doing it IRL. It’s cringe, it’s obnoxious, but it’s not really “dangerous” per se.
If you remember the internet 10 years ago you’ll remember that saying weird shit to women online was completely normalized to the point where it didn’t even register as an issue for most people. We’ve come so far in correcting that by 1) making the internet more inclusive by way of accessibility, and 2) having the type of discussion that can actually change people’s minds and provide new perspectives, i.e. realistic discussion where we react proportionally.
Is it though? There’s no way to tell if it’s supposed to be funny or something, in written communication, so there’s no choice but to take it literally.
And it’s really just gross and distasteful and if they think it’s funny they should probably get their head checked.
The absurdity of it points to a joke, IMO. Dirty, off-putting and likely contrary to the conversation going on in the rest of the post it was left on, which may even be further hinting at a type of humor intended by the user (IE trolling).
“Indicates toward”, yes. But nothing more. On the flipside there absolutely are individuals that actually mean these things when they say them. Take the incels as an example.
Apart from never understanding the appeal of “haha look, they all hate me because I said something stupid” I’d quote 4chan:
It’s called giving the benefit of the doubt, do it for your own sanity. Is it gross and distasteful? Yes. Is the poster a mentally ill and a threat to themself or others? Probably not.