Why Is Everyone on the Internet So Angry?

rr165892

BSL,if you think suggesting you get out into the sunshine and relax a bit and just breathe and enjoy life, is taking personal shots so be it.
Nothing I have ever said is meant to insult or hurt you personally.I don't agree with a lot of your positions or look at the world the same way you do,but it's not meant to be personal.Can you say the same?I believe my tone and position toward you has always been to lighten up a bit.Enjoy the ride.Dont take things so serious and personal.We are all just having a little fun.

hedonist

Wow - much appreciation from here considering the sources. Thank you!

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backseatLover12 said:

brianlux said:

There's definitely a lot of anger on the internet and there's definitely a lot of anger in the real world in these times. Resources are getting strained, the environment is fucked, wars are endless, the Age of Anxiety plods on. I think some of the anger is justifiable and even worthy as long as it is focused on being constructive in making attempts at doing something to make things better. But a lot of the anger is like road rage- just another manifestation of people's inability to find healthy coping methods. And then there's the dick waving, that age old problem some guys have with their feelings of sexually inadequacy and to a lesser degree some women who mimic that kind of behavior.

OK, true I'm no anthropologist but that's sure what it looks like to me.

There's certainly a lot of name calling, inadequacy and anger on AMT. Just look at Musky's, RR's, hedonist's posts just since yesterday. And that's just those three, don't get me started on others who have driven this place into a cesspool of shit. Ahem, PJfan, etc. Should I call the rest of you bullies out?

Do you seriously call this name calling?

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I'm starting to think BSLs account got hacked.

rr165892

"Cesspool of shit" I like that BSL.Its sassy.

jeffbr

backseatLover12 said:

There's certainly a lot of name calling, inadequacy and anger on AMT. Just look at Musky's, RR's, hedonist's posts just since yesterday. And that's just those three, don't get me started on others who have driven this place into a cesspool of shit. Ahem, PJfan, etc. Should I call the rest of you bullies out?

Oh, please. I am more of an observer these days, and don't get too emotionally wrapped up in threads here. My days of being a headache for the mods here are long behind me, and I prefer to keep a low profile. So while I'm not an impartial observer, I'm more of an observer than a participant. What I have observed is that you like to take jabs at specific posters, and the anger and hate that you see is something that exists mostly in your mind. Sure MuskyDan may make posts to get reactions from time to time. Hedo and RR seem to genuinely enjoy interacting with others, and if anything seem to try to work toward consensus. I do see you, however, continuing to snipe at posters even after being asked to move on.

I don't see the AMT as a cesspool of shit, so perhaps that is something you dug for yourself. You should probably just crawl out, hose off, and move along if the smell is too much for you. I took a couple of years break from this place and it was a good thing for me.

And to respond directly to the topic of the thread, yes there is a lot of hate being spewed on the Internet, but I find value in almost all opinions - some opinions reinforce my own, some make me frustrated, some make me rethink my own positions, but all add value of some kind. One person's cesspool is another's fountain of knowledge, opinion, and ideas.

Kat

Well, we certainly don't think it's a cesspool of shit and I don't recall someone being a headache either. Maybe some people need to take a break...a day or two? There's a lot of good people with differing opinions but that can make for great debate if everyone remembers to mind their manners and not get personal. This thread may not last...show us that it can continue as a good discussion and it'll stay open.

benjs

backseatLover12 said:

brianlux said:

There's definitely a lot of anger on the internet and there's definitely a lot of anger in the real world in these times. Resources are getting strained, the environment is fucked, wars are endless, the Age of Anxiety plods on. I think some of the anger is justifiable and even worthy as long as it is focused on being constructive in making attempts at doing something to make things better. But a lot of the anger is like road rage- just another manifestation of people's inability to find healthy coping methods. And then there's the dick waving, that age old problem some guys have with their feelings of sexually inadequacy and to a lesser degree some women who mimic that kind of behavior.

OK, true I'm no anthropologist but that's sure what it looks like to me.

There's certainly a lot of name calling, inadequacy and anger on AMT. Just look at Musky's, RR's, hedonist's posts just since yesterday. And that's just those three, don't get me started on others who have driven this place into a cesspool of shit. Ahem, PJfan, etc. Should I call the rest of you bullies out?

I think there's also a decent amount of delusion, negativity, negativity about delusion, and delusion about negativity. All four can be found within this thread: and all four can be ignored because there's a critical mass necessary to sustain great, informative, educational, interesting debate (also found within this thread).

hedonist

Wave to all my friends -
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JimmyV

People are angry on the internet because they are angry in life. The anonymity of the internet gives them cover to take their anger and frustration out on others without fear. Add in politics like we do here and the situation becomes combustible. Best of friends can be reduced to shouting at each other while disagreeing over politics. Families who love each other can see dinners and holidays ruined. Anonymous avatars on the internet? No mystery why some people get mean and angry.

For regular posters here the anonymity is lessened. We may not know each other's real names or faces, but if you participate in enough of these threads you do get a sense of who each of us are. Or what are views are, at least. None of our posts take place in a vacuum. He might remember what she said yesterday and she might remember what he argued the day before, and both might carry that over into an unrelated discussion the next day. Eventually arguments are just as much about the participants as the topics. Not always and not everyone, for sure, but there is a fair amount of that going on.

The best thing any of nus can do when it starts to be too much, to feel too personal, is to just take a break. The board will still be here and with it all the old arguments. I stepped away for awhile and honestly it felt great. Highly recommended to anyone who is feeling the anger is beginning to be too much.

HughFreakingDillon

JimmyV said:

People are angry on the internet because they are angry in life. The anonymity of the internet gives them cover to take their anger and frustration out on others without fear. Add in politics like we do here and the situation becomes combustible. Best of friends can be reduced to shouting at each other while disagreeing over politics. Families who love each other can see dinners and holidays ruined. Anonymous avatars on the internet? No mystery why some people get mean and angry.

For regular posters here the anonymity is lessened. We may not know each other's real names or faces, but if you participate in enough of these threads you do get a sense of who each of us are. Or what are views are, at least. None of our posts take place in a vacuum. He might remember what she said yesterday and she might remember what he argued the day before, and both might carry that over into an unrelated discussion the next day. Eventually arguments are just as much about the participants as the topics. Not always and not everyone, for sure, but there is a fair amount of that going on.

The best thing any of nus can do when it starts to be too much, to feel too personal, is to just take a break. The board will still be here and with it all the old arguments. I stepped away for awhile and honestly it felt great. Highly recommended to anyone who is feeling the anger is beginning to be too much.

HughFreakingDillon

I've taken a few breaks here and there. and I've also learned to leave threads (or tried to remember to) when it is clear it will go nowhere but down. It's also a good idea to just flat out avoid trolls on the forums.

badbrains

God damn, I feel like I'm watching a gang bang of BSL by team conservative. I've read through 2 threads and Jesus I've got a headache now. I will say this, some of you who claim to "not" be conservatives sure are fooling themselves or me. Cause to me and a few others, thought you guys are 100% conservatives. Not that it matters and nobody asked for my opinion but fuck it, felt like adding to this thread.

hedonist

HughFreakingDillon said:

JimmyV said:

People are angry on the internet because they are angry in life. The anonymity of the internet gives them cover to take their anger and frustration out on others without fear. Add in politics like we do here and the situation becomes combustible. Best of friends can be reduced to shouting at each other while disagreeing over politics. Families who love each other can see dinners and holidays ruined. Anonymous avatars on the internet? No mystery why some people get mean and angry.

For regular posters here the anonymity is lessened. We may not know each other's real names or faces, but if you participate in enough of these threads you do get a sense of who each of us are. Or what are views are, at least. None of our posts take place in a vacuum. He might remember what she said yesterday and she might remember what he argued the day before, and both might carry that over into an unrelated discussion the next day. Eventually arguments are just as much about the participants as the topics. Not always and not everyone, for sure, but there is a fair amount of that going on.

The best thing any of nus can do when it starts to be too much, to feel too personal, is to just take a break. The board will still be here and with it all the old arguments. I stepped away for awhile and honestly it felt great. Highly recommended to anyone who is feeling the anger is beginning to be too much.

Double that - as well as your last post, Hugh. I haven't really done the break thing (damned if my skin has grown thicker over time!) but leaving / retreating for a spell, for sure.

As to online anger, gotta say (ironically?) I've felt the opposite lately here. Much kindness and good energy to found and felt here.

callen

badbrains said:

God damn, I feel like I'm watching a gang bang of BSL by team conservative. I've read through 2 threads and Jesus I've got a headache now. I will say this, some of you who claim to "not" be conservatives sure are fooling themselves or me. Cause to me and a few others, thought you guys are 100% conservatives. Not that it matters and nobody asked for my opinion but fuck it, felt like adding to this thread.

Agree and they didn't have decency to use lube.

callen

So the board is a means for some to let off steam. Healthy.

Some on receiving end hear concepts and criticism that they'd ordinarily never hear.

Some may say it's a lack of respect or being rude but saying God didn't bless the US is not disrespecting. It's the truth Think he 's actually blessing Lithuania.

So the internet can be viewed as mean people posting but it could be that reality bites. And you never know if the mean guy may be smiling and laughing.

HughFreakingDillon

callen said:

badbrains said:

God damn, I feel like I'm watching a gang bang of BSL by team conservative. I've read through 2 threads and Jesus I've got a headache now. I will say this, some of you who claim to "not" be conservatives sure are fooling themselves or me. Cause to me and a few others, thought you guys are 100% conservatives. Not that it matters and nobody asked for my opinion but fuck it, felt like adding to this thread.

Agree and they didn't have decency to use lube.

Maybe I am missing something, as, except for some notable exceptions, I generally can't remember individual posters political persuasions, but who is on team conservative again? And as far as I have seen, when someone gets trampled, its usually because they have put themselves under foot, so to speak.

HughFreakingDillon

And a comment I made earlier was deleted by Kat I presume, so maybe it wasn't clear. I wrote "look in the mirror". I meant that I believe the internet is a direct reflection of real life, whether people want to believe it or not. People show their true colours, good or bad, on the net.

People have this misconception that world is getting worse. I wholeheartedly disagree. It is just that we can now truly see the real world, and how people tend to act if they know there are little or no consequences, and people dont like what they see.

callen

HughFreakingDillon said:

callen said:

badbrains said:

God damn, I feel like I'm watching a gang bang of BSL by team conservative. I've read through 2 threads and Jesus I've got a headache now. I will say this, some of you who claim to "not" be conservatives sure are fooling themselves or me. Cause to me and a few others, thought you guys are 100% conservatives. Not that it matters and nobody asked for my opinion but fuck it, felt like adding to this thread.

Agree and they didn't have decency to use lube.

when someone gets trampled, its usually because they have put themselves under foot, so to speak.

I don't know about that.

hedonist

HughFreakingDillon said:

And a comment I made earlier was deleted by Kat I presume, so maybe it wasn't clear. I wrote "look in the mirror". I meant that I believe the internet is a direct reflection of real life, whether people want to believe it or not. People show their true colours, good or bad, on the net.

People have this misconception that world is getting worse. I wholeheartedly disagree. It is just that we can now truly see the real world, and how people tend to act if they know there are little or no consequences, and people dont like what they see.

And how people act when no one's watching, no "reward", no recognition. To do right needs none of that.