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Mr Mopar

Jul 1 2009, 01:41 PM

Mildly amusing article, am sure we can all relate.

http://www.cracked.com/article_17522_6-new...y-internet.html

Zmit

Jul 1 2009, 03:53 PM

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There never has been an engine for instant gratification like the Internet. Our parents thought television killed our attention spans, but hell, with TV you still had to wait for the shows to come on, and they played at their own pace. On the Internet, the videos start when you fucking tell them to. If they don't, off to another site. It's like a faucet: you turn the knob and you expect an immediate flow of lolcats.

It trains all of us to be impatient.

good find Phil

50Cal

Jul 1 2009, 03:58 PM

Internet Asperger's Syndrome (a.k.a. The Troll)

So Why Does it Happen on the Internet?

Calacanis figured out that people who do all of their communicating online wind up mimicking Asperger's behaviors because they are imposing the same disadvantages on themselves. In both cases, when the ability to see nonverbal responses and facial expressions goes away, so does empathy. Soon the thing you're communicating with isn't a person, they're just a bunch of words on a screen. A bunch of words that the little bastard didn't even bother to spellcheck.

Sums me up perfectly.

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