How has the modern internet changed you?

~~Vegita-San~~ · 10-14-2017, 10:55 AM

If you come looking to this thread for a fight, or to trash, go elsewhere please

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I saw a post in another thread, how things are getting so nasty in social media these days. and to a large part, that's true. but, they are aslo getting crazy as well, and sometimes that is over looked.

As a kid, I was always poked fun at for who I was. a quiet nerd who liked to stick to himself and think and observe rather than interact. I never really fit in with the get wild, drink, get crazy crowd. yet, even still, I tried to keep a positive outlook on things and never really got too depressed.

I personally started dto notice a change when facebook came along. all these happy pictures. dating, marriage, kids getting born and growing up in the blink of an eye. and here I was, still in the same place, with a home life not really getting any better. and not making enough money to really move up and on.

And then the internet started to change. People started to discuss less. it started slowly. a weird reaction here, a strange over reaction there. and in the last 4 or 5 years it started to spread EVERYWHERE. Soon, you had to be careful with what you said. you had to rewrite posts 3 or 4 times in some areas just so your wording wouldn't offend people.

and sometimes even that didn't help. getting into topics about why some movies where bad, somehow ended up about you and the person defending the movie wondering how you'd feel if you where criticized constantly. the insanity level had spread and it doesn't seem like it's getting any better.

These days, I'm alot more sarcastic, alot more uncaring about reactions, and a little bolder in what i say and how I say it. and i'm also ALOT less positive.

Reading some replies in that other thread, seems like i'm not the only one.

How has the modern internet changed you? better? worse? do you like the changes?

10-14-2017, 10:55 AM	#1
~~Vegita-San~~ Banned Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 6,089	How has the modern internet changed you? If you come looking to this thread for a fight, or to trash, go elsewhere please . I saw a post in another thread, how things are getting so nasty in social media these days. and to a large part, that's true. but, they are aslo getting crazy as well, and sometimes that is over looked. As a kid, I was always poked fun at for who I was. a quiet nerd who liked to stick to himself and think and observe rather than interact. I never really fit in with the get wild, drink, get crazy crowd. yet, even still, I tried to keep a positive outlook on things and never really got too depressed. I personally started dto notice a change when facebook came along. all these happy pictures. dating, marriage, kids getting born and growing up in the blink of an eye. and here I was, still in the same place, with a home life not really getting any better. and not making enough money to really move up and on. And then the internet started to change. People started to discuss less. it started slowly. a weird reaction here, a strange over reaction there. and in the last 4 or 5 years it started to spread EVERYWHERE. Soon, you had to be careful with what you said. you had to rewrite posts 3 or 4 times in some areas just so your wording wouldn't offend people. and sometimes even that didn't help. getting into topics about why some movies where bad, somehow ended up about you and the person defending the movie wondering how you'd feel if you where criticized constantly. the insanity level had spread and it doesn't seem like it's getting any better. These days, I'm alot more sarcastic, alot more uncaring about reactions, and a little bolder in what i say and how I say it. and i'm also ALOT less positive. Reading some replies in that other thread, seems like i'm not the only one. How has the modern internet changed you? better? worse? do you like the changes?