Insults, what is your conviction?

A point I find interesting as it's an alien concept to me.

Are you more likely to insult someone online, for an unintelligent comment/point of view, than you are to do it in a face-to-face offline meeting?

Does that make a difference?

I think you're more likely to make an unintelligent comment/POV on the net in the first place. Perhaps something about not reading people's faces as they gape at your idiocy - that would make you backtrack or temper your comment in the 'real' world.

if i dont know someone i might be hseitant to be really offensive but i will let them know my point of view whereas the anonymity of a web based is much easier to just dismiss someone as a cnut or whatever

yes, it's easier online

Online and reality are two quite different things, so why shouldn't they have different 'social rules'?

Object17 A point I find interesting as it's an alien concept to me.

Are you more likely to insult someone online, for an unintelligent comment/point of view, than you are to do it in a face-to-face offline meeting?

Of course you are, moron. :-)

kboy
Online and reality are two quite different things, so why shouldn't they have different 'social rules'?

+1

What this fucker said.

I swear a great deal in public and I call people lots of things, but that is mediated by me laughing, hugging them, or any other action which makes the names I've called them not as harsh as they may at first appear. Online I tend to swear less, and generally try not to label people as cunts, fucktards, etc etc, just find it more polite that way, and with the inability that typing messages creates in terms of tone of voice, manner and other facial/vocal cues which allow you to figure out whether someone is being serious or not, it just means my online life is a whole load easier.
emoticons are cool, but I generally use them to stick my tongue out at people ;-P

Bunch of f*cking c*cksuckers the lot of you.I'd f*cking batter you all!!
You mean something like the above?

i make a point of never insulting people, online or elsewhere. i merely allow my superior intellect, wit and charm to insinuate themselves into the minds of others making them more than aware of any inadequacies they may have ;)

i like to swear though. it is easy to use a foul tongue without insulting people.

of course, that all goes out the window once the Creature has taken hold of ya

Fucktard on the internet = pfft in RL

kboy yes, it's easier online

Online and reality are two quite different things, so why shouldn't they have different 'social rules'?

I agree totally.

What I don't agree with is that you assume that the different set of rules is that you can be more insulting. I would say that given the lack of ability to adequately convey meaning in this medium, that we lack body language, tone, tempo and other hints as to mood and feeling... that people should be more forgiving of online indiscretions and read posts as if the other person had a heart of gold. Only failing those tests should anything happen, and seeking clarity would seem to be a more intelligent action than just launching into a stream of verbal abuse.

I, personally, generally (thought there are always exceptional circumstances) don't usually insult people unless I know them. Infact the more I get to know someone the more I am likely to really take the piss out of people.
That said, it's easy for people to mistake criticism over a viewpoint as an insult of intellect. I'm just surpised by the amount of people who adopt the internet as a mask and become totally different people due to the anonymity aspect. People are a beautifully intriguing thing.

People are people. Depeche Mode

I tend to hold back a bit online.

In real life I swear more, and am more aggressive towards moronic people

There no need to break out the depeche quotes...

velocity boy I agree totally.

What I don't agree with is that you assume that the different set of rules is that you can be more insulting. I would say that given the lack of ability to adequately convey meaning in this medium, that we lack body language, tone, tempo and other hints as to mood and feeling... that people should be more forgiving of online indiscretions and read posts as if the other person had a heart of gold. Only failing those tests should anything happen, and seeking clarity would seem to be a more intelligent action than just launching into a stream of verbal abuse.

Bastard.

Damn you're fickle. You loved me just an hour ago.

I fucking never swear on the internet. It's not big and it's not fucking clever.

I probably swear too much in everyday life though. Whenever I pause mid-sentence to decide what to say next, I normally add in the word 'fucking' to keep it flowing!!

Quoting Arthur Smith on BBC's Grumpy Old Men:

Everyday swearing is fucking marvellous. Bad language is stuff like "at the end of the day" or "do you see what I say", not "bollocks you prick".

Can anyone find Penny Arcade's theory of Internet postings? I think that pretty much sums it up.

Ask and ye shall receive...

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Object17 A point I find interesting as it's an alien concept to me.
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turpe Ask and ye shall receive...

i love the internet ^_^

tynan [quote]kboy
Online and reality are two quite different things, so why shouldn't they have different 'social rules'?

+1

What this fucker said.[/quote]

you. are. a funny man. but i'd probably think you rather dour in person ;)