for okaydan's project
2. What country are you from? united states
3. Do you spend more time watching tv, reading magazines, or listening to the radio? listening to the radio
4. Do you visit networking sites (not just tumblr) often? only twitter and tumblr sometimes facebook
5. Have you ever seen someone directly or indirectly say something mean to/ at someone? yes
6. Do you think cyber bullying is a serious issue? absolutely
7. Do you prefer to talk face to face with someone, or online? online
8. Have you ever made a joke at the expense of someone else? yup i'm just going to tell you what happened okay it was christmas time and everyone at school called this one kid the grinch now that i think about it i'm not really sure why we called him that. we said it was because he looked like the grinch, but he really didn't. anyways i took it upon myself to give him a christmas card with the grinch lyrics in it and have some people sign it and then give it to him. i thought it would be a funny joke because he was nicknamed the grinch you know. but he didn't think it was funny. especially added onto another incident that was going on at the time. where some kid stole his planner and it was being passed around the school and written in, and let me tell you some of those things were not very nice. then he told his mom about everything and she told the school and the school said it was bullying and i got detention i still feel bad about it :( yeah
9. Have you ever joked about someone online, believing you were in the right in doing so? no
10. Do you think anonymity makes the biggest impact on cyber bullying? i'm not sure what you mean. yes, anonymity makes it easier for someone to send a person hate but i think it hurts more if you know who that hate is coming from. not that anonymous hate doesn't hurt. but you know if someone sent you hate and you knew them, even thought they were your friend, then it would have a bigger impact on you than if you got hate from an anon. but yes anonymity allows for more cyberbullying.
also to elaborate on the joke at someones expense question: i'm just going to tell you what happened okay it was christmas time and everyone at school called this one kid the grinch now that i think about it i'm not really sure why we called him that. we said it was because he looked like the grinch, but he really didn't. anyways i took it upon myself to give him a christmas card with the grinch lyrics in it and have some people sign it and then give it to him. i thought it would be a funny joke because he was nicknamed the grinch you know. but he didn't think it was funny. especially added onto another incident that was going on at the time. where some kid stole his planner and it was being passed around the school and written in, and let me tell you some of those things were not very nice. then he told his mom about everything and she told the school and the school said it was bullying and i got detention i still feel bad about it :( yeah i don't if this story helps but eh (it will help people see i'm not as nice as you think aha but i've changed since then)