#internet behaviour

[one-real-wrimonkey]

“But what if I don’t like beans” is a very annoying phenomenon on the internet but may I propose an equally annoying phenomenon in the “you’re not special” crowd.

I am so done with it.

I saw a video showcasing how early it gets dark in the UK in winter and the top comment was “clearly you’ve never been to Canada” and when someone asked why that was a necessary comment they defended it with “the English are acting like it doesn’t happen all over, they’re not special”.

It was educational and it said England because it was filmed in England, nowhere did it claim it was a unique feature of England. It just wanted to show what occurred in that location.

I saw another one showing the Red Bull F1 car making cool vortexes in the rain spray, just showing off some cool photos and saying “look how cool this is”. All the comments were going “all f1 cars do that” “this isn’t a new thing” “this isn’t unique to them they’re not special”.

Why do people act like someone showing something cool is an attack on them if it isn’t focused on them?

It’s just something cool. It’s just someone showing something happening and saying “hey look at this”.

I’m so sick of it. Not everything is about you. Just let people enjoy cool things.

[sharpth1ng]

Billy is the type of person to make 20 posts in a row about how much he doesn't care after losing an argument

lmao if he has social media? Yeah. But I can also see him as the kind of person who basically doesn't have any personal accounts, like he only makes throwaways for stalking and sending hate.

[endlessburningdarkness]

its incredibly funny when people dismiss any critique of their faves as "it's fictional! and "why do engage if you hate x?" as if the only way to enjoy a story is uncritical consumption. as if it being fictional means it should be absolved of critique? for one, if its genuinely meaningless fiction to you, why does critique of it bother you so much?

for another, it's also kind of insulting to the entire tradition of storytelling and critique. which is a fundamental component of the human race. saying it's fiction therefore it doesn't matter what it implies or suggests or how it treat's its characters or the message it sends... as if stories aren't what human culture is built off of. all those great myths? fiction. propaganda? fiction. religion? fiction. politics? ads? games? music? it's all storytelling. hell even our economic and moral ideas are fictions we believe in and enforce. money is a collective fiction that runs the world.

if it's so meaningless then why do you care about it getting critiqued? why does a different interpretation bother you so much? come to think of it, why are you even in the fandom? why do you care about any of the characters at all? why bother reading, writing, drawing them if it's all meaningless fiction no one should ever analyse?

obviously you're here because it isn't meaningless, it has a real life impact on you. it brings you joy. it has real impact. fiction is a real thing created by real people with real effects. how many inventions do you think were inspired by sci fi? why do you think some fictional books were banned? why do you think representation matters? because we see ourselves in stories, we communicate with stories, we spread, critique and bond over fucking fictional stories!

so of course it matters, all of it, characters, themes, analysis, message and critique. critique comes out of love for the story's potential. i care that it could have been better in this or that way, so i point it out. if you can't see the story's flaws, it's potential, it's good and bad, do you really love it as much as you claim? if you can't concede someone else could interpret it differently, are you really appreciating the nature of stories as mediums of varied perception?

[why-does-life-give-out-lemons]

The level of anonymity I have in the internet is strangely comforting? Like I’m out as asexual to all 500 strangers who follow me? But no one irl knows? And I just talk to strangers who seem cool? But can’t order a coffee by myself at Starbucks? Like nobody knows the shy girl from their math class is out here shitposting and making memes and I love that?

The version of myself I present to the internet is the truest version of myself, because nobody here holds any sway over me. I am limited by nobody’s expectations and it’s a powerful feeling.

[silvandar]

OK quick reminder to everyone about polite Internet behaviour;

- do not tag celebrities in NSFW or scam posts.

- do not speak to celebrities as if they are your personal friends.

- do not DM/tag offensive or "call out" discourse to celebrities.

- do not stalk or abuse ANYONE.

[endlessburningdarkness]

it's that problem again. the one were people cannot move past the initial premise of the argument. to see what it suggests, implies or consider what consequences it may have. i have a feeling this is has something to do with complex arguments being reduced to slogans. people's go to has becomes slogans, so they've lost the capacity to entertain a premise to see where it may take them.

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[goldensadnessdolphin]

You gotta love the dichotomy of people saying they "did some sleuthing" or similar "research".

It always means that they either just typed a barely grammatically viable string of words into google and took the first 3 links AT MOST or they actually wrote their PhD in that topic and finally got to talk about it