As social networking expands, the odd part of in all of this
is; we are completely losing our social skills.
When we’re not treating total strangers like dirt online these days we’re
barely interacting at all face to face. Why
offer a smile to the cashier at the store?
I’ve got fresh victims living in my computer to devoir when I get
home! I’ll give a for instance: I challenge you to look up any youtube video;
the videos content has absolutely no relevance.
Scroll down and if the first two pages of viewer comments doesn’t have
you questioning where we as a people are headed than you won’t relate to this
blog on any level. Just cut it off and
just stop reading now…
It’s the mixture of pure maliciousness and the out n’ out
stupidity that leaves me beating my head against the keyboard. Let’s separate the commenters into a few
groups, shall we? #1: “The Troller” – These
are the people who live to leave nasty comments for the thrill of making
waves. They like to go to “In Memory”
videos and call the deceased an ugly slut or say things like: “Kill it!
Kill it with fire!” on a video of a girl that’s not so cute and made the
mistake of trying to sing”. I find anyone that entertains their nonsense
to be equally stupid. Then I notice “The
Troller’s” profile pic is a World of Warcraft character and they’re watching
videos of kittens rolling around in a bowl at 10:00 P.M. on a Saturday night so
that would explain their anger towards life in general and I guess we’ll chalk
that up as punishment enough for now.
#2: “The Uptight Guy” -- This is
the person who could spoil a wet dream.
An example: I was watching an
adorable video of a guy playing around with his Doberman Pinscher. They were playing, aggressively yes but it
was clear through both his and his dog’s body language the dog was having the
time of his life. Jason and Piper play
like this all the time; she absolutely loves it. The guy and his dobe were taking turns in the
role of “alpha” and when it was the human’s turn he would roll his dog over on
his back, roughhouse a little and start all over. When it was over, it was over. The dog was told play time was over and to
sit. The dog sat immediately and was
shown affection. There was nothing going
on but a guy having fun with his dog and a dog having fun with his master. But oh no…
no, no, no… inevitably there has
to be the occasional comment out of the realm of “that was adorable” to point
out how you should never turn a dog on its back because that’s considered threatening
and a degrading thing for a dog and will result in a bite. Yeah, ‘cause you know this particular dog and
this owner so well, right? Why do you
care if he gets bit, for that matter? I
can see how the dog’s glistening coat and obvious respect for his owner would
lead you to believe he is being mistreated and should be removed from his
playful, loving, stable home so he can be put in a shelter and euthanized in a
week. I hate this guy the most. He represents the wussifcation of America and
it’s that kind of thinking I blame for the over-inflation of political correctness
and frivolous lawsuits. Thank guys like
him for tort reform. Yep, that guy… I hate him more than “The Dumbass” which we’re
getting to now… #3: “The Dumbass” -- We’re not going to spend much
on “The Dumbass” because it’s pretty self-explanatory and a waste of my time. They leave comments like: “Is this for real??” on images of hideously
photoshopped creatures from the planet Schneckenbloink. At some point you realize they can’t help it
and the pity factor kicks in so you allot forgiveness. I guess my point through all this is I have
this fantasy of lifting the veil between commenters and video posters, post
comment war, and see what happens. Total
lab rat scenario. I can’t help but think
no one would have a damn thing to say.
I think you'd hear crickets... Why? I think the answer is
obvious. I think to truly examine the
belief that people are inherently good you really need to examine how the
majority of people act when given the privilege of having absolutely no
consequences for their actions. Nine
times out of ten, a person is going to opt to be a dick. Like it, don’t like it… I calls it like I sees it.
My neighbors have 2 dogs.
They get out of the back fence pretty frequently. They roam around, they’re not hurting anyone
but animal control is always here within minutes; which means, a neighbor has spotted them on
the loose and called them. I have to ask
the question: “Do those dogs roaming
around REALLY bother someone THAT bad that they feel the need to report them
and have their dogs taken away?” Or was it
just too easy to make ruining someone else’s day the highlight of their own? As soon as I figure out who keeps getting
their dogs taken away I’m going to sue them for emotional distress and
increased paranoia that everyone really is out to get me…. Oh but wait, then they’d know who I am,
huh? There are court orders to keep them
away and keep me safe though, right?...........RIGHT?
Would we like, have to face each other and stuff?
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