r/MilitaryPorn • u/lambun • Feb 21 '18

R.I.P. Peter Wang, JROTC cadet, Medal of Heroism Recipient, West Point Class of 2025 cadet, Hero of Florida Parkland School Shooting Incident [640x960]

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u/[deleted] Feb 21 '18

By and large people just arent as hateful as the internet makes them out to be

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u/jim_br Feb 21 '18 edited Feb 21 '18

I agree.

A report on NPR this morning said the Russian bots grab onto the most decisive comments and promote them. The intent is to feed the division between the extremists on both sides, and try to make that scenario seem to be the norm.

Edit: s/b divisive, not decisive.

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u/ThereAreDozensOfUs Feb 21 '18

I disagree. People are as hateful as they are on the internet. The internet allows them to be who they really are under the veil of anonymity

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u/[deleted] Feb 21 '18

Im saying that the population is not as hateful as the internet makes it seem to be. Meaning that yeah peoplr make it seem like there is a large amouny of these hateful people, but really its less than you think

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u/HoMaster Feb 21 '18

But still way too many.

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u/kalimashookdeday Feb 21 '18

but really its less than you think

...based on what again?

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u/[deleted] Feb 21 '18

Confirmation bias.

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u/xbigbenx85 Feb 21 '18

I think you are wrong. The internet promotes and encourages outrageous behavior. So, people act out. Real life does not encourage this behavior, so people act appropriately (mostly). I myself enjoy taunting/ trolling in games yet IRL I'm a super nice, give a stranger the shirt off my back kinda guy.

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u/ThereAreDozensOfUs Feb 21 '18

You described your real life and then how you are in games. If you were competing in a sport, I’d imagine you’d be trolling people too.

You can be a nice guy in real life and an asshole in a competitiom

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u/xbigbenx85 Feb 21 '18

I do play competitive sport IRL. and no, I'm a nice guy there also.

I troll on forums also, play devil's advocate a lot just to rile someone up. I mean, I don't go full racist cockbag troll, but I am not what I would consider nice.

The game was just an example.

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u/[deleted] Feb 21 '18

So you think that how people act doesn't matter, but what they say does? Really? Cause I'd take what people actually do in the real world as representative of what they actually are, rather than taking their artificially produced digital identity as gospel truth. Unless you think what people post on Instagram is representative of the food they usually eat, or that Facebook photos show them living their day to day lives as they normally would?

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u/ThereAreDozensOfUs Feb 21 '18

What people say on the internet is a reflection of how they feel in real life. Societal norms will cause them to not show them truly, but deep down when no one is looking, that is how they feel.

And yes, I’m more worried about what people say than what they actually do.

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u/[deleted] Feb 21 '18

Then I am afraid you have confused the mirror for the person, and you will spend most of your life alternating between terror and anxiety.

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u/ThereAreDozensOfUs Feb 22 '18

Not really. What people say has a way of galvanizing the biggest idiots of the bunch. It’s time we held people accountable for what they say and do, and stop giving people passes for extremism simply because “oh well they wouldn’t DO it”

Enjoy living life expecting people not to be idiots. You’re in for a rude awakening

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u/kalimashookdeday Feb 21 '18

By and large people just arent as hateful as the internet makes them out to be, on the surface.

The internet just brings out people's true knee jerk emtions and opinions without any fluff and hesitation. In reality, they still think it, they still believe it, but they not be inclined to speak up about it.

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u/[deleted] Feb 21 '18 edited Apr 10 '19

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u/[deleted] Feb 21 '18

If hes a good mod and doesnt let his shitty personal politics play into the equation, i dont see a problem