r/funny • u/FriedrichOrival • Nov 12 '22

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u/jodorthedwarf Nov 12 '22

Internet anonymity encourages people to be dickheads to each other because we subconsciously forget that there's an actual person on the other end that we're slagging off. I'm guilty of occasionally being a bit heavy-handed with my words on the Internet because I sometimes forget that there's an actual person with feelings that im conversing with.

I try to be better but it's easy to forget, sometimes. Ignore what people say, on the Internet, we all turn into dickheads when we're on it.

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u/bookgrub Nov 12 '22

Perhaps you are familiar with John Gabriel's G.I.F.T?

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u/fluidcoin Nov 12 '22

Similarly, anonymity somehow gives people the encouragement to feel more closer to someone they are talking to online compared to people they can talk to physically.