Aug 08 2008
This Article Smells like Poo
I am sick of people saying this is shocking or frightening. You’re an idiot who shouldn’t be on the internet.
The internet is this grand dance of anarchy and humanity. It’s extraordinary. People do awful things without fear of repercussion on the internet. Isn’t that amazing and educational? I say this as someone who got scammed earlier this year. You know what? I was stupid. That doesn’t mean I wasn’t pissed off and out for blood, but my bank and I caught it before they got any money out of it, and the asshole might have been arrested when he went to pick up the cash at his local western union. haha.
Anyway, whether or not it is harmful for humanity to have the kind of ultimate freedom the internet
represents isn’t the point. There are assholes everywhere. Heck, I’m probably an asshole because I laugh my ass off about most of the shit I see on /b/. If you don’t, you’re a damn liar or just no fun.
Honestly, if this article frightens you, get off the internet. There is no way to protect yourself. If you were mislead into believing the internet was safe or no one would know who you were, you made a mistake. I feel sorry for you.
I harbor no such beliefs. I know someone who wants to hurt me could do it on the internet as easily as they could in real life. The only thing the internet does is expose the asshole that is present in many/all of us.
This article took a topic, dealt with it badly, and is now being reposted in a million places where people are frightened and SHOCKED by this behavior.
It’s not a good or interesting article. And talking about “trolls” like they’re rejects of humanity is ridiculous. They’re a product of humanity, nothing more. Hardly worth the time devoted to them in this article or on the interwebz, now. They’re there, they’ve been there forever, and if you were misinformed about the scary interwebz, take some valued advice and lurk moar.
PS. I recommend you save your soul by turning off your computer and backing away from the internet. You know, the series of tubes.
i started to read that article a couple of days ago but the picture a-scared me.
pieces like this in the new york times are strictly for 60 year-olds in scarsdale to read and fret over. their style and travel sections are typically great because they’re reliably insane and utterly out of touch.
illegitimi non carborundum
Pic of goatse goes here.
And congratulations to Dan for being the first person to mention goatse on our blog. Surely this is some sort of milestone.
You know why that dog is sticking his face in the water? It’s bleach, to erase the image of goatse from his retinas.
The goggles, they do nothing.
It’s “The goggles do nothing”! You should be the last person on the planet to misquote The Simpsons, considering how many episodes you can recite off-book.