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The main reason is that almost all content online comes from people who are mentally ill. Commenting or creating anything online is really weird. Normal people

by 3qz 4y ago

The main reason is that almost all content online comes from people who are mentally ill. Commenting or creating anything online is really weird. Normal people don't do this, so you're interacting with a very different group of people on your computer than in real life. > people in real life seem so much more complacent and uncritical compared to people online This is just to avoid conflict. I'm sure they feel the same way internally

Bancakes 4y ago
We have a word for people who live life read-only, consuming their surroundings - NPCs. Not sure who's really mentally ill in this situation.
- deleted 4y ago
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- chasd00 4y ago
  To paraphrase the climax of the movie War Games, "In some games, an NPC is the only winning character".
HomeGear 4y ago
>The main reason is that almost all content online comes from people who are mentally ill. I wasn’t brave enough to say this, but since you have, I want to agree. Gaming, Discord, forums, etc - filled to the brink with mentally ill individuals.
- tester756 4y ago
  what "mentally ill" means in this context? like literally?
  - swayvil 4y ago
    Suffering a distortion of perspective. From focus, trauma, drugs, obsession...
    - mattbrewsbytes 4y ago
      There’s a huge difference between having a distorted world view because of ignorance or knowledge or whatever and being clinically diagnosed with a mental illness. For example, someone that seems very self involved, a trait of immaturity and youth, isn’t the same as someone with narcissistic personality disorder as defined here: https://www.nyu.edu/gsas/dept/philo/courses/materials/Narc.Pers.DSM.pdf https://www.nyu.edu/gsas/dept/philo/courses/materials/Narc.P...
      - swayvil 4y ago
        Never discount the power of long, intense, sustained focus to wreck your perspective.
- Der_Einzige 4y ago
  I'm glad you and the one above you said it. My addiction to discord scares me more than anything - because everyone else on there is extremely mentally ill... So why am I drawn there? Oh no!
wolverine876 4y ago
> mentally ill What does that mean? We're all 'mentally ill' to some degree, in some situations, etc. > almost all content online comes from people who are mentally ill Wow! But I agree: Almost all content online comes from people, and all people are 'mentally ill' - or just normal.
smnplk 4y ago
"commenting or creating anything online is really weird" You are commenting right now here on HN. Are you ok ? ;)
- 3qz 4y ago
  no
ham-sandwich 4y ago
This seems deeply correct. Do you have an idea why it seems half the people on Reddit and twitter are trans?
- 3qz 4y ago
  Autism

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Bancakes 4y ago

We have a word for people who live life read-only, consuming their surroundings - NPCs. Not sure who's really mentally ill in this situation.

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chasd00 4y ago
To paraphrase the climax of the movie War Games, "In some games, an NPC is the only winning character".

HomeGear 4y ago

>The main reason is that almost all content online comes from people who are mentally ill. I wasn’t brave enough to say this, but since you have, I want to agree. Gaming, Discord, forums, etc - filled to the brink with mentally ill individuals.

tester756 4y ago
what "mentally ill" means in this context? like literally?
- swayvil 4y ago
  Suffering a distortion of perspective. From focus, trauma, drugs, obsession...
  - mattbrewsbytes 4y ago
    There’s a huge difference between having a distorted world view because of ignorance or knowledge or whatever and being clinically diagnosed with a mental illness. For example, someone that seems very self involved, a trait of immaturity and youth, isn’t the same as someone with narcissistic personality disorder as defined here: https://www.nyu.edu/gsas/dept/philo/courses/materials/Narc.Pers.DSM.pdf https://www.nyu.edu/gsas/dept/philo/courses/materials/Narc.P...
    - swayvil 4y ago
      Never discount the power of long, intense, sustained focus to wreck your perspective.
Der_Einzige 4y ago
I'm glad you and the one above you said it. My addiction to discord scares me more than anything - because everyone else on there is extremely mentally ill... So why am I drawn there? Oh no!

wolverine876 4y ago

> mentally ill What does that mean? We're all 'mentally ill' to some degree, in some situations, etc. > almost all content online comes from people who are mentally ill Wow! But I agree: Almost all content online comes from people, and all people are 'mentally ill' - or just normal.

smnplk 4y ago

"commenting or creating anything online is really weird" You are commenting right now here on HN. Are you ok ? ;)

3qz 4y ago
no

ham-sandwich 4y ago

This seems deeply correct. Do you have an idea why it seems half the people on Reddit and twitter are trans?

3qz 4y ago
Autism