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I'm not sure what this word salad is trying to say. I've read it several times now, and I still don't get it. Your reference to "proper societies" and "broken s

• mdp2021 2y ago
  No prob! I will rephrase - just be aware that a "salad" is not structured, and what you read above is quite the opposite. My difficulty is that it is not clear what may not be clear to you. Maybe an instance? That website is divided in sections, each with its own population, and you will easily find many of the form "Those who believe that the moon should be rebuilt with cheese can come here to support each other in this blind persuasion, chanting hooligan choirs (intellectual arguments will be out of place here) against the rest (the "profligates", the "heretic" etc.), so the community can feel strong". So, you will find hooligans vocally expressing their persuasions (not defending it - just shouting it), proposing world views that would instead require some intellectual defense (hence the mention of Popper), and interpreting phenomena according to the dogma of that world view, painting the world accordingly ("to the man with a hammer, everything looks like a nail"). I do not know what you could not understand, so I can only rephrase the other post. > worrysome Good, in general - people today are so relaxed! So relaxed they abuse their freedom. If you visited the site in question, you would find an abundance of participants that out of their "relaxation" will abuse you, protected by the distance of the web page. If the abusers went directly to some group of people in person, physically in front of the abused, what would follow would either be restrained violence and the Social effort, expressed in verbal and non verbal communication, to put the offender back in the framework of proper behaviour, or finally that actual violence that was once called "teaching a lesson". Edit: addendum: the moderation you can find in that place is of the form "Sorry to hear that an apparent minor is taunting you, would you like us to hide its posts?". Normal, correct reply: "No, I want you to correct the brat and teach it manners, as duly in a supposed community".
  • kelseydh 2y ago
    That's a lot to write to just say that there is online disinhibition effect. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Online_disinhibition_effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Online_disinhibition_effect
    • mdp2021 2y ago
      Thank you! Owing to some contingent stressors, I currently can't get out of overly analytical language. But note that the user asked for explanations in both posts, so a concise formula like "online disinhibition effect" probably leaves questions instead of answering them. And in fact, it is not «just» disinhibition: it is the intent to promote "guts" as opposed to "brains". -- "The president has said that the moon moves the seas, what a belch, roar, roar, rise!" // "Actually it does." // "Down with the defender of the president!" "The president has just saved a child falling from a skyscraper, pouring out love and the wrath of his enemies, should not we feel elated!" // "Are you sure that happened?" // "Down with the opposer of the president!" That is a sample of what you may find there. If you were a humorist without ideas, maybe...