PSA: Remember that the internet isn't real life

Most of the Internet is just the random intrusive thoughts everyone has, but never say out loud, being said out loud. I'm pretty sure it originally started as a joke, but then I am reminded of this quote:

"Any group that gets its kicks by pretending to be stupid is eventually taken over by actually stupid people who believe they are in good company."

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I remember watching this happen to r/TheDonald in real time.

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That's how the recent flat earth movement got started.

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With this logic, I will try to form a group called the crimson cummers and convice people that only soyboys cum white, real americans cum red.

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- What if the red is in streaks? What if the streaks become more prominent over time? What if there's a smell?
  
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- Confirmed
  
  https://youtu.be/7czKBArlPcc?si=BEC1mRIC-VO-0eqC
  
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Somebody on the internet: "U think bees can smell the flowers? Just a dude lovin' his job, that's purpose. Not like us, oh boy if I don't sell the pointless squares right an old man is gonna project his angry breath at me and if this happens enough I become homeless again."

Family in real life: "What they're doing at CERN scares me. They're gonna destroy the world! Also climate change is made up for some reason and I see no problem with oil companies."

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Too real, please dial it back a bit

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- Sorry to say but... I already did.
  The dial doesn't go any lower without a major loss in accuracy.
  
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One of my all time favorite science internet videos, and it's only a minute, can bees tell time?

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I know it makes me sound like the old guy I am, but I lament the extinction of punctuation on social media.

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Interestingly, no punctuation has become a form of punctuation. Ending your statement with no period has the effect of creating a softer landing for the sentence. With a period might come off too hard.

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- I'm out of the loop on this one. Are you for real?
  
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- I find myself doing this to telegraph when I'm being sarcastic or facetious.
  
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I died a little when people started misspelling headlines on reddit just for the comment correction clicks rather than just downvoting it into oblivion.

I have slowly relented on emoji since they can be handy at times but I dread using them so end up writing about 5x more to convey my intention than just using 😆😅😭🥹🤪🥺🤐😱🤬🤯🤮😈 or ☺️.

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- My problem with emojis is that they're so often used for sarcasm that it's hard to tell whether a 👍is supposed to be an "I agree" or a "yeah whatever"
  
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At least it doesn't hurt the readability here. You should see the stream of consciousness Tumblr essays that use as little punctuation as possible and avoid all capitalisation.

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Depends on the context--a short statement can be fully understood on its own if separated by a paragraph (or just the end of the message itself). Lack of punctuation is really only an issue with huge run-on sentences.

But I'm on board with a little message chilling on its own without a period

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I was the guy who would spell out every word and use correct punctuation when sending texts on mobile phones.

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Drugs aren't the same for everyone...

Some people can do a line of coke and leave it at that. Others get a tiny taste and will do anything for the tiniest bit more.

It makes it very dangerous when people don't understand human variation. People it doesn't effect much or who aren't prone to addiction will act like it's no big deal, then some unlucky sucker who hangs out with at a club becomes an addict overnight.

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I'm so glad it rained yesterday we really needed it

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- I don't know why, but I keep thinking about this comment again and laughing. Thought you should know.
  
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- https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=OYtpU5b2ALk&pp
  
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I get zero pleasure from cocaine. It's literally just a tool to keep drinking. (NB: don't do this. It's terrible for your heart) But for some of my friends it's the end-all, be-all. They wanna do lines all weekend and I'm just like, "why?"

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- Luckily for me alcohol is my cocaine.
  
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- Random question but are you ADHD?
  
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- I've never liked coke or meth. I know not to ~~try~~ abuse strong opiates.
  
  I'll take anything offered if I'm drunk, tho.
  
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- Yeah it's fun for a bit but the self loathing afterwards is intense. I kind of don't understand how you can get addicted to it but I guess people do.
  
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Exactly the reason I've never tried coke. I know I would fuckin love it and it would ruin my entire life

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Exactly. I'm perfectly capable of taking or leaving cocaine. If I feel like doing a line if a friend pulls some out, I can do that, and never think about or crave it, years can go by between uses. Marijuana does fuck all enjoyable for me, Opiates though, i had a shoulder injury and the doctor gave me 20 5mg OxyContin's. I took one, once, and realized i absolutely need to never ever do any opiates ever in my life, best feeling I've ever had, seriously dangerous and I had a glimmer of how people get hooked on heroin.

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I'm so glad it rained yesterday, gave me a reason to stay home and take all this healthy cocaine.

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20 years on, it still rings true: The Greater Internet Fuckwad Theory

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UT2004 was one hell of a game

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- The last great mainstream arena shooter. Your opinion on whether it was the best ever may vary (I assume quite some people prefer Q3A due to the speed and other factors) but it must be one of my favorite games of all time. Playing deathmatch or onslaught on LAN parties, or even some silly mods. Later custom maps were just amazing. Such a good time. They really nailed it back then.
  
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- Boycott Epic until they put a team on UT4 full time.
  
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The further removed you are from the other person in a conversation/altercation the more your brain dehumanises them. It's why people are rude to call centre workers, get road rage, and behave like dickheads online.

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I’m curious how this was specifically related to UT2004. One of my favorites growing up.

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- An artifact of its time - 2004. Console FPS as a genre was drowning in WWII themed shooters then, but online play wasn’t big outside PC until the Xbox 360 launched service in 2005. If you were playing online FPS then, it probably was on PC, and either Unreal Tournament, Quake, or Counter Strike.
  
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I'm the second person because I have spring allergies. I rejoice every single day that it rains.

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but it's so much worse the next day when the plants jizz extra hard after drinking all dat rain

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- Where I live, there's so much more pollen in the air before it rains than there is after.
  
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I know something that will clear those sinuses up!

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There are people who say both. Just because your aquaintances don't shitpost in RL, doesn't mean no one does.

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Remember that those you are most likely to encounter on social media are those most active on social media.

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The internet is real. The idea that the internet doesn't exist is an absolutely ludicrous conspiracy on par with thinking birds aren't real.

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That's not what this is about

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GPT generated comment vibe

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No one that is actually against fascists says fascist like that. Unless they use Twitter/x...

Excuse me... I just got a call from Charles.

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Agreed. It should read "if you disagree you ARE a fascist."

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Get fucked prohibitionists.

There will come a time when humanity wins the war on drugs, and everyone has the bodily autonomy to put what drugs they want in their own body.

And when that day happens… will you see drug users persecuting people for not being high?

Will you see prisons built for those who dare stay sober?

Will people be given felonies for being straight edge?

Will drug users militarize the police and erode our constitutional rights in a vain quest to enforce thier way of life on others?

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Who would want to do that to someone? Prohibitionists.

And we are NOT them.

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Some drugs are especially dangerous, and some drugs can make people dangerous. Who's going to regulate that? As you'd say, prohibitionists.

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- regulate deez nuts
  
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Can’t wait for consoles with the injectables pack-in

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