Did the Internet Make People Stupid?
an eye out |opinio nation 12:42 27/12/06
Or did it just give stupid people a voice?
Anyway, I felt I had to share this:
Because it pretty much sums up how daft (and combative!) people really do get online. And because XKCD rocks…!
I make the effort not to read the comments on YouTube, and I try (but god help, me I often fail), not to read the comments on IMDB, too… I know that they should just amuse me, but instead my response to their heights of ignorance and depths of abrasiveness just upset or antagonise me. You just know that the pinko-liberals who speak out against sterilisation of the dumb don’t spend much time online…
(My two previous favourite XJCDs are here and here. Go see. It’s fun!)
Cousin George
I like these. Have been browsing for over an hour.
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Nicolas Papaconstantinou
Yeah, they’re very good. I’ll be honest, sometimes they are just a tiny touch over my head, though!
Lots of crazy math shit in there that I just don’t get…
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Cousin George
But some days it’s good to just know there’s a bigger geek.
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Nicolas Papaconstantinou
Yeah, there is that. And at least they mostly can’t draw. Which makes one feel good about one’s lack of ability in that area, too…
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Cousin George
I can’t draw anywhere near as well as they can…
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