People just seem ruder, if you want the blunt truth. It's been going on way before the name change fad. I have had a blog entry saved on word for some time now--trying to decide if I really want to publish it. It's kind of about this same thing.

People just seem ruder, if you want the blunt truth. It's been going on way before the name change fad. I have had a blog entry saved on word for some time now--trying to decide if I really want to publish it. It's kind of about this same thing.

I have noticed that BZP's mentality has changed a lot over just the last month. People haven't seemed more rude so much as they just aren't themselves anymore--with their display names and their personalities. Maybe they are being more rude; I don't know. I do think that some people just don't seem to care about BZP as much anymore, though. Fewer people seem to be reporting topics, for example. It's kind of demoralizing, because it takes a bit of the incentive away from me to help out because fewer people are anymore.

People just seem ruder, if you want the blunt truth. It's been going on way before the name change fad. I have had a blog entry saved on word for some time now--trying to decide if I really want to publish it. It's kind of about this same thing.

 

I have noticed that BZP's mentality has changed a lot over just the last month. People haven't seemed more rude so much as they just aren't themselves anymore--with their display names and their personalities. Maybe they are being more rude; I don't know. I do think that some people just don't seem to care about BZP as much anymore, though. Fewer people seem to be reporting topics, for example. It's kind of demoralizing, because it takes a bit of the incentive away from me to help out because fewer people are anymore.

People are having ego complexes, or something like that--I think it's some Internet fads/memes that have caused it. I honestly don't know. I don't want to come off as judgmental/hypocrite, but I really think people need an attitude adjustment, or something. Certain people are sacrificing a lot just to make themselves look bigger. There are better ways to get attention and popularity.

Gotta agree with LK here. People generally aren't the same on the Internet, where they can be whatever they want to be and seem however they make themselves. And yeah, some people just need to learn they're not on top of the world (I needed that lesson only a year ago).

But there are other things to consider as catalysts for erratic behavior, like stressful phases when school starts, sports that kids hate because they can't win a game, fads running amok giving people faux identities, etc. I may not be the best person to make a judgment on this, but IMO this should even out eventually when things don't get so hectic.

~EW~

People are having ego complexes

Like me!

I am not on as much as my brother, but they do feel different...

People are having ego complexes, or something like that--I think it's some Internet fads/memes that have caused it. I honestly don't know. I don't want to come off as judgmental/hypocrite, but I really think people need an attitude adjustment, or something. Certain people are sacrificing a lot just to make themselves look bigger. There are better ways to get attention and popularity.

I'm just so sick of internet fads that I honestly just wish they'd evaporate. Don't get me started on the attitude adjustment--I think the world needs a major attitude adjustment. Some people just don't realize what they have in a number of ways, and they take advantage of it rather than honoring what they do have and being thankful for it. If some cyber-representation of themselves means more to them than who they really are, then... they're no better than Szian's copy. I agree that there are much better ways to attain popularity, but I don't think "popular" is something that people should aspire to be. They should aspire to be good and do what's right, even if that's unpopular. I'm ranting here, so I'll just end with this quote whose speaker I can't remember: "What is popular is not always right, and what is right is not always popular."

Gotta agree with LK here. People generally aren't the same on the Internet, where they can be whatever they want to be and seem however they make themselves. And yeah, some people just need to learn they're not on top of the world (I needed that lesson only a year ago).

 

But there are other things to consider as catalysts for erratic behavior, like stressful phases when school starts, sports that kids hate because they can't win a game, fads running amok giving people faux identities, etc. I may not be the best person to make a judgment on this, but IMO this should even out eventually when things don't get so hectic.

 

~EW~

I try really hard to stay as true to myself as I can online; I don't want to be someone I'm not, because then you're living a lie, which will always bite you in the rear sometime or another. Trust me on this. Sometimes I think that people take their ability to do that for granted, and I think it would require a very rough lesson to cut them down to size and show them reality. They live in a fallacy, and that won't get anyone anywhere--no matter how sweet that fallacy may be--because it isn't reality. And if they don't ever learn that, it'll be much harder on them later.

I personally think that stress for school or the times would be more an excuse than a reason--people take advantage of that and use it as an excuse to behave the way they do. Perhaps they're doing it subconciously, but I have felt that way before. It always takes a fall to get back up again; no matter how stable you may think you're walking, you can always be walking straighter, and there will most likely always be someone falling more than you and someone walking straighter than you no matter how hard you try. It's life.

Whew! *lol*