Not to be a prude, but why the perverts?

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30 Mar 2006, 6:36 pm

Some people post profane items, why do people do it? Not talking about profanities but really nasty obvious posts.



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30 Mar 2006, 7:17 pm

good title, sc.

Well, sometimes it's wit or sarcasm, some people like to shock. you should ask the particular poster themselves.



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30 Mar 2006, 7:19 pm

Attention gathering...



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30 Mar 2006, 7:22 pm

oh yeah!

some people like to get noticed.



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30 Mar 2006, 7:28 pm

I suppose, yet it is just text on a screen.



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30 Mar 2006, 7:29 pm

Don't they just?



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30 Mar 2006, 9:56 pm

Two words... alk ohol. *hic*. I'm sure of it :-)



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30 Mar 2006, 10:00 pm

Can be relevent with those who are depressed...



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30 Mar 2006, 10:48 pm

Well, I mean, they get drunk and then come on and start saying silly things they normally wouldn't. It happens all the time.



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30 Mar 2006, 11:07 pm

Makes sense..

Really shows some subconscious denotables.



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30 Mar 2006, 11:11 pm

sc wrote:
Makes sense..

Really shows some subconscious denotables.


If you mean, it's time to make a stiff drink and watch The Colbert Show, then you're right-on, friend! It's time for me to shut-down the computer and relax. Goodnight! :-)



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30 Mar 2006, 11:36 pm

yikes.



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31 Mar 2006, 12:36 am

sc wrote:
yikes.


Bah, I did the opposite. I hemmed some pants (using Stitch Witch), drank a lot of ice water, and am going to bed.

Sad, ain't it?



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01 Apr 2006, 3:41 am

Just wondering, what type of remarks do you consider pervert.
People in some countrys are more open about stuff than others so.
They might not intentionaly offend people from other countrys.



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01 Apr 2006, 4:03 am

I am playing. I am making a game out of testing the boundries of this world.


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01 Apr 2006, 5:25 am

People sometimes don't know that certain topics or manners of speech are offensive. I, for one, see sexual topics as not much more interesting or taboo than talking about digestion or elimination or any other bodily process; through experience, of course, I have learned that other people do not wish to talk about them.

Or maybe it's just a matter of experimentation: People learn that if you perform certain actions, you get certain results; and they have learned that on an Internet forum, posting what is considered offensive results in a lot of responses. It reminds me of a rat in a Skinner box: Push the button, get a food pellet; push the button, get a food pellet... it's a matter of positive reinforcement. Perhaps these people simply enjoy the fact that they are creating a stir.

In either case, it really isn't very prudent to expend emotional and mental energy on an anonymous person posting something offensive on an Internet forum. You don't know them; they don't know you; so how could any perceived insult or embarassment be at all personal?


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