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The internet has gone too far?

R00fletrain
28-12-2004, 19:02
Haha oh man, this is greatness: go here (http://www.eq2permafrost.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=216&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0)

I'm sure many of you have heard of this by now. If you haven't, then basically, some tool playing Ever Quest II on-line was cybering with some girl, and "cheating" on his internet GF, and got caught by a wonderful person who was "invisible".

While this is obviously hilarious, it makes me wonder..has the internet really gotten this bad? Go here (http://www.ubersite.com/m/54792%5B/url%5D)
for explanation. What do you guys think?
Neo Cannen
28-12-2004, 19:07
If it causes suicides then it should either be investigated or shut down. Or people who go to them should go to rehab or something. MMORPG anonomoys. Theres an idea...
Niccolo Medici
28-12-2004, 19:10
Haha oh man, this is greatness: go here (http://www.eq2permafrost.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=216&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0)

I'm sure many of you have heard of this by now. If you haven't, then basically, some tool playing Ever Quest II on-line was cybering with some girl, and "cheating" on his internet GF, and got caught by a wonderful person who was "invisible".

While this is obviously hilarious, it makes me wonder..has the internet really gotten this bad? Go here (http://www.ubersite.com/m/54792%5B/url%5D)
for explanation. What do you guys think?

Van Goh cut off his ear and gave it to a prositute he had obtained the services of but a few times. People still buy mail order brides from other nations.

The internet isn't bad. Its just a tool for the tools tooling around on it. It does however, provide all of humanity with a showcase for the comedy of errors.
Drunk commies
28-12-2004, 19:46
The internet hasn't gone too far. Some maladjusted idiots have. It's the same with everything. You got yer religious whackos, Trekkies, even those crazy D&D kids who take it way too seriously and start acting cooky. It's not the internet's fault.
Dr_Colossus
28-12-2004, 20:53
The Internet cannot stop. Its is the pinnical of human desire: people want to be together, to be assimilated into larger structures, the internet is the largest of such structures. The Internet will always exist, or be destined to exist, as long as humanity has its current instinct.
It can be set back, it can be temporaly paralysed, but never destroyed in the true sence of the word.

This post may be confusing/false/boring but it is thought provoking.
Chess Squares
28-12-2004, 21:28
Haha oh man, this is greatness: go here (http://www.eq2permafrost.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=216&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0)

I'm sure many of you have heard of this by now. If you haven't, then basically, some tool playing Ever Quest II on-line was cybering with some girl, and "cheating" on his internet GF, and got caught by a wonderful person who was "invisible".

While this is obviously hilarious, it makes me wonder..has the internet really gotten this bad? Go here (http://www.ubersite.com/m/54792%5B/url%5D)
for explanation. What do you guys think?
*dies laughing
Senseless Hedonism
28-12-2004, 21:37
is the internet "bad"? this is the dumbest post i've ever seen in my life. who the hell are you to judge?

oh my god...yes is tied with no...you people are fucking imbeciles...your righteousness never flickers, huh?
New Foxxinnia
28-12-2004, 21:38
I already posted that!

Buy a shirt:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v612/Joyzilla/CeciliantasTSHIRT.png
Superpower07
28-12-2004, 21:38
*dies laughing
Yeah

The way I see it, incidents like this will weed out those who are truly morons of the human race
Metslandia
28-12-2004, 21:38
Online games like the one this guy was playing are okay, but he just took it too far. Having a love triangle on the net? Everything in moderation, my friends.
UpwardThrust
28-12-2004, 21:39
If it causes suicides then it should either be investigated or shut down. Or people who go to them should go to rehab or something. MMORPG anonomoys. Theres an idea...
I would like to see how you would manage that :p
Senseless Hedonism
28-12-2004, 21:42
yeah, having an internet girlfriend is ridiculous, because i mean, it's funny! of course it's WRONG. and no one should take these things too seriously, because i know exactly what should be taken seriously, god has told me so. the internet is unacceptable as a surrogate life, because that would be like, funny :p :p :p :p

thanks for all your brilliant input, guys!
New Foxxinnia
28-12-2004, 21:47
I've seen shit WAY! WAY! worst than that. I mean 9-year old underwear model in suggestive positions.

And the bottomless poop-chute.

And the red-eyed lizard babies that are sickening enough to make a grown man cry.

And the bloodly newborn and the huge, blue, spiky back massager.

And strange fetish videos from Japan.

And stuff even worse than that.

EDIT: Changed "phallic object" with "Back Massager"
And "Anus" to "Poop-chute"
Eutrusca
28-12-2004, 21:52
I do believe that's one of the strangest things I have ever read.
UpwardThrust
28-12-2004, 21:53
I do believe that's one of the strangest things I have ever read.
I agree ... I mean I can see geting mad if an online convo messed up a real relationship or something

But I mean worrying that much about some anony online account ... hell just make a new one and ignore the whole thing
Drunk commies
28-12-2004, 21:57
I've seen shit WAY! WAY! worst than that. I mean 9-year old underwear model in suggestive positions.

And the bottomless poop-chute.

And the red-eyed lizard babies that are sickening enough to make a grown man cry.

And the bloodly newborn and the huge, blue, spiky back massager.

And strange fetish videos from Japan.

And stuff even worse than that.

EDIT: Changed "phallic object" with "Back Massager"
And "Anus" to "Poop-chute"
Red eyed lizard babies? What the hell are those?
New Jeffhodia
28-12-2004, 22:00
Red eyed lizard babies? What the hell are those?

I think they're called Harlequin babies. It's some prenatal disease.

Oh, and if you love your soul, don't look at the pictures.
UpwardThrust
28-12-2004, 22:01
I think they're called Harlequin babies. It's some prenatal disease.

Oh, and if you love your soul, don't look at the pictures.
Now you got me curious
Drunk commies
28-12-2004, 22:06
Dude, that's a mess. A good argument for ultrasound and abortion.
Slinao
28-12-2004, 22:08
I would like to see how you would manage that :p

Its easy, you just set up a chatroom where they keep their emails private, say its the next (insert game here)con chat room, and when they show up, offer them some great item as a reward if they finish the rehab. ^_^

Just make sure it has a dice roller in the chat, to settle the arguements.
World wide allies
28-12-2004, 22:09
G-d thats funny.

That is so unbelievably stupid, it's funny.

The judges ruling - Cecil got pwned.
UpwardThrust
28-12-2004, 22:10
Its easy, you just set up a chatroom where they keep their emails private, say its the next (insert game here)con chat room, and when they show up, offer them some great item as a reward if they finish the rehab. ^_^

Just make sure it has a dice roller in the chat, to settle the arguements.
Was thinking more the shutting the internet down part lol
New Jeffhodia
28-12-2004, 22:13
Dude, that's a mess. A good argument for ultrasound and abortion.

I know, man. It looks like the kid tried to bite its way out.
Silent Truth
28-12-2004, 22:31
That's pretty funny, does Cecil post anymore after page 3?
Asuarati
28-12-2004, 22:39
Stop dissing online relationships. You may think it's pathetic or stupid or that the people in them should get a life. What's so fucking WRONG about finding love that's not in your immediate vacinity? Is society still so narrow-minded that they can't comprehend the fact that you can love someone hundreds or thousands of miles away? That you MUST find love in your immediate vacinity or it's pathetic?

Yeah, there's a lot of people just playing around with an internet "g/f" or "b/f". But there's also those who are totally serious, even those who meet IRL and end up getting married. And end up having more stable marriages because they actually spent time (some more than 10 years) GETTING TO KNOW EACH OTHER instead of just getting to know each others' physical appearance. In that way the internet is truer than RL. You get to know a PERSON, not their body.

SO SHUT THE F*** UP ABOUT THINGS YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND!
UpwardThrust
28-12-2004, 22:40
Stop dissing online relationships. You may think it's pathetic or stupid or that the people in them should get a life. What's so fucking WRONG about finding love that's not in your immediate vacinity? Is society still so narrow-minded that they can't comprehend the fact that you can love someone hundreds or thousands of miles away? That you MUST find love in your immediate vacinity or it's pathetic?

Yeah, there's a lot of people just playing around with an internet "g/f" or "b/f". But there's also those who are totally serious, even those who meet IRL and end up getting married. And end up having more stable marriages because they actually spent time (some more than 10 years) GETTING TO KNOW EACH OTHER instead of just getting to know each others' physical appearance. In that way the internet is truer than RL. You get to know a PERSON, not their body.

SO SHUT THE F*** UP ABOUT THINGS YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND!

Most of us do understand ... thats the problem
Asuarati
28-12-2004, 22:42
Most of us do understand ... thats the problem
Actually, YOU DON'T.
Silent Truth
28-12-2004, 23:03
I wouldn't call it love if, what I think is a 20 year old woman, is actually a 40 year old man.

But hey, to each his own.
Dempublicents
28-12-2004, 23:09
I agree ... I mean I can see geting mad if an online convo messed up a real relationship or something

But I mean worrying that much about some anony online account ... hell just make a new one and ignore the whole thing

You would have to understand the mentality of the EQ players. I knew a guy whose mom called the cops because he never returned her phone calls - he was playing EQ.

Convo I overheard with the same guy:

Roommate: Are you still playing? Did you take the final this morning?
Guy: It's finals week?

Needless to say, he failed out of college.
Dempublicents
28-12-2004, 23:10
Stop dissing online relationships. You may think it's pathetic or stupid or that the people in them should get a life. What's so fucking WRONG about finding love that's not in your immediate vacinity? Is society still so narrow-minded that they can't comprehend the fact that you can love someone hundreds or thousands of miles away? That you MUST find love in your immediate vacinity or it's pathetic?

Yeah, there's a lot of people just playing around with an internet "g/f" or "b/f". But there's also those who are totally serious, even those who meet IRL and end up getting married. And end up having more stable marriages because they actually spent time (some more than 10 years) GETTING TO KNOW EACH OTHER instead of just getting to know each others' physical appearance. In that way the internet is truer than RL. You get to know a PERSON, not their body.

SO SHUT THE F*** UP ABOUT THINGS YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND!

Until you meet someone IRL, you have no idea what they are actually like. Therefore, while one can certainly develop an emotional attachment to an online persona, you can't really be in love with someone you have never even met.
Senseless Hedonism
28-12-2004, 23:16
Until you meet someone IRL, you have no idea what they are actually like. Therefore, while one can certainly develop an emotional attachment to an online persona, you can't really be in love with someone you have never even met.

and what the hell is wrong with that? i liked how i perceived my last girlfriend through AOL instant messenger better than her lazy, distant RL personality. we didn't talk as much IRL because of that...we just made out.
Dempublicents
28-12-2004, 23:19
and what the hell is wrong with that? i liked how i perceived my last girlfriend through AOL instant messenger better than her lazy, distant RL personality. we didn't talk as much IRL because of that...we just made out.

Reread what you just wrote. You answered your own question.
Silent Truth
28-12-2004, 23:20
Reread what you just wrote. You answered your own question.

Amen.
New Jeffhodia
28-12-2004, 23:21
Stop dissing online relationships. You may think it's pathetic or stupid or that the people in them should get a life. What's so fucking WRONG about finding love that's not in your immediate vacinity? Is society still so narrow-minded that they can't comprehend the fact that you can love someone hundreds or thousands of miles away? That you MUST find love in your immediate vacinity or it's pathetic?

Yeah, there's a lot of people just playing around with an internet "g/f" or "b/f". But there's also those who are totally serious, even those who meet IRL and end up getting married. And end up having more stable marriages because they actually spent time (some more than 10 years) GETTING TO KNOW EACH OTHER instead of just getting to know each others' physical appearance. In that way the internet is truer than RL. You get to know a PERSON, not their body.

SO SHUT THE F*** UP ABOUT THINGS YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND!

So, meeting someone and 'getting to know them' without ever seeing their nonverbals or hearing their vocal inflections lets you know them better than had you met them in the real world? I see...
Senseless Hedonism
28-12-2004, 23:25
Reread what you just wrote. You answered your own question.

oh yeah, i forgot. everyone in the world has the same value system...typical american attitude [sic]. i like talking to people i like talking to, regardless of whether it's "real" or "the right one" or not.
Silent Truth
29-12-2004, 00:06
oh yeah, i forgot. everyone in the world has the same value system...typical american attitude [sic]. i like talking to people i like talking to, regardless of whether it's "real" or "the right one" or not.

There's a difference between enjoying having a conversation with someone and being in love with them, which is all your own opinion.

In my opinion love (meaning love for a person I would marry, not my mom) would have to stem from actual contact. Seeing a person in their full self. Anyone can sweet talk someone over an instant messeger. If that's how you get your enjoyment good for you. If tthat's the only sense of "love" you ever feel though I feel bad for you, because in MY opinion you are missing out.
Goed Twee
29-12-2004, 00:11
What you are all forgetting about is that an online can become a real life relationship. There are these amazing things none as "telephones." And, if both parties are consenting, they meet and a new happy love is born. Or, well, not. That's love for you, the fickle bastard.
Silent Truth
29-12-2004, 00:41
What you are all forgetting about is that an online can become a real life relationship. There are these amazing things none as "telephones." And, if both parties are consenting, they meet and a new happy love is born. Or, well, not. That's love for you, the fickle bastard.

The key point there is that you are taking it beyond the level of two anonymous people online and actually meeting a RL meatbody *obscure book referance*.