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I've long been a believer in this: there is no such thing as internet bullying. Now, there are such things as people you know in real life bullying you on the internet, but that's a vastly different thing.

I can't think of a single problem I've had on webdip that can't be solved by the tried-and-true progression of:

1) ridiculing the offender
2) engaging the offender in serious debate until he's trapped and humiliated
3) ridiculing the offender
4) muting the offender

Needless to say, I've never even needed #4.

touche

muting seems like it would defeat the whole purpose of this here forum

I sometimes wonder if the point of this Forum isn't just to see who can go the longest without muting at least one person.

Really? can the admins make it so you can win webdip points that way?

What?

just a joke. You said you "wonder if the point of the Forum isn't just to see who can go the longest without muting . . . " and I said, as if you proposed an actual contest, "can the admins make it so you can win points that way?"

get it?

Sorry, sometimes the things people say about the mods are so ridiculous it's hard to tell when someone's joking.

Yeah, I forget, there is not tone or expression or timing in a forum post.

I'll never stop bullying ... I'm to big to be a victim and too nasty to be nice

" there is no such thing as internet bullying"

You would say that.

Why is it always the biggest bullies that sat there is no bullying, I want to bully them by sticking my **** up their ****

"I sometimes wonder if the point of this Forum isn't just to see who can go the longest without muting at least one person."

I'm winning so far fwiw.

Yes Putin, make sure to file that away to quote it out of context at a later time.

@President Eden - "I'm winning so far fwiw."

Sorry Buddy that title is mine.

Whilst I'm sure the internet allows traditional bullying to be extended to into the home and causes much damage, I doubt that bullying that is entirely internet based (i.e. One anonymous person laying into another) has much impact whatsoever.

If the bullies drop the anonymity it may well start to have a bit of in impact, as it starts to make it more personal. The same if you have been in contact with the bully for a while and feel you, on a certain level, know them. There may also be an impact if there are a huge number of bullies that give the impression that the nation/world has turned against you (more of a celebrity issue, although no doubt this forum is filled with the famous and powerful). In most cases, however, I find it hard to imagine how there could be much impact.

@Octavious - did you see I'm a celebrity get me out of here last night? [no I'm not a regular viewer, my wife was watching it whilst I was in the room]

You should see how remarks made over the internet can affect someone who, judging by her status as a gold medalist olympiad, you wouldn't think was a weak person.

I think sometimes our casual remarks which we give little thought to can have a huge effect on others.

@ Maniac

I heard it mentioned on the radio this morning. Like I say, if there are huge numbers an impact is understandable (and clearly has happened in this case), but such things are few and far between, especially for those who don't seek the media spotlight.

We are growing a Nation....world....of woosies. The epedemic of whiny bitchy little kids running to the Principle becuase Johhny made a joke is pathetic, and it diminishes the *real* instances of actual bullying.

Sorry dirge - if you are going to get you panties in a bunch because I call you a Libtard, then you are just a soft woos. Now, if I corner you on the playground and punch you in the nose every day and steal your lunch money....come talk to me.

Seriously...you kiddies need to grow a little thicker skin, and cope with the fact the "bullying" isn't some modern invention; it's a facet of humanity, of being human. Hell, it's a facet of being a conscious creature - go watch some documentaries on monkey. Get yourself a little of kittens and watch the runt get the shit beat out of it by the biggest kitten in the batch. Watch 16 month old toddlers in a nursery...and you will see the very natural act of the larger kid having his way with the smaller, whiny babies...

**Sticks and stones can break my bones, but words can never hurt me**

You are "bullied" on the internet because you empower people with your overly-sensitive whining. Dirge, I defy you to bully me. I defy you to offend me --- you can't, because I don't allow you past my skin. Oh, you can chase me around and say things to me...but you can't bully me, because I don't let you.

It's time to be big boys and girls and stop playing the victim card every time something happens and running off to find someone to fight your imaginary battles for you.

Tea party members generally lack the genetic and neurological underpinnings necessary to recognize irony.

An interesting fact.

jmo,
i think that is the most intelligent post i have seen to date on this forum

^ That's my most intelligent post to date on this forum.

Krellin, what is a "woos"? Do you mean "wuss" ?

Huh...yes indeed, I do believe I meant "wuss"....What an odd brain thing that was that I typed "woos" and it looked terribly wrong, but for the life of my I just couldn't come up with "wuss". Maybe the "wuss" is so antithetical to my belief that my brain has blocked it...

You may all now commence to bully me and beat me about the head because I have a belief that is different from yours...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZljpTx_tJ78