tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-809006730707606097.post8714549034933099313..comments2023-05-05T05:22:04.047-04:00Comments on Somewhere in the pages . . .: The creeping creepiness of the InternetBrendan P. Myershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02152826197748921049noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-809006730707606097.post-13599870427225545702010-10-04T12:32:00.948-04:002010-10-04T12:32:00.948-04:00Hey, Carl! Hope all is well. Agree with your last ...Hey, Carl! Hope all is well. Agree with your last comment, and further suspect younger folks are perhaps the least guilty of anonymous drive-by character assassination and rudeness. Not sure they're even reading newspaper websites (for the most part).<br /><br />Like I said, I don't mind the anonymity so much, and have trained myself to ignore or discount the rudest of comments. Also think anonymity serves a higher purpose, reminding us that there are indeed folks who truly think that way, though they'd never say so if identified. Also think we all need a thicker skin.<br /><br />Be good!Brendan P. Myershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02152826197748921049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-809006730707606097.post-31015236401247126832010-10-04T12:18:39.610-04:002010-10-04T12:18:39.610-04:00The anonymity of the Internet has gone way too far...The anonymity of the Internet has gone way too far. Kind of like dropping rocks from an overpass onto a highway at night.<br /><br />No accountability and totally thoughtless. I hesitate to lump any group, though some events would have you believe that this is a Generation Next issue, but I think not.cebonvinihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15632966900072669907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-809006730707606097.post-85132840984106027512010-10-01T13:31:07.780-04:002010-10-01T13:31:07.780-04:00Aaron: Considered using those exact same words, ho...Aaron: Considered using those exact same words, however feared being so blatant, the Internet would understand my meaning and take corrective action.<br /><br />Best of luck to you, though!Brendanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04365917923190689322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-809006730707606097.post-6533339621064599872010-10-01T13:11:06.308-04:002010-10-01T13:11:06.308-04:00Your suggestion that the internet is sentient is m...Your suggestion that the internet is sentient is most frightening of all.Aaron Polsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15173267932358617304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-809006730707606097.post-24202464642025557672010-10-01T11:07:41.891-04:002010-10-01T11:07:41.891-04:00Agree completely, Samantha, and feel the same way....Agree completely, Samantha, and feel the same way. So good to have you back!Brendanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04365917923190689322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-809006730707606097.post-55211159674789427592010-10-01T11:05:03.820-04:002010-10-01T11:05:03.820-04:00The internet is creepy. Hell sometimes just knowi...The internet is creepy. Hell sometimes just knowing I have put myself out on a blog makes me a little creeped out. Putting yourself and your ideas out on the web(including nasty people like the one who commented on that man's death) is so easy now... yet taking them back from the internet gods is so difficult.Samanthahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18189862726313948541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-809006730707606097.post-59971509506566651902010-10-01T09:32:24.505-04:002010-10-01T09:32:24.505-04:00You read my mind. In both the Rutgers and the Duke...You read my mind. In both the Rutgers and the Duke cases, these are kids who have literally grown up with it and known nothing else. Is this what it produces? If so, I suspect things will get lots creepier over time.Brendanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04365917923190689322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-809006730707606097.post-79068286742333898282010-10-01T09:15:46.898-04:002010-10-01T09:15:46.898-04:00It is getting creepier. So many people are used to...It is getting creepier. So many people are used to the idea of "life as public", and new generations have never known anything else. Frightening.Fox Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05487359877190292039noreply@blogger.com