Online Discussion Prints

"They were my friends until I raised a controversial issue on social media."

Hello, my name is riskyy@ronny5 and I am addicted to comments boards.

"I can tell you about this article or you can just read the comments online."

'I don't really know what a 'liberal' is. I only know that people online call me a liberal whenever I ask them to cite a reference.'

'Thanks to the internet it is now possible to be extremely well-informed and completely wrong at the same time!'

The Proust of Twitter

'Don't bite. They're trolling again.'

Blog Breakdown

I've founded my own religion. Of course you have, Rudy. It's off to a good start. Already, it's being mocked by people of other faiths. If history's any guide, within a couple hundred years, it'll be widely accepted and people who don't believe in it will be persecuted. What are the central tenets of your religion? A true Rudian knows that life is suffering, and winning arguments online is salvation.

"Honey, come quick! This guy in the comment section just solved the Middle East crisis."

Too many people post comments in the heat of anger. They strike while the ire is hot!

Social Notworking

"I'm suffering the unbearable loneliness of being right on the internet."

To tweet, or not to tweet - that is the question. Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer the snark and the venomous replies of anonymous jerks

Turn on chat. Delete conversation.

"I learned my social skills on social media. . . what's it to you anyway you stupid cow?!"

The First Asshole

"Your difficulty communicating how you really feel, is because of your inherent inability to display complex emotion."

Unsocial Networking.

"Not now, honey. Daddy's arguing with strangers about the sexual orientation of puppets."

"How's your lowrider blog going?"

"Thank you for participating in this poll, but because your answers do not coincide with your social media rantings, you're obviously lying."

"Whatever the politicians might decide, I'm well prepared because I've got enough hate comments for the next five years!"

Every man and his dog gets to have an opinion on social media.

Oh no! What's wrong? I tweeted a sarcastic insult about Brian Blount, my nemesis in the race for class president. So? So … the sarcasm didn't come through. All my followers think I was praising him. Oh. Yeah, well sarcasm's tricky online. Oh no! My followers are confused about where my loyalties lie. Oh no! Some of them are calling me a sellout. They're saying they're disillusioned! Oh no! Now they've split into two factions, those who say I'm a sellout and those who say maybe Brian Blount isn't

'Don't internalise that simmering rage -- get it out of your system on website comments sections.'

"It's lunchtime! Have you finished saying 'Good Morning' on your WhatsApp Groups?"

"Hmm... I wonder what I can find to trigger my self-righteous indignation today..?"

Maybe Those Bots Can Be Used for Good

"Great! Now I'm torn between whether to post rants on X or Meta."

"They're powered by Internet outrage."

"It's the first law of social media."

"Bile exits the gallbladder, passes through the cystic duct, gets released into the intestines, and, ultimately, winds up on the Internet."

"If God had meant for man to interact rationally He wouldn't have given them internet forums."

"You never told me what you thought of 'Wolverine.'" "I was waiting." "For what?" "For the consensus." "My own immediate reaction to any piece of entertainment could be biased. I need to read tweets and posts before I settle on a verdict." "If my view differs too much from the hive mind, it's not valid."