internet forums are a grey area that fall between the realms of communication and entertaintainment. Some use it purely for information while others use it purely as a source of entertainment. Argueably most fall in between. To suggest that there is a social "norm" for how one should act on an internet forum - which is still a relatively new phenomenon in the grand scheme of things is a little silly
I still maintain it is possible (and quite common) to have a different online persona compared to how you act IRL - but yeah citation needed and all that
You could say the same thing about a pub or a poker table, however chances are that if your a prick in the pub your a prick in the office and a prick on internet forums. Likewise if your not very funny in the pub your not....etc etc
on the other hand there are lots of people that will say a lot more on a forum than in a public setting but that is not necessarily a bad thing.
I'd recommend putting your TV and Laptop into the bootof your car then parking in town and trying to convince a Maplins employee to come around to the carpark to have a look at your inputs.
Is that how you crash a wedding? yes it is, Bionic Barry, yes it is.
my cousins from there hurled for tipp batteled alcholism then think u know who im on abt
wonder is it the same dude who glassed someone in england scum bag on and off the field
from a county who loves Michael lowry tipp droolers imo trhe lot of yee
I'd recommend putting your TV and Laptop into the bootof your car then parking in town and trying to convince a Maplins employee to come around to the carpark to have a look at your inputs.
Laptop is a year old Dell Inspiron with lots of holes
TV is a year old Beko flatscreen with lots of round holes.
You could say the same thing about a pub or a poker table, however chances are that if your a prick in the pub your a prick in the office and a prick on internet forums. Likewise if your not very funny in the pub your not....etc etc
on the other hand there are lots of people that will say a lot more on a forum than in a public setting but that is not necessarily a bad thing.
Actually that got me thinking - internet forums are strange in so far as the constant (or at least regular) interaction of people who have had a bit to drink and those who are stone cold sober. Id say without doubt Iv caused the most trouble for myself here after Iv been on the sauce. Its a bit like ending up in mass on a sunday morning being the same level of drunk you were at 2am the night before. Add in a scope for giving an opinion on anything relevent and its a recipie for disaster
As for the sports posting well thats just natural innit - how many times will you have the same arguement with people over sports. Doesnt really mean you are a prick in every aspect of your life just that sports be driving you crazy
You could say the same thing about a pub or a poker table, however chances are that if your a prick in the pub your a prick in the office and a prick on internet forums. Likewise if your not very funny in the pub your not....etc etc
on the other hand there are lots of people that will say a lot more on a forum than in a public setting but that is not necessarily a bad thing.
Don't know about that, I've seen many a prick at the poker table who are sound away from the tables, just brings out the worst in them. Same with any competitive sport, you'd often find physcho's on the pitch who could be the nicest people in the world off it.
Actually that got me thinking - internet forums are strange in so far as the constant (or at least regular) interaction of people who have had a bit to drink and those who are stone cold sober. Id say without doubt Iv caused the most trouble for myself here after Iv been on the sauce. Its a bit like ending up in mass on a sunday morning being the same level of drunk you were at 2am the night before. Add in a scope for giving an opinion on anything relevent and its a recipie for disaster
As for the sports posting well thats just natural innit - how many times will you have the same arguement with people over sports. Doesnt really mean you are a prick in every aspect of your life just that sports be driving you crazy
tl;dr
you're all nevilles
This forum is different to most others imo, because there's a fairly good chance anyone you have an argument with on here is someone you're going to end up meeting in person somewhere down the line.
The anonymity is stripped right back on IPB which is a good thing by and large I think.
Its a bit like ending up in mass on a sunday morning being the same level of drunk you were at 2am the night before.
lol culchies
Think people, and I genuinely have nobody in mind here, who act wildly different online to how they act in person must be very uncomfortable in themselves and the anonymity of online gives them a chance to be the person they'd like to be irl, and say the things they'd like to say irl, but couldn't get away with. But you're never really going to change that. That probably affects everyone, just to some people it affects them to a far greater degree than others.
"In the world, there are many kings but there is only one God. I am God, I am El Tren" :{)
Still have a big smile on my face after the Sunderland game.
All their big talk before the game, all the money they've spent, and they're a shambles. Hatchetmen like Bardsley and Cattermole(yes we have Barton but he can actually play some), no strikers to speak of(Gyan just isn't a loan striker, good player that he is, he's used completely wrong by Mrs.Doubtfire), Wickham totally unproven in the EPL. Bruce will be lucky if he lasts the season.
Ryan Taylor has gone from something of a figure of dread, you'd see his name on the team sheet and think 'oh bollocks'(also known as the Paul McShane fallacy) to a cult figure overnight. He's done pretty well at LB actually in the last few games(we still need a lb in though) and has always had a cannon of a right foot.
He's in the Andy O'Brien/Dabizas bracket, good honest lads who always gave their best despite limited ability but wrote themselves in club folklore with massive goals vs Sunderland.
And yes yes, small club mentality, being so pleased over beating your local no-mark rivals.
Sunderland to finish higher than Newcastle in the PL this year, €200 at evens?
incidentally, it doesn't get any more real life than on the internet. On the internet people let their masks slip a little / a lot depending on who they are and you can get a real view of their personalities as a result.
It's also rapidly becoming the new social norm, for any given poster in here we probably spend more time interacting on this forum than we do socially and in some cases more than we do in work or with family. This is repeated the world over on various fora and is effectively the new real life for a lot of people.
When people revert to "internet, serious business" I find it funny because you are putting things in writing forever more that you would probably hesitate to articulate verbally with no record kept. That a lot of people still haven't copped/don't think about it is funny....
Just been offered a trip to Majorca in September with a couple of lads I know.
€560 for a week all inclusive, breakfast, lunch, dinner, poolside snacks, beer, vodka, whiskey and wine from 10am – 12am, flights and everything which seems like a pretty good deal (is it?).
Only issue is we would leave the 17th, with the AI final being the 18th :puke:
Anybody been to Majorca in September care to comment on the weather and how busy the place will be?
I regularly use the mantra "serious business" for the simple reason that irl social interaction is "serious business" too. Differing opinions over pointless mundane nonsense and percieved slights on characters end up in overblown arguments which usually are forgotten about the next day.
Kudos on the rug buying SHD. Did you get it from the back of a guy's van?
Is that how you crash a wedding? yes it is, Bionic Barry, yes it is.
I regularly use the mantra "serious business" for the simple reason that irl social interaction is "serious business" too. Differing opinions over pointless mundane nonsense and percieved slights on characters end up in overblown arguments which usually are forgotten about the next day.
Kudos on the rug buying SHD. Did you get it from the back of a guy's van?
Yep, his name was Argos.
X can be anything, any number, that is what’s CRAZY about X.
Because X doesn’t roll like that, because X can’t be pinned down!
People say I should be more humble I hope they understand, they don't listen when you mumble
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Some stories/trip report excerpts would be much appreciated.
I was in Magaluff in 1991 as a wide eyed 14year old for 2 weeks with my mate who was 16 my mother and an aunt.
We booked from england and it was full of english and swedish women my god titties and ass everywhere
was guzzling champagne cheapest muck on offer in bcm then europes biggest niteclub
im sure these places are even more hedonistic than they were 20 years ago.
At least you wont have to pretend your 18 to women a few weeks after your voice has broken
I was in Magaluff in 1991 as a wide eyed 14year old for 2 weeks with my mate who was 16 my mother and an aunt.
We booked from england and it was full of english and swedish women my god titties and ass everywhere
was guzzling champagne cheapest muck on offer in bcm then europes biggest niteclub
im sure these places are even more hedonistic than they were 20 years ago.
At least you wont have to pretend your 18 to women a few weeks after your voice has broken
I'll be pretending I'm 18 from the other side of the age profile
Originally posted by Hitchhiker's Guide to...View Post
Slightly related and quite a few people have pointed it out already especially in the direction of BK;
Starting to get increasingly annoyed at people who feel that 'the internet' is some weirdly different plane of existence.
I presume you wouldn't ring people and go 'at the end of the day we are talking through a phone line and its fairly pointless starting a fight over a copper wire loop'
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