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Originally Posted by SutterBrother
We are, for some reason, the worst versions of ourselves behind the keyboard on CalgaryPuck Off Topic Forum.
I think it’s a combination of the anonymity and impersonal nature of being behind a glass and plastic screen, and the act of just trying to convey an opinion as fast and smoothly as possible that makes us impatient and irritated.
Either way, it is a recipe for disaster from a public discourse point of view.
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I was going to draw the comparison, but you’re bang on. I think it is similar psychology behind what makes a lot of the internets a cesspool.