The exertion of wrath over the internet is better known, these days, as cyber bullying. I would say that the term ’cyber bullying’ is a pretty common one, what with teen magazines covering it at least 4 times an issue. Cyber bullying can range from online-chat fights, the ever classy MySpace / Bebo / Facebook slander sesh, the extremely public sharing of scandalous gossip… it goes on and on. Cyber-bullying has been the start of many a phenomenon, from real life fights (“I’m gonna fkn bash ur head in 2moz on the oval!”), to friendships (“Omfg she’s being soooo unreasonable… we’re all here 4 you bub, dontchu worry bout the shit she’s throwin your way, no1 believes it… xoxo”) or pop culture revolutions (Gossip Girl, anyone?).
But these are all just MY observations. When observing a cyber fight, I believe it is important to witness it firsthand.
The extract below comes from a real cyber fight. Not fabricated and taken from the pages of Girlfriend magazine, but from the angst fuelled fingertips of a teenager. Observe:
“Oh my goodness, wow you really showed someone up, boy you did, you really showed me.."yes you did show her" showed me how immature a person can be bahahahaha heaps tough aye, you're soo proud of yourself i bet that it's an accomplishment you can gang up on someone hahahahahahha pshhh..picking uhh "cyber fights" haha you're soo tough with your keyboard i'd be suprised if you say half the things your typing to someone elses face.
you start it all talk s--t about people you don't even know it's called karma..you start it and we keep going.. you have soo much to f--ken critisize about then goodness you're no better sitting there wasting your time… talking about someone you don't even know like i sit there all day and am like "OOO THIS GIRL THIS GIRL SHE THINKS SHE'S KING S--T...I TOTALLY OWNED HER" bahahahaha picking on me… f--ken grow up act your age get your head out of you’re a--e.
you're not tough..thinking you're a hectic c--t.
"but seriously YOU need to grow up, get entertainment from something other than SITTING THERE B---HING ABOUT SOMEONE YOU DON'T KNOW MANIPULATING THEM OVER THE INTERNET, acting like a d--khead."
quote of my life.
i think my quotes rather more inspiring oh s--t i just thought i was good somehow no not inspiring try f--king REALISTIC...
i'm suprised anyone could still look at you from the things you do.
orrr you're a sick c--t mate.”
Personally, this type of cyber-bullying disappoints me. Cyber-bullying in itself is quite pointless; it will generate nothing more than extra website hits for one lucky person, and chances are, both parties will be over the fight within a fortnight. However, this particular brand of cyber-bullying is even more disappointing because it lacks imagination in every sense. Instead of actual hard hitting insults, profanities are employed, with fucks and shits just put in random places in sentences to make them more aggressive. The English language is much more expansive in terms of insults that can be compiled from normal words, but tacky cyber bullies will always resort to their ridiculously unoriginal and unprofound messages.
Also, upon closer examination of said cyber-bullying extract, it is evident that the offender has said almost nothing within the 254 word rant. It could, in fact, be concluded in dot points:
- You are immature.
- You are not tough but you think you are.
- Do not waste your time trying to abuse me because I am and always will be better than you.
- In conclusion, my personal opinion is that no one likes you.
I could rant about how much I don’t like cyber bullying for 300 words, employing the use of sarcasm, excessive laughter, utilisation of profanities, and saying that because I don’t like cyber bullying, no one ever will.
Instead, I will use the ever-handy dot points:
- Cyber bullying achieves nothing.
- Often, it is just entertaining for other people to observe.
- The fact that other people can observe it is a complete flaw in itself; it is just a platform for attention seekers to show everyone how much they can swear in under 1000 characters.
- Unfortunately, people do take cyber-bullying seriously.
- Because of this, there are lots of negative coincidences, including kids leaving their school, developing depression, and contemplating suicide.
- It is not worth someone losing their life over someone else laughing and swearing at them over the internet.
- In conclusion, people who think they’re tough shit cyber bullying are just stupid bitches wasting their time behind their own safety net that is their little fucken keyboard… they need to grow up and move on hahahahaha… no one takes what they’re saying seriously anyway.
I fucking wish that people wouldn't fucking swear fuckking pointlessly in every fucking comment. THere are so many more fucking words in the fucking English language than fucking fuck, Fuck!
ReplyDeleteRight on Deb. If people are compelled to abuse others, why can't they at least be creative when they do it? Where has all the loving warmth of such curses as 'You're syntax makes it seem that you have been raised in a squat in the east end, by a woman who could be mistaken for a judge'gone?
http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Story?id=3882520&page=1
ReplyDeleteA story I found about the suicide of a 13 y/o girl who was subjected to fraudulent cyber bullying.
This seems to be on a larger scale than what you're talking about here. It's probably the biggest downside of the internet. Having read that story, I realise that the power to seriously assault someone emotionally (which as we've read, can be fatal), is available to anyone vile enough to pursue it. I think this is the ultimate representation of Wrath on the internet.