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Posted June 20, 2016
Hello mortals!

There's a pretty common behaviour and mentality on the internet that I don't really understand. I'll summarize it like this: if you like one thing, that means by default you hate something else. Like if I start talking about Robocop someone will get in my face and demand to explain why I hate Terminator so much (which I don't).

A pretty common one is portrayal of the Joker. I prefer Nicholson's adaptation - but if I say that someone reading what I typed would assume that I think Romero's, Hamil's, and Ledger's versions are absolutely terrible (also not true).

What's the logic behind this reasoning? I apologize if it's a stupid question, I'm not the brightest bulb in the oven.
Posted June 20, 2016
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jsidhu762: I'm not the brightest bulb in the oven
...and neither are most people on the internet, and I think that answers your question. :D
Posted June 20, 2016
I didn´t know there were ovens with more than one bulb.
Posted June 20, 2016
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jsidhu762: I'm not the brightest bulb in the oven
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sunshinecorp: ...and neither are most people on the internet, and I think that answers your question. :D
Haha! That's hilarious!
Posted June 20, 2016
well I always assumed people being mean-spirited on purpose online was because of their social dwarfism.
Posted June 20, 2016
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jsidhu762: Haha! That's hilarious!
C'mon now... don't be like that...
Posted June 20, 2016
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LoboBlanco: I didn´t know there were ovens with more than one bulb.
Brightest bulb in the oven right here, folks. lol
Posted June 20, 2016
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Czarpoon: of their social dwarfism
Fancy.
Posted June 20, 2016
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jsidhu762: What's the logic behind this reasoning? I apologize if it's a stupid question, I'm not the brightest bulb in the oven.
People are getting more and more to binary thinking. No complexity, no shades of grey, just thumbs up or thumbs down. Best ever and worst ever. Even rating a video on YouTube on a scale of five stars become too complex years ago, and was replaced with thumbs up/thumbs down. There is no time for details, you're suuposed to twit that something is #BestEver #GaveMeCancer and move on.
Posted June 20, 2016
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Breja: People are getting more and more to binary thinking. No complexity, no shades of grey, just thumbs up or thumbs down. Best ever and worst ever. Even rating a video on YouTube on a scale of five stars become too complex years ago, and was replaced with thumbs up/thumbs down. There is no time for details, you're suuposed to twit that something is #BestEver #GaveMeCancer and move on.
Funny how on that other thread I commented how your GIF usage was the best ever. Now I feel bad about it.
Shame on you.
You're the worst ever.
Posted June 20, 2016
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Breja: People are getting more and more to binary thinking. No complexity, no shades of grey, just thumbs up or thumbs down. Best ever and worst ever. Even rating a video on YouTube on a scale of five stars become too complex years ago, and was replaced with thumbs up/thumbs down. There is no time for details, you're suuposed to twit that something is #BestEver #GaveMeCancer and move on.
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sunshinecorp: Funny how on that other thread I commented how your GIF usage was the best ever. Now I feel bad about it.
Shame on you.
You're the worst ever.
#SunshinecorpSucks #TrollingInTheDeep
Posted June 20, 2016
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jsidhu762: I'll summarize it like this: if you like one thing, that means by default you hate something else.
Not only on the Internet, unfortunately. Some people don't want to understand that you can love both thing A and thing B and still have a favourite of the two.

But I guess it's way more prevalent in an online environment. For example, if a guy cheerfully says "I love White females," there's a chance (of course, depending on the community) that someone will be pettily offended by it and will accuse him of racism and homophobia, even though loving one thing doesn't necessarily mean hating the opposite.

Edit. I just read yet another YouTube comment where dude B said something along the lines of "If you don't like it, then do it yourself and we'll see how hood you are." because dude A had provided constructive(!) criticism. *sigh* It's so common! It's not really the same theme, but it's similar enough that I felt the need to include it.
Post edited June 20, 2016 by Tyrrhia
Posted June 20, 2016
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jsidhu762: What's the logic behind this reasoning? I apologize if it's a stupid question, I'm not the brightest bulb in the oven.
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Breja: People are getting more and more to binary thinking. No complexity, no shades of grey, just thumbs up or thumbs down. Best ever and worst ever. Even rating a video on YouTube on a scale of five stars become too complex years ago, and was replaced with thumbs up/thumbs down. There is no time for details, you're suuposed to twit that something is #BestEver #GaveMeCancer and move on.
As I understand it, there are plenty of people who think there are 50 of them. :-P
Post edited June 20, 2016 by blakstar
Posted June 20, 2016
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jsidhu762: What's the logic behind this reasoning? I apologize if it's a stupid question, I'm not the brightest bulb in the oven.
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Breja: People are getting more and more to binary thinking. No complexity, no shades of grey, just thumbs up or thumbs down. Best ever and worst ever. Even rating a video on YouTube on a scale of five stars become too complex years ago, and was replaced with thumbs up/thumbs down. There is no time for details, you're suuposed to twit that something is #BestEver #GaveMeCancer and move on.
People are schooled to see reality as dichotomy, which leaves little or no room for nuance or paradox.
Posted June 20, 2016
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richlind33: People are schooled to see reality as dichotomy, which leaves little or no room for nuance or paradox.
Oooh... Fancier.
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