the Nasty Effect, how comments color comprehension

[Joe Hillshoist]

Wow this is great Drew.

Thanks very much.

[8bitagent]

If you want to see the lowest of the low of ignorant retard right wing racists, look no further than comments sections to any mainstream news site article, Infowars, you name it.
Mass herd mentality. Also brainless liberal comments often nauseate me, perhaps not to the point of mindless right winger comments but they often provide head smacking moments.
(We shoulda stayed the course in Afghanistan, not Iraq! Obama got bin Laden, what has Romney done? dur hur hur)
The ONLY worthy comments section is on Aint It Cool News.

[justdrew]

the difference is brainless liberal comments come from people struggling to get out of the bag of shit; while the "other side" are struggling to get further in the bag.

but let's be realistic, it's axiomatic that the bot net sock puppet armies would want to control both sides of the house, so many of those brainless nauseating "liberal" comments are CRAFTED to be exactly that

[8bitagent]

the difference is brainless liberal comments come from people struggling to get out of the bag of shit; while the "other side" are struggling to get further in the bag.

but let's be realistic, it's axiomatic that the bot net sock puppet armies would want to control both sides of the house, so many of those brainless nauseating "liberal" comments are CRAFTED to be exactly that

I am not sure it's specific bots. I just think it's conditioning. For instance, every damn time something happens you have right wingers prattling on how it's the fault of the liberals, liberals shouting back at the right wingers.
"Obama just got Osama, your boy Bush couldnt do that in eight years!" "It was because of enhanced techniques by Cheney we got Osama bin Laden!"

Then people like us come in and are all "What do we really know about bin Laden. And if he truly was solely behind 9/11, how is the West's murder of countless innocents in the name of revenge any less evil?"

But it does seem like the right wing is all about very very curt, mindless oneliners. It's very "let's roll!"

[justdrew]

sure, some comments aren't bots/sock-puppets, some folks are conditioned and operating in a place where they want to post comments, but my guess is it's not more than 50% "real" people

[8bitagent]

The internet has really (de)volved and mutated into one giant grumpy cat photo meme urine tinged instagram food photo filter of broken dreams and smart phone living. Comment sections are just part and parcel to this new viscous virtual reality nightmare.

[FourthBase]

The internet has really (de)volved and mutated into one giant grumpy cat photo meme urine tinged instagram food photo filter of broken dreams and smart phone living. Comment sections are just part and parcel to this new viscous virtual reality nightmare.

Really?

Come on, people. Let's not mope ourselves into oblivion.

Have you ever spent a few hours perusing cracked.com?
There are many, many awesome, awesome things on the internet.

[Joe Hillshoist]

sure, some comments aren't bots/sock-puppets, some folks are conditioned and operating in a place where they want to post comments, but my guess is it's not more than 50% "real" people

As far as those comment makers go, even the "real" people aren't really real.

[Canadian_watcher]

i hate bullies
peartreed's first post was great
people seem to be increasingly stupid, can't even form their own opinions if a loudmouth is in the room? Not even *in* the room but if there are 'nasty' typed messages on the bottom of an article?
oh goodness - bring on the next level of humanity, PLEASE
if that means the rapture people are proven right, so be it.

[KUAN]

It's all stupid.... STUPID!!!!! - But I like your posts Canadian_watcher.

[KUAN]

I'm drunk - sorry.