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Classroom Bullies On The Internet
peter303 writes "Oldtimers are familiar with sociopaths in usenet newsgroups and chat rooms. The NY Times has an article about grade school kids who bully on the Internet. These include message bombing and slanderous web pages. The web allows one to extend bad manners from real life."
Haven't seen it yet, but will probably at some point, the following bumpersticker phrase:
A feeling of having made the same mistake before: Deja Foobar
Are geeks not safe anywhere anymore?
Or I will find your ip, track you down and kick your ass! There are no bullies on the internet, get it?
gets my vote for resident /. bully.
Scene - a high school girl complaining to her guidance counselor...
How does the Slashdot Effect happen given that no slashdotters ever RTFA?
Remember kids: Violence isn't the answer, but a good command of Tae Kwon Do sure lets you keep your stuff.
Every year during my review, I just pray the words "slashdot.org" aren't mentioned.
...so I'm posting this anonymously. When I was in a kid, I was a bully. Of course we didn't have the Internet... but what I found was that the kids I used to beat up everyday - THEY ASKED FOR IT. Don't want to get beat up? Don't join the freaking chess club! STOP being a nerd and I won't pound the tar out of you.
Now, I'm an IT manager at a Fortune 500. I manage lots of software engineers, and guess what? They're still the SAME dorks they were back then (and they always told me they'd be my boss, funny how life works). Still huge nerds. They get all excited about Lord of the Rings and Bilbo and Gandar or whatever... sheesh, stop being a nerd and you won't get beat up!
-Steve
gimme your lunch money, or i'm going to fork out a hurt process on your ass.
Every year during my review, I just pray the words "slashdot.org" aren't mentioned.
These include message bombing and slanderous web pages
/. to be anihalated
or posting someone's website to
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Those who can, do
Those who can't, teach
Those who don't know how, supervise
When I want to hurt someone emotionally I just write a slanderous mambo about them.
If the girl said some racial epitaph and it got spread over AIM and her school suggested she leave so be it.
I had no idea that AIM is heaving with cadavers...
Tubal-Cain smokes the white owl.
Butis all this on-line activity just a gateway activity to the harder stuff like becoming a Slashdot troll?
"It takes considerable knowledge just to realize the extent of your own ignorance." - Thomas Sowell
>Have some common sense and don't post pictures of yourself masturbating, don't send messages about how you think of someone else, and don't allow yourself to be video taped by other kids doing sexual things with others.
... for FREE.
I, as a mature and responsible member of society, am shocked that they were doing this
Do you know how much money they could have gotten if they that set up a pay-site and charged $19.99 per month (first 7 days free)?!?!?!
I fear for our future.
The surprise isn't how often we make bad choices; the surprise is how seldom they defeat us.
You are alone in the world.
You are either loved by all or just invisible.
Everyone loves you, or they are too afraid to admit otherwise.
See! I'm telling my mommy!
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Those who can, do
Those who can't, teach
Those who don't know how, supervise
Bully : "Paypal me your lunch money or I'll give your avatar a wedgie!!" ..."
Me: "yes sir, the echeck is on the way
Find the kids that are the bullied, and report them to the police. We don't want another Columbine!
Protect the bullies. Vote Republican!
Meet me behind the gym after class or your ass is grass.
No Karma Bonus either. Gloves are off biatch!
Karma: Chameleon (mostly due to the fact that you come and go).
Good job! You just figured out the solution to 97% of all teenagers' problems! Now that the theoretical framework is laid out, implementation should be a snap!
You haven't heard about it because the internet is down.
Oh, wait...
Imagine those conversations between him and your nerdy child... "hey nerd, im guna beat u up" "You mean tomorrow?" "no i mena now punk im beatin up u" "We're on the internet, I don't know what you mean" "im puchin ur face rit now u faget"
They're just dead above the neck.
Gamingmuseum.com: Give your 3D accelerator a rest.
TIMMY!
TIMMY!
TIMMMMY!
Cartman: Shut up, ya retard!
RS
Shoes for Industry. Shoes for the Dead.
...dishonest politicians...
Is there another kind?
I'm more inclined to believe it's a magnifying glass which can amplify the worst qualities in someone.
That's funny. That's my definition of marriage.
Disconnect your television. Do your own research. Draw your own conclusions. They're probably lying. Don't be a sheep.
We'd probably not have any kind of 'cheap' home broadband without them. Hell, perhaps we should raise a glass to the 'stupid' people and say, "Thanks for funding the technology that we love and will use to its fullest potential."
... and then kick them offline until they secure their box so that they're not sending thousands of v1agra emails.
They made no link to video game violence !
All your lunch money are belong to us !
-- NymblZ
Ignorance is a sty in the mind's eye
How can we continue to believe in a just universe and freedom to eat crackers if we have no ale?
Listen, bud, you don't just waltz into slashdot to make long, sensible, gramatically correct posts. That's just not how we do things around here. We'll let it slide since you're just 16, but watch your step from now on, OK?
I mean, not even a Microsoft bash in there! Where do you think you are?
(Seriously, great post. I have to say you certainly don't sound 16)
Nope, those are just lying in their graves!
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