In Your Opinion: A Guide to Arguing on the Internet
A cookie to anyone who recognizes the reference being made. Arguing on the internet is an exercise in futility. No one wants to compromise, no one likes to lose, and admitting you’re wrong goes against...
View ArticleThe Conventions of Shipping
True despair awaits those who choose to “ship”. No, I am not talking about boating, I am referring to the fandom practice of “shipping” (as in relation-shipping) two characters together in hopes that...
View ArticleHow to Spot a Troll
Spotting a troll is often difficult for people to do these days. Not because most trolls are skilled at concealing their identities, it’s more that people stopped being able to differentiate “troll”...
View ArticleMusings & Trollisms: A Guide to the Trolling Mindset
[Fibbing Intensifies]Trolls are people who spread negativity on the internet through deception. This broad description of them is fitting because there are many different kinds of trolls. There are...
View ArticleEveryone has Butts: A Guide to Understanding Criticism on the Internet
Have you ever heard the phrase “Opinions are like butts”? It refers to the fact that everyone has one and it hints at the tendency we have to not be as accepting of ones that do not belong to us....
View ArticleThe ‘Le Reddit Army’ : A Case Study
“LE REDDIT ARMY IS HERE” Ever read that phrase in a Youtube video? Or see an internet caricature along the line of Berta Lovejoy, or some variation of a fedora wearing atheist posting some inane...
View ArticleThree Words That the Internet Ruined Forever
People have developed so many ways to express themselves with language, and the internet has afforded us with what can be considered an infinite amount of opportunities to do so, but this fact acts as...
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