Yeah, I went through puberty too, and no, it isn't any fun.
In my day though, there wasn't anyway to hide behind an avatar and a screen name. I'm not saying I was a perfect teenager, or even that I'm a perfect adult now, but if I did something rude to someone it happened it the real world and there were consequences. The back of my dad's hand or my mother screeching at me for starters, but some of what I've seen goes well beyond that.
Let's take the spitting example, which was generated because someone else decided it was IC to hate me for my race. Do you know what they call spitting on someone for racially based reasons in the real world? Aggravated Assault.
Or the Douchebag who freaked out my ex so bad. Imagine walking up to a woman on the street and saying "I'm going to rape you". That's considered assault too.
But because as everyone says "It's just a game" these things are considered all right. They're even encouraged. Personally I don't think the spit emote should even exist.
So all you rude teens out there...yeah, puberty is a special time for all of us, but there's nothing fictional about being really rude.
In my day though, there wasn't anyway to hide behind an avatar and a screen name. I'm not saying I was a perfect teenager, or even that I'm a perfect adult now, but if I did something rude to someone it happened it the real world and there were consequences. The back of my dad's hand or my mother screeching at me for starters, but some of what I've seen goes well beyond that.
Let's take the spitting example, which was generated because someone else decided it was IC to hate me for my race. Do you know what they call spitting on someone for racially based reasons in the real world? Aggravated Assault.
Or the Douchebag who freaked out my ex so bad. Imagine walking up to a woman on the street and saying "I'm going to rape you". That's considered assault too.
But because as everyone says "It's just a game" these things are considered all right. They're even encouraged. Personally I don't think the spit emote should even exist.
So all you rude teens out there...yeah, puberty is a special time for all of us, but there's nothing fictional about being really rude.