Internet vs. Real Life

I don't know why people feel that they have to put people down all the time, I've seen it happening more and more on the Internet. Maybe this next generation of children are too soft and desensitized...We expect them to act like grown ups at such a young age, they don't get a chance to really grow up and be a kid.

After reading one of my online friends journals saying that she had lied in her previous journal to get people off of her back, I just felt so upset and infuriated that she would have to do something like that. The difference between the type of emo complaining you hear from people and her is that she is bipolar, she can't help BUT feel like that, through no fault of her own, life becomes so overwhelming.

Its a sad fact of life...While bulling in schools is bad...even outside of school its bad bulling on the net (forums, blogs, specialised communities etc) it is becoming more and more frequent. What gives people the right to down someone?...Sure if you don't like em, but even so, if you don't like the person leave them alone, nothing can be gained by trolling the places that they are.

Which brings me to some of my 'friends'...they are all in their mid-late 30's even 40's and they act like CHILDREN!...There is something seriously WRONG with people if suddenly ZOMG someone did "daa da da" to me I will make their life miserable. Where in fact they are making the person they do not like their life, what is the point? I do not understand why people do this to themselves. Lost logic? Lost practically?

I see so many ugly things in this world its hard to remember the more beautiful aspects of life.

I guess some of the online bulling thing comes from the fact is that you can almost do it completely anon and you don't have to face the person, look at their face, stare into their eyes, see their expression...And take what ever consequences happen afterwards. While some probably unintentionally offend someone others purposely go and write nasty comments/messages to people.

This digital world is a trap, it makes things TOO easy for us...Like a young couple, the girl was at my house (this was a long time back) but she got a SMS from her boyfriend (at the time) and he was breaking up with her. She was crushed, we had to stay with her for a while and just sit and talk to her. What happened to saying this type of stuff face to face?...Are you scared that you will get talked into staying in that relationship or something? Really what happened to talking? Then again if you are like myself you are insecure and I don't really understand my feelings. I turned them off whilst I was in High School, well the more troublesome ones, I still just stressed, frustrated, angry and upset...Maybe more then I like to think.

People think they can know you from the Internet, which is totally crap! You can learn a little about a person, a little of what annoys them makes them happy makes them sparkle, but you will NEVER know the person. They could be completely different in person then they portray themselves online in journals, forums...

Things are too distant, too alien, we as people have become too detached from things. You do NOT live your life on the Internet you are you composed of 1's and 0's....Go out try and find something interesting, whether it is just admiring the sky. Go out find and meet people, if you get hurt along the way that is called life, you get hurt you get over it, move past it, use it to make you a much better person a stronger person. If you are scared don't think you are the only ones, everyone is scared, just some people have more confidence than others. Its something you have to work on, its not something that you just magically have.