Never seen something where the anonimity of the internet made apparently normal people do really strange things? I guess most of us have. Well apparently there seems to be a theory on this, so from now on I'll refer to it as 'The Internet Fuckwad Theory'.
[Via Bert Van Wassenhove]
[...] The amount of racial hatred, homophobia, xenophobia, bigotry and downright stupidity that I’ve encountered playing the online version of this game is frankly quite shocking. It would appear that a degree of anonymity coupled with a game of extreme violence does tend to bring out the worst in some people or the worst kind of people simply thrive in that environment. UPDATE: Kris Hoet has just sent me this; The Internet Fuckwad theory. [...]
I always think that its anonymity which brings out the fuckwad in people.
Indeed Charles, anonymity is probably the biggest trigger for this… or a false sense of anonymity I guess. Silly anyway.