>>279020
>I'm on tor and my shit keeps changing
Going by how the thread was going last night, It seemed like another Lucario post given how he was hopping IPs literally for every post and repeating the same thing over and over, as if that would make it true.
To get to the point, no.
People have never assumed that others held the "same beliefs about most thing" at any point in time. The only time that has
ever been the case is in dictatorships, where any question of the authorities rule is equivalent to heresy. In the more Western nations, people tended to be quite open regarding disagreements, especially because of the adoption of democracy. Why do you think lawsuits are so common here?
Second, in case you haven't noticed, the people demanded that groups be censored because of "extreme" opinions
ARE advocating for a fucking dictatorship because their ideas and beliefs cannot remain sound unless people accept them
unquestioningly. And, people did openly question and oppose these opinions in open forums to the public, until around 2014, when a little rumor of a bitch cheating on her BF with five guy for press coverage began spreading, and these same groups began doxxing and ruining people lives if you exposed even a hint of your identity, to where it's been escalated to the point that the FBI immediately investigates
any parent who shows up at a PTA meeting. So people begin having conversations with less ties to they're actual identity for fear that even saying something disagreeable is going to ruin their life thanks to these moral activist busybodies who
want to turn everything into a dictatorship.
<But, that just proves that people are more willing to tell the truth online.
No, like the Anon said up here, people are just more forthcoming, which is something
completely different:
>>278990
Telling the truth means that I'd have zero issue telling you my name, my address, the company I work for, the name of my first pet, etc. because I
TRUST that providing that info won't backfire on me in any way.
However, anyone can tell you that posting that info on the net will backfire regardless of the situation. So, quite clearly telling the "truth" isn't why people post what they do on the net. Then why do they do it? It's because what people want is anonymity. A way to say what they want without having anything that will tie them back to who they really are. And, it is quite easy to have it IRL. Just write something on a bathroom wall and wait for the results. However, the advantage the internet has over bathroom stalls is that it's instant communication. I can make this post, and see a response to it within seconds, meanwhile who knows how long I have to wait to see a response to my bathroom scribbles. In addition to that, just like how you want to post here as opposed to social media, despite there being zero requirement to tie your real identity to your social media account, the
real reason people post what they do where they do is because you want to be a part of the conversation and the community. Because this place gives you a better feeling of "belonging" than Twatter, or Tic-Tac, or Goolag, or Leddit.
<But, then why are people going batty in this age of instant communication?
Because conversations over technology can never, and will never, replace contact with people IRL, and failure to recognize this is why irritation in general is rising. If you haven't noticed, majority of the people you pass by on the street are perfectly normal people. Try talking with someone, and you'll notice that giving them attention will perhaps be the highlight of their day because someone actually noticed that they exist and wanted to hear what they had to say regardless of whether you cared and agreed or not. We live in perhaps the most twisted version of society right now, where what you film yourself doing on Tic-Tac or posting about Twatter is deemed as "more
reel real" than going outside and actually doing something, especially if it involves another person.
Put simply, go AFK and talk to people.