# Germans on 4CHAN **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 28, 2013, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/germans-on-4chan/648608 "2013-01-28T14:07:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![TheCrow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a6a055/32.png) [@TheCrow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheCrow)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2013, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/germans-on-4chan/648608/1 "2013-01-28T14:07:50Z")
Bullying, offensive comments and other forms of abuse become less widespread when people are no longer able to hide behind a mask. [This](http://i.imgur.com/uPSB5zv.png) or [this](https://images.4chan.org/int/src/1359356272275.png) (the same screenshots) Should we just say “Oh, it’s just 4CHAN” or… Or… what’s wrong with them? ---
**Author:** ![MichaelEmouse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/michaelemouse/32/101_2.png) [@MichaelEmouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MichaelEmouse)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2013, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/germans-on-4chan/648608/2 "2013-01-28T14:21:21Z")
You should probably know that the Snarkstaffel also occupies this forum. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2013, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/germans-on-4chan/648608/3 "2013-01-28T15:36:33Z")
Uh oh! People on the internet are being deliberately offensive! Alert the media! ---
**Author:** ![April\_R](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@April\_R](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/April_R)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2013, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/germans-on-4chan/648608/4 "2013-01-28T15:45:07Z")
They probably aren’t even German. I read it as a joke in poor taste. ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2013, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/germans-on-4chan/648608/5 "2013-01-28T16:58:38Z")
Right - because there are absolutely no idiots on the Internet in the good ol’ USA. If you want to chat with real Germans or Americans who live in Germany, there is a site very similar to SDMB called Toytown Germany. It is a site, all in English, where people of various nationalities who live in Germany and speak English discuss various topics. They too can “hide” behind user names, but I think you will find they are just like the Dopers here. ---
**Author:** ![firstname](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7ab992/32.png) [@firstname](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/firstname)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2013, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/germans-on-4chan/648608/6 "2013-01-30T12:22:13Z")
They are trolling, and honestly I can’t believe you would waste time here making a thread about it. Don’t Feed The Trolls. ---
**Author:** ![MichaelEmouse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/michaelemouse/32/101_2.png) [@MichaelEmouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MichaelEmouse)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2013, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/germans-on-4chan/648608/7 "2013-01-30T12:27:41Z")
On 4chan, I’m not sure that even counts as trolling. It’s just people participating in 4chan humor e.g.: [![](http://static.fjcdn.com/large/pictures/90/0a/900a5c_3086479.jpg) ](http://static.fjcdn.com/large/pictures/90/0a/900a5c_3086479.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![firstname](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7ab992/32.png) [@firstname](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/firstname)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2013, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/germans-on-4chan/648608/8 "2013-01-30T12:36:41Z")
Well I do acknowledge that almost every post on 4chan is trolling 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2013, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/germans-on-4chan/648608/9 "2013-01-30T12:56:26Z")
This just in! Something offensive was posted on 4chan! Pay no attention to the Bander-log, for they are only chatteing and throwing filth to make us look at them and react. ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2013, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/germans-on-4chan/648608/10 "2013-01-30T14:48:54Z")
4chan is 4chan. To be shocked by ANYTHING you see there indicates that you are 100% newfag. That’s fine, we all were. And it’s 99.9% trololollery anyway. Just report any cheese pizza and ignore the threads that bug you.