# Octopus here's your own thread to shit all over

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**Created:** [June 6, 2018, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/octopus-heres-your-own-thread-to-shit-all-over/815550 "2018-06-06T15:40:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![octopus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/octopus/32/3716_2.png) [@octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/octopus)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2018, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/octopus-heres-your-own-thread-to-shit-all-over/815550/211 "2018-06-08T21:04:26Z")

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> [@begbert2](#):
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> Oh, I do all that; it just doesn’t help. Do you suppose it matters that I never speak to women ever in my daily life? Regardless.
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> Now, back to you. (Nice distraction, by the way. I totally fell for it.) You seem to be laboring under the impression that all the people out here are all horrific nightmare stalker people who will “research you in real life and get your spouse fired and kids beat up” if you act weak - if you _don’t be enough of an asshole online._ (Yep, that italicized bit - I got it directly from your own words.) This is allegedly why you knowingly behave in the awful manner you do.
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> So, two questions:
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> 1. Do you realize how hallucinatory you sound?
> 2. Why do you come here if you believe we’re all so awful?

Dr. octopus can help. First you got to change your daily habits so that you can increase potential interactions. Gym is good. But don’t be a creep. It takes time to meet people.

Finding romance is hard so that will take a few sessions.

But you had more questions! Not just romance.

1. Maybe I am crazy? It’s not impossible. But the evidence I see is that online harassment does make its way into the real world. We have children who commit suicide after relentless harassment. We have people who get doxxed or swatted because of online disagreements. The world has changed and the speed and reach of communication is vastly different now.

Perhaps my interpretation isn’t 100% accurate. I’d still disagree that in this day and age we shouldn’t be cautious with real life info because it has been used to hurt people. You might be comfortable posting a photo and your real life address here but I wouldn’t.

1. I believe the vast majority of the people here are fine. I also like reading and debating with folks who have a different point of view than my own. I don’t want to be part of an echo chamber. That is no way to be challenged intellectually and is a recipe for stagnation.

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