Are we becoming meaner?

[The Big Earl]

That's been life since 2014, no? Hate has become the default emotion on the internet.

You're either Left, hate anyone who uses words like cuck, will defend Hillary to the death, and can't take a fucking joke. Or you're Right, hate people with colored hair, hold Trump on a golden pedestal, and can't take a fucking joke. People just picking sides in history's dumbest war, and it leaks everywhere, including here.

I'm a brand new account to this forum, but I get the core ideal. I even see that there are whole threads dedicated to hating on people I personally enjoy, who the fuck cares?

 

[Deadpool]

I've noticed the trend going the other way around. Look at the noodlesandbeef, Schofield, or Jonathan Yaniv threads. The Pearl clutching and moral faggotry are (rightfully) on full display. Hell even in Disco every thread devolves into people either hand wringing or talking about contacting the authorites over dumb shit.

I think a lot of it depends on which threads, and cows you follow.

 

[Ruin]

I've noticed the trend going the other way around. Look at the noodlesandbeef, Schofield, or Jonathan Yaniv threads. The Pearl clutching and moral faggotry are (rightfully) on full display. Hell even in Disco every thread devolves into people either hand wringing or talking about contacting the authorites over dumb shit.

I think a lot of it depends on which threads, and cows you follow.

This, the pearl clutching and moralfaggotry in the Yaniv thread is some of the worst I've seen in a long time. I'm actually surprised Sneasel or one of the other mods hasn't cleaned it out yet.

It's a shame too because it's a great thread.

 

[Deadpool]

This, the pearl clutching and moralfaggotry in the Yaniv thread is some of the worst I've seen in a long time. I'm actually surprised Sneasel or one of the other mods hasn't cleaned it out yet.

It's a shame too because it's a great thread.

To an extent I get the moral faggotry in the first three threads I mentioned. However it is reaching unreadable cancer levels.

 

[Jeanne d'Arc]

To an extent I get the moral faggotry in the first three threads I mentioned. However it is reaching unreadable cancer levels.

As someone active in all the threads mentioned, It's very hard not to go full moralfaggotry/pearl clutch. I guarantee I've done it on multiple occasions- I feel like it's just the nature of any thread with the "Horrorcow" tag, because those cows are doing (arguably) some really fucked up shit and it gets people angry. With DSP/CWC/Moviebob/Similar cows, they're just doing dumb shit on the internet most of the time, while with any horrorcow real people are arguably at risk for as long as that cow is active.

All in all it's just very hard to fuck around and make fun of a cow in a thread where we're also discussing people being deplatformed/killed/hurt otherwise because of a cow's actions. The Farms just happens to be one of the places we can talk about Yaniv/virtually anything without worrying about blatant censorship or DMCA takedowns or whatnot, so it's going to attract many different kinds of people to controversial threads also.

 

[The Un-Clit]

I agree. While I try not to moralfag if I can help it, I've done my share on the Yanev and Noodlesandbeef threads because they piss me off so much. It's not laughing at retards doing retarded shit on the net, it's genuine predators on display, and it gets my back right the fuck up.

Then I go onto Russel Greer or Philhy Phil's threads and it's much more laughter and fun again. It really depends on the thread and the topic.

I don't think in general most existing posters are getting meaner, just the cows are getting more horrible.

 

[BILLY MAYS]

We're not mean enough.

What the forums need is to return where we laugh at lolcows, instead of pearlclutching in general. The Farms nowadays would rather clutch pearls at horrorcows, and how journalism, lefties, and media is controlled by (((censorship-happy progs))) instead of just laughing at lolcows.

 

[Judge Holden]

Honestly, unless you are a super oldfag like me I dont think anypony here remembers a time when the forum was anything resembling "nice" (atleast to tards, we pretty chill with eachother and non asstard outsiders). While my memory aint perfect I think there was a pretty distinct shift in mid 2013ish when the chris shit was getting more and more depressingly dreary, a bunch of particularly loathesome lolcows had become infamous on the farms (i.e. Nick Bate and similar horrorcows), and among other things we were seeing the first skirmishes of this eternal SJW vs Anti-SJW vs Troll war that has been waging for 6 years now, and this is reflected when you peruse the first pages of some of our oldest threads.

Ofcourse folks need to remember that this all happened shortly after our old cwckiforum hub burned down thanks to civil war, so im guessing a lot of people's proverbial "innocence" was shattered and people began getting more edgelordy and more cynical.

 

[Bunny Tracks]

I think we are. I haven't noticed it much in the actual cow threads, but I have noticed a trend in other ones. Most of it seems like edgelord /pol/faggotry and even if it isn't genuine, it's still annoying.

 

[Judge Holden]

Fun Fact. The infamous Homer Beulove was originally banned due in part to the fact he wouldnt shut up sperging about SJWs on every thread IIRC

*awkward silence*

Funny how things change round these parts...

 

[MysteriousStranger]

I've been thinking the opposite -- that the forum has softened in the years since I signed on. Maybe it's just the sub-forums I hang out on.

 

[Haramburger]

I think a lot of it depends on which threads, and cows you follow.

Most people would like to see Jesse from Manic Pixie Nightmare Girls succeed, and there's ups-and-downs depending on the comics every month. On the other hand most people would like to see Zoe Quinn taken to task by the IRS or found face-down in a motel pool. Really depends on what they do/what they've done.

 

[Maxliam]

That's been life since 2014, no? Hate has become the default emotion on the internet.

You're either Left, hate anyone who uses words like cuck, will defend Hillary to the death, and can't take a fucking joke. Or you're Right, hate people with colored hair, hold Trump on a golden pedestal, and can't take a fucking joke. People just picking sides in history's dumbest war, and it leaks everywhere, including here.

I'm a brand new account to this forum, but I get the core ideal. I even see that there are whole threads dedicated to hating on people I personally enjoy, who the fuck cares?

IDK, I got banned from AnH and Deep Thoughts for hating on niggers and faggots. It's probably because the mods are nigger faggots.

But yeah, I've noticed I've become a lot more meaner and hateful in the past 5 years.

 

[Voltaire]

I think we have to address or admit that some threads started here are based on a very flaky proposition for a cow. And rather than give up on what seems exaggerated and based on little of interest some users end up doubling down and factual accuracy and proportion go out the window.

I've only noticed this in relation to smaller or more modern cows but I think that's due to limitations in trying to read a 500+ page thread. I don't see a solution other then to encourage more critical thought and reflection rather than doubling and tripling down on rather foolish points.

 

[Maxliam]

I think we have to address or admit that some threads started here are based on a very flaky proposition for a cow. And rather than give up on what seems exaggerated and based on little of interest some users end up doubling down and factual accuracy and proportion go out the window.

I've only noticed this in relation to smaller or more modern cows but I think that's due to limitations in trying to read a 500+ page thread. I don't see a solution other then to encourage more critical thought and reflection rather than doubling and tripling down on rather foolish points.

You know...your username is very apt. That Voltaire fucker was a typical frenchy who used way too many big words and shit.

I think what's worst is Chris, the original spark for this place, hasn't died out in a blaze like other horrible dictators have. His iron grip on Cwcville is as firm as his grip on reality is loose and tenuous.

He's too paranoid to get trolled too much and now it's just sad. We've kinda know all we need to about him. If anything we know TOO much about him.

 

[KelpieSelkie]

I think the current political climate is a huge factor in many on here seeming to be more mean, or hateful sounding than they would otherwise. I don't know the age demographics of the users here, but most people my age and slightly older just seem really angry all the time.

I had a post get deleted once for saying pedos should go jump off a bridge or something though, so I don't know. It depends on what part of the forums you're on. It's really hard for me to laugh at the horrific things people do. I feel powerless to stop them, so I shout at them through the internet instead. I can't read the NoodlesnBeef or Nick Bates threads for long before I get pissed off - at the cows, but also certain kiwi members for some of the stupid replies that those threads get. The only threads I can stand are about webcomics and weird artcows like Glip, who I find weirdly endearing despite being a huge bitch.

 

[Maxliam]

I think the current political climate is a huge factor in many on here seeming to be more mean, or hateful sounding than they would otherwise. I don't know the age demographics of the users here, but most people my age and slightly older just seem really angry all the time.

I had a post get deleted once for saying pedos should go jump off a bridge or something though, so I don't know. It depends on what part of the forums you're on. It's really hard for me to laugh at the horrific things people do. I feel powerless to stop them, so I shout at them through the internet instead. I can't read the NoodlesnBeef or Nick Bates threads for long before I get pissed off - at the cows, but also certain kiwi members for some of the stupid replies that those threads get. The only threads I can stand are about webcomics and weird artcows like Glip, who I find weirdly endearing despite being a huge bitch.

I just embrace the chaos. Let's just watch the world burn.

I'm sorry but if you have an un-natural hair color you belong in a mass grave.

That and if you're gay or retarded or white or dark or Mexican or you breath oxygen.

 

[SteelPlatedHeart]

I don’t know about meaner or not, but I definitely think we’ve gotten a lot more loose on the definition of a “lolcow”, and not really in a good way.

That and people seem a bit too eager to dox said lolcows.

 

[whatever I feel like]

Well, we can't direct the community to post or not post in the threads that we, as individuals, like. I happen to think that the Bit Block is more of a cow than that Cooking with Jack guy, but one's thread is totally dead, the other's has enough content for a whole subforum. And what gets clicks here in the present day? Rapists, animal abusers, trannies and SJWs. How could you not feel vindictive towards such people?

 

[Zarkov]

We're not mean enough for my tastes.