Internet Like Driving.

kneemos

Are there similarities between driving and surfing the web?
Peoples characters change when they sit in a car,become irate with strangers,give the finger and come to blows over practically nothing.
The web can have similar effects on peoples behaviour.
Perhaps it's the shielding and anonymity that allows the worst part of our character to come through?

One eyed Jack

Very similar to the "road rage" phenomenon, is "internet rage". Quite telling really is this -

This decrease in willingness to wait correlates with the decline in attention span: In 2000, the average person's attention span was 12 seconds. In 2013, it dropped to 8 seconds. And here's a fun fact: The average attention span of a goldfish -- the kind you can win at a county fair -- is 9 seconds.

http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/6841120

donegaLroad

It has to do with our reptilian brain (lower brain), and how it can control and dictate our emotions.

When we are out of control with rage, it is our reptilian brain over-riding our rational brain section.

If people say that they reacted with their heart instead of their head, what they are really saying is that they conceded to their primitive emotions rather than to the calculations of the more evolved or rational part of our brain.

The reptilian brain section is at the base of our skull emerging from the spinal column.

Miall108

donegaLroad wrote: »

It has to do with our reptilian brain (lower brain), and how it can control and dictate our emotions.

When we are out of control with rage, it is our reptilian brain over-riding our rational brain section.

If people say that they reacted with their heart instead of their head, what they are really saying is that they conceded to their primitive emotions (reptilian brain), rather than to the calculations of the more evolved or rational part of our brain.

The reptilian brain section is at the base of our skull emerging from the spinal column.

So its our inner reptile that emerges when were behind the wheel or the screen?

The_Valeyard

This isnt new OP,

people have been d*ck drivers since cars first appeared, probably the 3-4th ever car driver was a complete numpty who thought he ruled the road.

Same with the internet, d*cks been on the web since the web first started.

Wonder is there a correlation between aggressive drivers and angry keyboard warriors?


Basic web rule: Do not get annoyed with people online, its not worth it.
Basic driving rule: Don't be an ass.

donegaLroad

Miall108 wrote: »

So its our inner reptile that emerges when were behind the wheel or the screen?

I think, as Valeyard has suggested, that there is a correlation between the two.

If a person is a thick individual it will come out online, or behind the wheel.

It is an inability to comprehend the thoughts of another person, coupled with a lack of patience.

Miall108

donegaLroad wrote: »

I think, as Valeyard has suggested, that there is a correlation between the two.

If a person is a thick bollox it will come out online, or behind the wheel.

It is an inability to comprehend the thoughts of another person, coupled with a lack of patience.

Would that be thick in the conventional sense or thick as in stubborn thick?

donegaLroad

Miall108 wrote: »

Would that be thick in the conventional sense or thick as in stubborn thick?

a bit of both. We all know stubborn stupid people, and stubborn intelligent people.

ArtSmart

kneemos wrote: »

Are there similarities between driving and surfing the web?
Peoples characters change when they sit in a car,become irate with strangers,give the finger and come to blows over practically nothing.
The web can have similar effects on peoples behaviour.
Perhaps it's the shielding and anonymity that allows the worst part of our character to come through?

Wacky Tobacky Stage One.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

It's the anonymity of both that allows people to be aggressive, irate, insensitive dickheads without having to actually face the object of their hate head on. I find road rage practitioners and internet warriors/loudmouths usually wouldn't have the nerve in any other situation.

Speedwell

I was around for the very beginning of the Internet, when it was just CompuServe and local networks between college campuses in 1984, and we had 300-baud modems (Dad worked for Hayes Microcomputer that year and I got to see one of the first 1200-baud modems in production, whee!). This analogy holds true all the way to the beginning. I'm told that when cars were first introduced, there was a great camaraderie between owners and a lot of DIY clubs. Everyone in the scene pretty much knew everyone else. That's pretty much how it all came together in the early days.

Sh1tbag OToole

If all cars were open top (and we had nice weather ) road rage wouldn't be nearly as common. People think they're invincible in their little metal and glass cage and even moreso when they're sitting at home behind a keyboard

kneemos

So what's the true nature of man when the restraints are removed?

Sh1tbag OToole

Speedwell wrote: »

I was around for the very beginning of the Internet, when it was just CompuServe and local networks between college campuses in 1984, and we had 300-baud modems (Dad worked for Hayes Microcomputer that year and I got to see one of the first 1200-baud modems in production, whee!). This analogy holds true all the way to the beginning. I'm told that when cars were first introduced, there was a great camaraderie between owners and a lot of DIY clubs. Everyone in the scene pretty much knew everyone else. That's pretty much how it all came together in the early days.

The boaty crowd are pretty much the same. I'd have no bother giving a lad a tow if he was stuck and people would help me out if I was in trouble although you'd always get the odd miserable gobsh1te I suppose. Same can't be said for car users. Particularly in Dublin where people are all living on top of each other everyone who gets in anyone's way and slows down anyone's progress is an idiot and a law must be passed to ban him and his ilk from the road for good.

Wacker The Attacker

Yes. Drunk surfing

wendell borton

At least on the net I don't get my retinas burned by dip****s with crappy hids.

The_Valeyard

The_Valeyard wrote: »

This isnt new OP,

people have been d*ck drivers since cars first appeared, probably the 3-4th ever car driver was a complete numpty who thought he ruled the road.
.

He probably did as there was no other car traffic, lots of oxen & horses but no other cars.
But you still need to show respect to other road users, the same is true of the internet, or more correctly the applications that allow communications over it.