The Internet Has A ‘Cringe’ Problem, And It Hurts Kids The Most 

7 responses to “The Internet Has A ‘Cringe’ Problem, And It Hurts Kids The Most ”

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   fistfullofflour

   August 26, 2017 at 11:28 pm

   Yeeeaahh kind of, but it goes both ways. I couldn’t count how many times I used to chat with mates in a public lobby (we’re all close to 30), and some little 12 year old punk arcs up trying to trash talk us.

   Not so much these days where gaming has shifted to party chat.

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2. 

   djbear

   August 26, 2017 at 11:51 pm

   The reason they are treated as such is because 90% of the time (In my experience anyway) young kids are absolute shitheads online. Particularly 12 and under. They have no experienced the real world and still think everything is about them. Case in point, Was playing Battlefield 4 and this young kid started whining on voice chat about how he wasnt getting to use the the Attack heli so i should let him use it. I obviously told the kid no so he proceeded to should childish insults mixed in with insult he learnt off the internet without knowing what they mean. I still to this day dont know what a D***head F****t is, Let alone why a 12 year would be shouting at me over something so trivial.

   Kids want to be treated with respect online? Treat everyone else with respect. Respect is a two way street.

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3. 

   shadow

   August 27, 2017 at 12:21 am

   Honestly, letting kids go online is like letting kids go to a pub or nightclub on their own.

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4. 

   simocrates

   August 27, 2017 at 9:01 am

   Yeah kids are worse to each other online.

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5. 

   soldant

   August 27, 2017 at 9:12 am

   Kids acting like tough guys screaming how they’ll kill you and your mother are cringy and should be laughed at. The internet isn’t a hug box devoid of criticism.

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6. 

   blueyy

   August 27, 2017 at 10:35 am

   Gotta knock those rough edges off them somehow

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7. 

   namiwakiru

   August 27, 2017 at 10:36 am

   The only game I’ve really used open chat in is GTAO, so yeah, I cringe when kids enter the chat.

   Firstly they shouldn’t even be playing and secondly their parents most likely allow it.

   The social media side of it looks like hell though

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8. 

   arnna

   August 27, 2017 at 12:24 pm

   To me, the problem is that people of all ages seem to think that they can act however they please because they are online. Abuse, trolling, hate, threats ect…
   They wouldn’t do it in real life because they’d get arrested/punched in the face.
   So essentially these types of people are insecure losers who are powerless in real life, but cling to whatever sense of power they can get bullying others using anonymity as a shield from consequence.

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