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@AlexDeLarge Even though I agree with you but let's just cut her some slack since this is a ranting platform and she just let out what she had been holding in.
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@AlexDeLarge You're complete strangers, and this is why I wouldn't mind that you have some random bit of information (somewhat altered or entirely fabricated) about someone that might or might not exist (I might be a troll, for all you know). It's entirely different with people I actually get to interact with daily, and associate all this information with who I am in real life.
Had I undergone a plastic surgery, a photo might be something relatively sane to ask for, but not in the case of an endoscopy - I added that bit just to emphasize how addicted people are to documenting every dump they take.
Oh, and I'm often told my colon is my best feature :) -
@AlexDeLarge Yep :)
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This reminded me of a story from my childhood (spent in a small village in Italy)
So a friend of mine was at one end of the village and he pulls out one of his first sigarette and lights it.
We the awkwardness of being an amateur smoker he proceeds to enjoy his smoke.
By the time he was almost done by it, his mom appeared. She was supposed to be home on the other end of the village.
What had happened is that an ever watching elderly lady had seen him and told it to the neighbours, that told to another who had a phone and called the guy mom.
All this in the span of a cigarette. And this was almost 20 years ago so no im or even a flip phone in rural Italy. -
@AlexDeLarge Wow did my colon stir up a discussion!
My rules are pretty simple. I don't mix my purely virtual personality with anything related to real life.
There are communities that benefit from anonymity. I think devRant is one of them. Another example is fanfiction sites. I have someone beta-ing my stories for nearly a decade. She knows me very intimately through my writing, but we keep it at that - no Facebook, no Skype, not exchanging any details that will give up who we are.
Other platforms are meant for networking and are based on the authenticity of the users' identity. In my LinkedIn profile you won't find anything remotely personal, and I strictly make sure not to give up irrelevant information there. -
@norman70688 I don't think about it in terms of fear, but in terms of freedom. I enjoy having the possibility to be two totally different, possibly contradicting, entities.
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@NickyBones at some point i should do some kind of divide like that too myself i guess, being so awkward in public and willing to befriend online doesn't mix well as i keep being lonely in most situations and a creeper online
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@KennyTheBard My policies obviously don't work for everyone. You can choose to have a non-embarrassing online presence and then translate your online friendship to real ones. I think that's what most people do.
@AlexDeLarge That's because I don't have any other redeeming qualities. -
@Santaclauze My colon is just fine but I still can't hold my farts in. This is why I use devRant :)
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All good. My comment was useless anyways， i must sayvi was a bit surprise od the content and i laughed， hence the useless comment ;) hope your well!
As for privacy， we share privacy with our close ones because there is a sense of loyalty and trust， so its different to social media. But the family can be real dicks as well. I woulsnt want them to speak about my colon either -_-. @NickyBones
Privacy is a legend
Don't we all love a sophisticated chat bot?
I've been reading a lots of posts about the "Age of No Privacy" and how our most personal information is spread and abused.
Well, obviously those complaining didn't have the displeasure of being born into an Ashkenazi Jewish family.
I had a small medical procedure, and my entire family (spread across 4 continents) became aware of it, created a WhatsApp group to discuss it (with message traffic that would shame any war room), and then my younger cousins asked that we post photos.
Of what?! My fucking colon? How about I stream the whole process live on Facebook, you crazy little shits?!
My point is - we violate the privacy of our close friends and loved ones daily, giving very little thought to what sort of information should or should not be forwarded. I'm not opposing to the battle against great evils, but maybe we should start by not committing small evils daily.
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