On the Internet

[Michaelas10]

There are two groups - people who live online, and people who are outgoing and only occasionally use the Internet. I am somewhat between those two groups. However I noticed that the second group is remarkably less intelligent than the first group, why is that?

[Aryk]

If you're between those two groups that means there are three groups.

[DiaLady]

At 6/21/09 11:39 PM, Michaelas10 wrote: There are two groups - people who live online, and people who are outgoing and only occasionally use the Internet. I am somewhat between those two groups.

That means there are [at least] 3 groups then, not 2.

[turboNEGROID]

Introverts spend more time thinking.

[BareNakedMike]

I don't see a difference in intelligence between my living online friends and my outgoing friends.

[Michaelas10]

At 6/21/09 11:42 PM, turboNEGROID wrote: Introverts spend more time thinking.

Introverts are also sad and lonely people.

[Brass]

There's an infinite number of groups.

[DiaLady]

At 6/21/09 11:44 PM, Michaelas10 wrote:

At 6/21/09 11:42 PM, turboNEGROID wrote: Introverts spend more time thinking.

Introverts are also sad and lonely people.

They also have no souls.

[Michaelas10]

At 6/21/09 11:45 PM, DiaLady wrote:

At 6/21/09 11:44 PM, Michaelas10 wrote:

At 6/21/09 11:42 PM, turboNEGROID wrote: Introverts spend more time thinking.

Introverts are also sad and lonely people.

They also have no souls.

Now now, don't be hatin'

[Balazeal]

Groups? You cannot label the Internet so easily.

[CapnCrunchDaPimp]

It's called casuals. There are casuals for music, video games, you name it, but they are all equally ignorant, satisfied with crap, and annoying.

[Michaelas10]

At 6/21/09 11:48 PM, CapnCrunchDaPimp wrote: There are casuals for music, video games, you name it, but they are all equally ignorant, satisfied with crap, and annoying.

How is it fair then, that those 'casuals' are enjoying life the most?

[DiaLady]

At 6/21/09 11:49 PM, Michaelas10 wrote:

At 6/21/09 11:48 PM, CapnCrunchDaPimp wrote: There are casuals for music, video games, you name it, but they are all equally ignorant, satisfied with crap, and annoying.

How is it fair then, that those 'casuals' are enjoying life the most?

Because ignorance is bliss.

[RKthrilla]

At 6/21/09 11:41 PM, Aryk wrote: If you're between those two groups that means there are three groups.

You sir are a Genius.

[HecticCircleCrap]

At 6/21/09 11:39 PM, Michaelas10 wrote: There are two groups - people who live online, and people who are outgoing and only occasionally use the Internet. I am somewhat between those two groups. However I noticed that the second group is remarkably less intelligent than the first group, why is that?

Because grammar nazis only exist in the internet.

[DiaLady]

At 6/21/09 11:56 PM, HecticCircleCrap wrote: Because grammar nazis only exist in the internet.

You mean there is no Grammar Germany?

[HecticCircleCrap]

At 6/21/09 11:58 PM, DiaLady wrote: You mean there is no Grammar Germany?

Only on the internet. And there are e-circumcised Grammar Jews too.

[CapnCrunchDaPimp]

At 6/21/09 11:52 PM, DiaLady wrote:

At 6/21/09 11:49 PM, Michaelas10 wrote: How is it fair then, that those 'casuals' are enjoying life the most?

Because ignorance is bliss.

I know too much. It's true! Noooo! They enjoy life because they have money, and big boobed wives, and cool cars.

[Michaelas10]

At 6/21/09 11:52 PM, DiaLady wrote:

At 6/21/09 11:49 PM, Michaelas10 wrote:

At 6/21/09 11:48 PM, CapnCrunchDaPimp wrote: There are casuals for music, video games, you name it, but they are all equally ignorant, satisfied with crap, and annoying.

How is it fair then, that those 'casuals' are enjoying life the most?

Because ignorance is bliss.

But not all-encompassing bliss, right? That phrase refers to how being ignorant of something means less worries on the mind, not to being on the top of the social pyramid and making the most out of every single day.

[Lagatag]

I could possibly live my life on the computer, but I have to do other things like school/work, and I want to do other things, more social things.

[DiscoveryOne]

The second group is less intelligent?

...the ones who.. go out and learn life experiences and meet people and... DO things?

[GeoPowa]

I belong into the third group also!

[Michaelas10]

At 6/22/09 12:22 AM, DiscoveryOne wrote: ...the ones who.. go out and learn life experiences and meet people and... DO things?

Ever heard of a thing called "depth", referring to a human quality? Depth-perception? Depth-thinking?

[Makeshift]

I think it's physically impossible to live online, but I do go online a lot. This website particularly... but i still have a real life, and real friends.
they also have newgrounds accounts but aren't too regular.
these are the friends I hang out with most of the time:
(i think i showed them all newgrounds too...)

mooplet.newgrounds.com
thegirlmizu.newgrounds.com/
gaara27.newgrounds.com/

[turboNEGROID]

At 6/21/09 11:44 PM, Michaelas10 wrote: Introverts are also sad and lonely people.

Stupidest thing I ever read. You are obviously not an introvert.

[OneWordName]

Thank god we have this thread to sort people into pre-labeled categories for us.

[Skwurll]

You cannot group everyone on the internet into 2 groups

or any number less than a hundred for that matter

[066pop]

At 6/22/09 12:27 AM, Michaelas10 wrote:

At 6/22/09 12:22 AM, DiscoveryOne wrote: ...the ones who.. go out and learn life experiences and meet people and... DO things?

Ever heard of a thing called "depth", referring to a human quality? Depth-perception? Depth-thinking?

Most people on the internet (like us...) are nerds.

However, I want to disagree but can't, with the other group being less intelligent. I know a group of people who go on [stupid] places like YouTube and like nowhere else... There's one girl in that group who can't link two things together. She tried to link things together once by looking at what everyone else was doing... She failed at that too...

Everyone else in said group is basically the same, but this person was the extreme version.

There are some people who I know who are still quite intelligent, and they don't go anywhere near the internet. Maybe it is all the reading they do (books etc...). Perhaps since we are on the web, we do a lot of reading, and that helps to gather knowledge.

[Makeshift]

At 6/22/09 02:14 AM, 066pop wrote: Most people on the internet (like us...) are nerds.

woah. stop right there.

Nerd is a term often bearing a derogatory connotation or stereotype, that refers to a person who passionately pursues intellectual activities, esoteric knowledge, or other obscure interests rather than engaging in more social or popular activities. Therefore, a nerd is often excluded from physical activity and considered a loner by peers or will tend to associate with like-minded people.

Newgrounds is not an intellectual activity!

[Michaelas10]

At 6/22/09 02:16 AM, Makeshift wrote: Newgrounds is not an intellectual activity!

General isn't. But forums like politics and programming have lots of intellectuals if you bother to look.