If the Internet Was A Room it Would Be Filled With Retards

Huge plug fo this site. Not sure it deserve's it

Imagine you’re in a room full of lets say a million people, and I stand in front of this room and say on a microphone over loud speakers “Good day million people.  I have a question for you.  I want to know such and such for such and such reasons.”  After I ask my question I add at the end “By the way, of you million people I only want the priests in this crowd to answer the question.”  How many of you would answer my question?  If you think you would then you are just another reason why OUR GENERATION SUCKS!

I am a member of an internet Q/A site known as Aardvark at http://vark.com.  This is a site where members and I can ask and answer questions on any variety of things and the members give the answers or suggestions as opposed to attempting to google it and find the answers on our own.  Great idea and concept except that you or I can answer any question asked, and sorry to say it but we’re not always qualified.  Now me, I am smart enough and reasonable enough to not attempt to answer a question I have no idea about the answer.  The rest of the aardvark community,and much of the internet population, not so much.

As I have said before the Internet is an awesome tool which is quickly unifying all of us, making conversation around the world not only possible but more and more widely common, and allowing us access to people and resources that previous generations have simply been unable to tap into.  But a good chunk of the people on the internet are IDIOTS.  A lot of people feel that their voice is unique and special, and what they have to say matters.  Sorry to say it but you’re not and it doesn’t.  When someone is talking to you, just like in real life, it matters otherwise you need to learn to shut the fuck up.  When I ask a question I don’t need to hear you’re opinion about it.  I don’t care how the question makes you feel, or if you have a funny joke, or want to suggest I try something else; I want the answer and you don’t have it.  For example I posted this:

Since the universe is finite, science has proven there is an end point, why doesn’t light reflect off the edge of the universe?

For which I got these answers:

Maybe it does, but our perception of science has cause us to word this reflection or the edges of the universe in such a way that we don’t understand that it’s happening.

It may, but considering the distances, how would we know if it did or not?

In both instances the people answering clearly had no idea what I was talking about since instead of answering my question they instead questioned THE FACT that the universe has an end point.  On the Aardvark forum this would cause my question to be considered answered and taken out of the question cue.  So not only has my question gone completely unanswered, I have to come back to find out that no one qualified has answered it, retype or resubmit my question, and I am left with the answers of two idiots who clearly don’t understand when a question is clearly over their head and well beyond their realm of expertise.  I have had several instances where this has occurred and it is becoming more and more common each day.  The other day the scenario I posited in the beginning of the article actually happened.  I specifically asked for only a priest to answer; I got 10 answers none of which were from a priest.  This is just one of the many many ways people on the internet day in and day out spoil one of the greatest tools in the modern age.

How hard is it to read and follow directions?  This retardation is not limited to just this site.  On fan sites, blogs or forums there are always people who clearly don’t understand the show they are watching but claim to.   There are hundreds of blogs out there with people ranting about stuff they know nothing about, and shit that doesn’t matter.  Hell, people get famous for that sometimes (you know who they are).  There are endless posts everywhere of people who rather than being constructive and helpful, feel the need to berate, belittle, impose, and simply muddy up sites with their feelings and opinions that either don’t matter or, at most times, have nothing to do with what anyone around them is talking about.  Its quite annoying because this behavior would not be allowed to fly in normal social interaction yet we are forced to, and have to, deal with it constantly on the internet.  And in the end I’m the asshole for berating these people for wasting my time and  yours when they are day in and day out making OUR GENERATION SUCK!