Y2K Celebrate Thread

[Ysh]

I know for a fact several other members of the forum get a sick sadistic pleasure out of misleading others.

Not in any way more sick or sadistic than a birthday clowns' baloon tricks or cheesy magicians' shows. It rarely hurts someone and it's mostly just fun and games.

Yes, just playful pranking. We are all friends on forum.

[Burinn]

I know for a fact several other members of the forum get a sick sadistic pleasure out of misleading others.

Not in any way more sick or sadistic than a birthday clowns' baloon tricks or cheesy magicians' shows. It rarely hurts someone and it's mostly just fun and games.

I don't know how you can conflate children's clowns with the desire to manipulate and bamboozle other people. Misleading people has the sole intention of harming someone through misinformation.

[Hasta]

Misleading people has the sole intention of harming someone through misinformation.

False.
Misleading people often used for entertainment of the audience or self-entertainment - in fact, more often that for some personal gain or, as you put it, "harming someone". That's why I mentioned baloon tricks and magicians' performances.

[Burinn]

Misleading people has the sole intention of harming someone through misinformation.

False.
Misleading people often used for entertainment of the audience or self-entertainment - in fact, more often that for some personal gain or, as you put it, "harming someone". That's why I mentioned baloon tricks and magicians' performances.

Sleight of hand =/= maliciously misleading people

[Hasta]

Sleight of hand =/= maliciously misleading people

I said already that "misleading" going on on this particular forum is rarely "malicious" enough to hurt someone. Annoy, make fun of, that may be. Not hurt.

[Burinn]

Sleight of hand =/= maliciously misleading people

I said already that "misleading" going on on this particular forum is rarely "malicious" enough to hurt someone. Annoy, make fun of, that may be. Not hurt.

Being made fun of hurts Hasta. Cyber-bully is real.

[Hasta]

Being made fun of hurts Hasta. Cyber-bully is real.

To some extent.
Not as much as it's perceived sometimes.

[Ysh]

Being made fun of hurts Hasta. Cyber-bully is real.

To some extent.
Not as much as it's perceived sometimes.

Is pain not just perception?

[Burinn]

Being made fun of hurts Hasta. Cyber-bully is real.

To some extent.
Not as much as it's perceived sometimes.

Apply for a nobel prize when you can quantify psychological pain.

[Hasta]

Being made fun of hurts Hasta. Cyber-bully is real.

To some extent.
Not as much as it's perceived sometimes.

Is pain not just perception?

I wasn't talking about a person who can't help but experiences psychological pain from a joke at his expense. My comment mostly implies the often overlooked difficulty in keeping balance between managing constructive and bully-free society and inciting a witch-hunt.