There is a saying that goes something like, “When the government is telling lies, it is dangerous to be telling the truth”. There are two types of knowledge. Knowledge derived from internet or books or magazines, word of mouth, etc..
The other type on knowledge is First hand personal experience, “Boots in the Field” experience.
When the masses believe what is taught them, by people who learned what they are stating as fact from the internet, and then they run quick like a bunny to a different forum, and state what they know as the truth or the way it is based on what they know and learned from the different forums and blogs…….”In that environment it is pointless and dangerous to state what you know from first hand experience……with boots in the field.
In this “Information Age” there is a tremendous amount of information that is totally believed, everyone knows is true , common knowledge…..that is wrong to varying degrees, from totally wrong, to just a small partly inaccurate.
If there are 50 people in a discussion on a thread, stating what they think, and what they think is based on “ZERO” first hand or Boots in the field experience…….and someone enters that discussion who is old and has 50 or 60 years of first hand experience day in and day out living that subject of that thread. they will be called, “Troll” and shouted down.
The masses rule.
People without “First Hand” or Boots in the Field experience can not accept the truth, they want to believe what they have believed for a very long time. They will fight savagely to defend what they believe, even as they have zero first hand experience.
It is fun to just read threads, and watch that most say, “Well, I THINK” what they are saying is they think something is a stated way, based on zero first hand experience. This is very different from someone stating, “Well, I KNOW” this or that, based on first hand experience.
A nationwide survey of Americans finds that rude behavior is the new norm.
Experts said all the texting and social media is eating away at our manners.
When we can shoot off a two-line e-mail to get our point across we’re then taking that and acting in the same way when we’re face to face, we’re missing social cues, we’re missing emotional cues.
From road rage in the morning commute to high decibel cell-phone conversations that ruin dinner out, men and women behaving badly has become the hallmark of a hurry-up world.
Maybe older people don’t show up as often because they have their priorities straight. There’s very little internet truth. At one point I used it to gain knowledge, but I’ve had to develop the knowledge and skill to avoid the half-truths and falsehoods that it seems many take on face value. Old people don’t have time to put up with “know-it-alls” and their bull****.
I think that the rudeness which comes along with having conversations online is very off-putting to most thinking people.
Back before TV, fractured families and the interwebs, a guy might go get into a fight just to entertain himself or to see how tough he is. The only reason to be rude was to get into a fight. And the only way to avoid getting into a fight was to display some level of courteous behavior toward anyone who might take offense.
Recently, I have been blinded by the sheer lack of manners of people in today’s society. All around me, I am surrounded by rude people with no regard for the safety, concern or respect of the people who are around them and it makes me question their upbringing. Sadly, this world has become a very dark place to live in, and I feel like you cannot trust anyone. The more I look around at this world, I feel like people only have one thing they want to look out for: themselves, and that’s a shame.
