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One of the best segments on Jimmy Kimmel Live! is "Celebrities Read Mean Tweets" (previously here and here). Pretty self-explanatory title. What's incredible, however, is the thick skin the participants display. No matter how barbarically they've been insulted, they always seem to have the last laugh. Taking a shot at Jon Hamm's body? Questioning the smell of Jake Gyllenhaal's genitals? Good luck with that. The best thing you can achieve is a public shaming which will make you crawl back into your sad little cave.
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Sadly, insults are a very common online phenomena. According to a Pew research, nearly three quarters of internet users—73%—have witnessed online harassment. Offensive name-calling and purposeful embarrassment were the most common types of these attacks.
Interestingly, young people are not only most likely to observe name-calling and efforts to embarrass someone, their experiences really stand out when considering more severe types of online harassment. They observe physical threats, sexual harassment, stalking, and harassment over a sustained period of time at almost double the rate of the general internet-using population.
However, according to Nigel Barber Ph.D., the future does seem a little brighter. "Online communities are becoming more concerned about the destructive consequences of tolerating the flamers, trolls, and vandals in their midst and are instituting mechanisms for group punishment in which those who violate codes of decency are identified and excluded," he wrote for Psychology Today.
"Such mechanisms are already ingrained in applications such as Uber and Airbnb. Soon social media will also be regulated—and it's about time."
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tuzdayschild 5 years ago
The anonymity of twitter is the best thing that ever happened to petty, jealous people.
Wil Vanderheijden 5 years ago
The anonymity of all social media has opened ways for frustrated, angry people with s****y lives to insult succesful people. Good thing is that succesful people aren't bothered with what an overweight lonely miserable loser in a one room apartment has to say about them.
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Martz Migraña 5 years ago (edited)
Some of these are not even funny, just plain rude :/ some people haven't mastered the art of being amusingly savage 🙅
goodmorning 5 years ago
To some point those kind emissions cultivate the bullying to the people. Even some people are famous don't mean they can handle this kind of comments deep inside. Look little Maisie, I think the comment make her sad.
John Louis 5 years ago
I find it indeed troubling, disturbing, appalling, horrifying as well as sad, pathetic, pitiful and a definite shift downward in the cosmic arc of justice that some people have such empty lives they have to anonymously insult celebrities.
Martha Meyer 5 years ago
Some of those tweeters might actually feel encouraged now... Look, my nasty tweet is famous!
Mama Panda 5 years ago
I would love it if they made it legal to go to these a******s' houses and do what they are asking these celebs (and others) to do while they sit smugly behind the comfort of a computer screen. David Harbour's tweeter would be a great example. OMG we can make it into a reality TV show too!!!! I gotta make some calls now haha
Full Name 5 years ago
"nearly three quarters of internet users—73%—have witnessed online harassment. Offensive name-calling and purposeful embarrassment were the most common types of these attacks." 73% . Only 73% of internet users have looked at a comment section.
Martha Meyer 5 years ago
The other 27% live behind the internet equivalent of the moon.
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Nathalie Langevin 5 years ago
I just don't get it. What the heck could have happened to these people to write mean, shity insults to people they don't like? I mean, if I don't like someone, I avoid them. I don't try to find them on social media to tell them things that make me look more stupid than they do!! Come on dumbos, get a life of your own !
proof that tony stark has a ❤️ 5 years ago
Goddamn this is just a funny talk show segment, the whole point is their reactions. everyone gotta chill tf out
Matthew Smith 5 years ago
Sadly Kim didn't see my tweet, something on the lines of GO F**K YOURSELF!
Arianna Owens 5 years ago
I wish I could edit that. It's getting on my nerves.
Load More Replies... tuzdayschild 5 years ago
The anonymity of twitter is the best thing that ever happened to petty, jealous people.
Wil Vanderheijden 5 years ago
The anonymity of all social media has opened ways for frustrated, angry people with s****y lives to insult succesful people. Good thing is that succesful people aren't bothered with what an overweight lonely miserable loser in a one room apartment has to say about them.
Load More Replies... Martz Migraña 5 years ago (edited)
Some of these are not even funny, just plain rude :/ some people haven't mastered the art of being amusingly savage 🙅
goodmorning 5 years ago
To some point those kind emissions cultivate the bullying to the people. Even some people are famous don't mean they can handle this kind of comments deep inside. Look little Maisie, I think the comment make her sad.
John Louis 5 years ago
I find it indeed troubling, disturbing, appalling, horrifying as well as sad, pathetic, pitiful and a definite shift downward in the cosmic arc of justice that some people have such empty lives they have to anonymously insult celebrities.
Martha Meyer 5 years ago
Some of those tweeters might actually feel encouraged now... Look, my nasty tweet is famous!
Mama Panda 5 years ago
I would love it if they made it legal to go to these a******s' houses and do what they are asking these celebs (and others) to do while they sit smugly behind the comfort of a computer screen. David Harbour's tweeter would be a great example. OMG we can make it into a reality TV show too!!!! I gotta make some calls now haha
Full Name 5 years ago
"nearly three quarters of internet users—73%—have witnessed online harassment. Offensive name-calling and purposeful embarrassment were the most common types of these attacks." 73% . Only 73% of internet users have looked at a comment section.
Martha Meyer 5 years ago
The other 27% live behind the internet equivalent of the moon.
Load More Replies... Nathalie Langevin 5 years ago
I just don't get it. What the heck could have happened to these people to write mean, shity insults to people they don't like? I mean, if I don't like someone, I avoid them. I don't try to find them on social media to tell them things that make me look more stupid than they do!! Come on dumbos, get a life of your own !
proof that tony stark has a ❤️ 5 years ago
Goddamn this is just a funny talk show segment, the whole point is their reactions. everyone gotta chill tf out
Matthew Smith 5 years ago
Sadly Kim didn't see my tweet, something on the lines of GO F**K YOURSELF!
Arianna Owens 5 years ago
I wish I could edit that. It's getting on my nerves.
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