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There's good reason why people say "Never read the comments"; they often devolve into toxic exchanges that offer little value. Which is kind of sad because then we miss the occasional masterpiece.
Luckily, there's a rare breed of heroes who are willing to sift through all the negativity to find and preserve the lost gems, allowing them to receive the attention they truly deserve.
The Instagram account 'Epic Comment God' is one of them. Continue scrolling to check out its collection.
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Part of what makes online comments so wild is the disconnect between the commenter’s identity and what they are saying, a phenomenon that the psychologist John Suler memorably termed the “online disinhibition effect.”
The theory is that the moment you shed your identity the usual constraints on your behavior go, too—or, to reiterate a 1993 Peter Steiner cartoon, on the Internet, nobody knows you’re not a dog.
When Arthur Santana, a communications professor at the University of Houston, analyzed nine hundred randomly chosen comments on articles about immigration, half from newspapers that allowed anonymous postings, such as the Los Angeles Times and the Houston Chronicle, and half from ones that didn’t, including USA Today and the Wall Street Journal, he discovered that anonymity made a perceptible difference: 53% percent of anonymous commenters were uncivil, as opposed to 29% percent of registered, non-anonymous commenters. Therefore, Santana concluded that anonymity encourages incivility.
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LakotaWolf (she/her) 9 months ago
Whatever Jizzissippi got accused of, it was Jalifornia’s fault. I saw the whole thing.
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LuLuBelle 9 months ago
I live in Oklahoma and Joke-lahoma is 100% correct.
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MushroomHead22 9 months ago
Jalabama. Jalaska. Jarizona. Jarkansas. Jcalifornia. Jcolorado. Jconnecticut. Jdelaware. Jflorida. Jgeorgia. Jhawaii. Jidaho. Jillinois. Jindiana. Jiowa. Jkansas. Jkentucky. Jlouisiana. Jmaine. Jmaryland. Jmassachusetts. Jmichigan. Jminnesota. Jimississippi. Jmissouri. Jmontana. Jnebraska. Jneveda. Jnew Hampshire. Jnew Jersey. Jnew Mexico. Jnew York. Jnorth Carolina. Jnorth Dakota. Johio. Joklahoma. Joregon. Jpennsylvania. Jrhode Island. Jsouth Carolina. Jsouth Dakota. Jtennessee. Jtexas. Jutah. Jvermont. Jvirginia. Jwashington. Jwest Virginia. Jwisconson. Jwyonming..... wtf is the name?
Natalie Kelsey 9 months ago
That's the only one that works...I tried all 50
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SweetCheesySpaghetti 9 months ago
Firs tthing I thought was "Jermont" but then thought, "Wait - that could actually be someone's name..." so i'm bad at this game lmao
Osprey 9 months ago
Am i the only person who is sitting here going through all the states adding a J on the front to see if they make a name? Is his name Jaine? Joehio? Jutah? Jexas..... Jillinois? I cant stop.
SecretRacoon 9 months ago
Did everyone miss the part that says RHYMES with one of the states? Obviously, his name is Joehio.
SheamusFanFrom1987 9 months ago
Jonneticut? Jebraska? Jissouri? They never hurt anyone either XP
Shelli Aderman 9 months ago
Don’t ask me why I did it, but you’re welcome… 🤣 Jalabama Jalaska Jarizona Jarkansas Jalifornia Jolorado Jonnecticut Jelaware Jlorida Jeorgia Jawaii Jidaho Jillinois Jindiana Jiowa Jansas Jentucky Jouisiana Jaine Jaryland Jassachusetts Jichigan Jinnesota Jississippi Jissouri Jontana Jebraska Jevada New Jampshire New Jersey New Jexico New Jork North Jarolina North Jakota Johio Joklahoma Joregon Jennsylvania Jhode Island South Jarolina South Jakota Jennessee Jexas Jutah Jermont Jirginia Jashington West Jirginia Jisconsin Jyoming
Mara Was… A Surgeon 9 months ago
Leave my dude Jest Jirgina alone bro, don't sully his good name
james stevenson 9 months ago
Also, how come this person assumed everyone would know they meant american states? what if someone thought she meant 2 Canadian states, 4 Russian states, etc.
james stevenson 9 months ago
I'm an Australian, I never knew that there were 50 states in Australia. I only ever learned about 6 plus 2 territories. (JK IK it's 'merica)
Alecia McKinley 9 months ago
I actually DO know a Johntana... is there more than one of them??
Darius S. (he/him) cis/grey 9 months ago
i'm from new jersey. lived most of my life in towns that have businesses whose Friday hours change depending on time of year.
Casey Payne 9 months ago
Jorada? Jalabama? Jermont? Jalifornia? Jalaska? Jevada? Do I have to go through all 50? I'm not going to try to play the guessing game with the 'New' states.
mysterious(all pronouns) 9 months ago
Mom groups seeing these comments have just gotten 50 cute new baby names.
Display_Name 9 months ago
Jeorgia gotta straighten up his act. Starting to look like Jalabama.
Lili Octopus 9 months ago
What’s the actual answer here!?!? Joe-hio? Jaine? (Though that’s a girl’s name)
However, as Maria Konnikova, the author of Mastermind: How to Think Like Sherlock Holmes, pointed out, anonymity has also been shown to encourage participation.
"By promoting a greater sense of community identity, users don’t have to worry about standing out individually. Anonymity can also boost a certain kind of creative thinking and lead to improvements in problem-solving," Konnikova wrote, pointing out a study by psychologists Ina Blau and Avner Caspi, who analyzed student learning and found that, while face-to-face interactions tended to provide greater satisfaction, in anonymous settings participation and risk-taking flourished.
As psychologists Marco Yzer and Brian Southwell said, new communication technologies do not fundamentally alter the theoretical bounds of human interaction; such interaction continues to be governed by basic human tendencies.
"Whether online, on the phone, by telegraph, or in person, we are governed by the same basic principles," Konnikova added. "The medium may change, but people do not. The question instead is whether the outliers, the trolls and the flamers, will hold outsized influence—and the answer seems to be that, even protected by the shade of anonymity, a dog will often make himself known with a stray, accidental bark. Then, hopefully, he will be treated accordingly." Plus, various subreddits have proven time and time again that even anonymous forums can self-regulate quite efficiently, so maybe it's not all bad after all.
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Auntriarch 9 months ago
I know it's a cliché, but the best thing about BP is other Pandas' comments 😂
Milan 9 months ago (edited)
I am often wondering, does anybody reads the post author original texts between pictures? Sometimes there are lot of author’s texts and i never read any of it 🤷🏼♂️😀
Auntriarch 9 months ago
I know it's a cliché, but the best thing about BP is other Pandas' comments 😂
Milan 9 months ago (edited)
I am often wondering, does anybody reads the post author original texts between pictures? Sometimes there are lot of author’s texts and i never read any of it 🤷🏼♂️😀
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