Internet and society

[Priam]

But it's really not as black and white as it seems. Experiencinging personal problems, by someone pointing out that your sizes are not 34 24 36, don't have to be the start of a depression. If you've been taught to cope with (negative) comments made by other on your behalf, and dismiss them as your a great person even without those sizes, you should be fine.

Kids can try to be mean, but it only hurts if you let it. Sure there are some extreme cases, but that's not what the topic is aiming for, it's more the avarage.

[inky]

To me, most internet ppl are ppl that can't get girls. now within he last week I got 3 diff girls numbers 1 gave hers to me and the other 2 I had to ask for. This weekend im going to hang out with all 3 of em (friday,saturday,sunday.) they're verai hot >.<. but anyways what I think to this is people like them on there status also (if there in school) they wouldn't want to date a nerd unless they're a nerd or inbetween like being used by the preppy girls to get answers or whatever, Here doesn't matter to me, cause im at the top of the list so its w/e and I just got back from the 1st girl going to the 2nd girls house in like 10 hours. but enough of my personal life :O

What i'm saying is other then how they are around other ppl (prep,nerd,weird w/e) and then some looks is what people really want... They dont go for personality. but what I go for is personality and looks, and I got 3 hot girls so i=win.




BUT anyways, most people do that love at first sight thing but not at my school so idk just get to know the person become friends blahblah then get their number and gointo actually a deeper conversation :p

Oh shit, son! Daz hawt yo! THUREE?! 4 realz mayn? daang. I had like 2 at most back then in H.S. son! But THUURREE?! DAYUM! So imma' be leavin u now aight?! Imma go to da club and snatch summah dhem biitchez and shiiet! Stay coo' yo!

Oh! by the way man I found some of your friends in mahspace yo!


Everyone uses the internet these days. You're an idiot.

[lavapockets]

Not all eating disorders/self esteem issues start by having someone point out your measurements, call you fat, pick on your weight. True, that may be the reason for some girls, but it's generally something much deeper and originally has nothing to do with your weight.

Failed relationships, feelings of inadequacy, doing terrible in school, being picked on, abandoment issues, abuse, trauma, death and disease, etc. There are a lot of reasons that cause inner turmoil, and it's generally the control over weight these girls crave. The idea that if they can just control themselves, what they eat, reach their goals with regard to losing weight, somehow these other issues will sort themselves out. Images of beautiful (happy? smart? together?) women reinforce these feelings.

The internet definitely plays a role in this. Images of perfect people and enviable lives abound, and if you're inclined to look for such things, it's incredibly easy to find. I'm just saying there is a lot of pressure there and for those people who sign on with self-worth issues already, it can be devastating.

[Grimjaw]

Not all eating disorders/self esteem issues start by having someone point out your measurements, call you fat, pick on your weight. True, that may be the reason for some girls, but it's generally something much deeper and originally has nothing to do with your weight.

Failed relationships, feelings of inadequacy, doing terrible in school, being picked on, abandoment issues, abuse, trauma, death and disease, etc. There are a lot of reasons that cause inner turmoil, and it's generally the control over weight these girls crave. The idea that if they can just control themselves, what they eat, reach their goals with regard to losing weight, somehow these other issues will sort themselves out. Images of beautiful (happy? smart? together?) women reinforce these feelings.

The internet definitely plays a role in this. Images of perfect people and enviable lives abound, and if you're inclined to look for such things, it's incredibly easy to find. I'm just saying there is a lot of pressure there and for those people who sign on with self-worth issues already, it can be devastating.

You have some good points, and society is indeed lived and seen from an individuals point of view. But like I said earlier and I will try to prevent generalizations, each person also has their own ability to say stop. That's all it takes to prevent them from falling down even harder. They can make the game of life as easy or as hard as they want. That's why there are certain guidelines, norms, and values implemented in society these days, to not only show people the way, but also to enforce and compliment the people who walk on them. People as a whole will seek to stimulate each other in one way or another. Normal life isn't some exuberant club of elite's as the media makes it out to be, normal life is exactly that, normal. It's the insecure strays who think they find their worth at the beauty parlor or turn to the wrong sources that end up losing themselves and thus stray from the paths. No matter how good the dog or the shepherd, you will always lose a couple of sheep when you travel long distances. Now maybe that's regrettable or it's simply life's way to inform you to go to hell. Either way, people have to make up their own minds about a dozen things on a daily basis, so dealing with traumatic experiences is something they don't have to face alone, yet most people convince themselves they are inferior and hide behind feelings of guilt, grief, or shame. But because they chose the wrong role models or paths, they end up falling increasingly further behind. While getting on the right path is so incredibly easier. But that would mean confrontation with the things they are hiding from, which many are regrettably not able to do. But that does prove society strives to help them out of their isolation, and granted with enough time, they will hopefully all find themselves back on the right path. And there will always be some lost causes, you can't change that. That's nobody's fault, that's merely the circle of life.

Either that, or we need to increase the pay of our Psychologists and psychiatrists.