Why are people on the internet so deep?

Lencurryboy said:
you don't feel as embarrassed when you're anonymous or at least behind a computer screen. also, a lot of people are online in the middle of the night and in my experience people tend to be more deep at 3 am than at 3 pm lol

Math-chan said:
In many occasions, they actually aren't. It's just they've more time to think what they write, regardless the content.

Interrrrrpetgyu said:
Did you seriously just thank a mod? Wow.

2-methylgeniol said:
If you don't discuss religion, philosophy, science or just general 'deep' topics in real life, then it simply means your friends are dull.

2-methylgeniol said:
If you don't discuss religion, philosophy, science or just general 'deep' topics in real life, then it simply means your friends are dull.

manimesuki said:


Really? So you discuss such things frequently?

Well, I do discuss such things with a very close friend, but my other friends aren't really interested in such stuff.

2-methylgeniol said:


Yes. However, its usually just me who bring this stuff up. It's hard to find friends who are willing to discuss these things any time but trust me, those are the friends that are actually worth your friendship. I've had two online friends, one from Gaza and the other from Iran and to be honest, I prefer them over most of my real life friends. I usually stick with only those friends who are capable of discussing such things.

WingsOfValor said:
I am not deep at all, I am actually pretty flat.

manimesuki said:


I like discussing such stuff as well. But as you said, apparently it is hard to find friends who are willing to discuss such things - which might be why I think that people on the internet are really deep?

2-methylgeniol said:
If you don't discuss religion, philosophy, science or just general 'deep' topics in real life, then it simply means your friends are dull.

TheArchangels said:
I think the internet likes to go to extremes, whether it's extremely serious or extremely or extremely silly. I've made threads in the past about mastering the art of urinating and anal sex and today I questioned the simplicity of the human race.

Rarusu_ said:
In real life, you can't choose the same way, as you can on the internet, which people you want to talk to or discuss with.

Personally, I have never really seen philosophy, religion, etc, as "deep". It's an interest, and I discuss it both in real life and on the internet.

2-methylgeniol said:


No, they aren't. Usually the people who discuss these things on the internet are the ones who are willing to discuss these things in real life as well. Just because they can't find people to discuss this stuff with irl, they recline with the internet. So, maybe that's why internet populace seems more 'deep'.

Actually, even on the internet, not everyone is like that. Go and see more popular sites like 4chan or some other shithole like that, there you'll witness the sheer stupidity of mankind.

manimesuki said:



So you see no difference between IRL and URL regarding such discussions?

Tsuyuu said:
because people on the internet consist of white neckbeard fedora armchair intellectuals

Tsuyuu said:
because people on the internet consist of white neckbeard fedora armchair intellectuals

Gholy said:
Is this what you tell yourself everytime someone calls you out on your bullshit?

Gholy said:
Is this what you tell yourself everytime someone calls you out on your bullshit?

RedRoseFring said:
Because if you have time to idle away on the Internet, you have time to have idle thoughts.

elfenliedXsis said:
needs more cat pics
goes on imgur
finds nsfw
turns off nsfw on imgur
mom walks in
mom askes why her son is looking at gay watch
switches to hentai
mom is confuse
she leaves
son jerks off
end

Reeceiam said:
Because we're edgy weeaboo's who watch 2deep5u shows.

Reeceiam said:
Because we're edgy weeaboo's who watch 2deep5u shows.

manimesuki said:


Can't tell if you're serious or not...

Stalker-tan said:
y u no texhnolyze as fav anime

OT: A lot of people like to be pretentious and sit on their high horse, but there's also a surprising amount of people that are pretty well versed within "deep" topics. That said, a lot of people also end up on a high horse thinking they're experts in a subject, when they in reality have just read a couple of books, articles or papers on the subject. If you throw out terms that no one understands it's easy to look like you know what you're saying, but only when you can explain what you know to someone that does not is when you're well and truly educated within the subject.

manimesuki said:


So is it because it's easier to appear smart on the internet?

manimesuki said:

So is it because it's easier to appear smart on the internet?

Stalker-tan said:
Could be. I think some do it for that reason, while others do it just for fun. Might as well be to point stupid people out too, if they create a topic and they already know the answer, or if they write what appears to be a "deep" topic when they know that it's just crap. Multiple reasons, hard to state just one. I think a lot of people want to appear as clever though.

Reeceiam said:


It's not even just for the internet, if you said the same things to people in real life then they'd probably still think you were more intelligent because you're using big words. Though they'd probably think you're pretentious. It would be the mix of anonymity as well as knowing that you're speaking pretty much in front of an audience that literally anyone in the world can see.

manimesuki said:
So it could be:
- to appear smart.
- bored and has nothing to do
- genuinely interested

I guess that makes sense.

Stalker-tan said:
Agreed. If I were to generalize, those three reasons would probably be the top three.