I agree with urocyon; stuff like this happens offline as well.
You know, it reminds me a bit of a conversation I had with a friend recently. We were discussing the topic of insulting and laughing at others, and my friend was saying that there was a major difference between laughing directly in a person's face and laughing away from that person while with a group of friends. While I did believe there was a big difference, it seemed to me that while one seemed more harmless and more trivial, it still perpetuated the more serious offense of blatantly belittling people without concern and empathy for them.
The little things that go on in small, seemingly-insignificant circles do show up in areas that may seem bigger and more important as well, as you said.
I'm not sure what your musical tastes are like, but you might enjoy Alanis Morissette's "Underneath." The lyrics are quite a bit relevant to this topic.
The other thing that I wanted to say was "wow." I wish I could be more eloquent after reading all of what you've written in this entry, but there's little that I can think to say. It was enjoyable to read the entire entry, from beginning to end, though, and I found it to be amazingly thoughtful. I just had to say that. I suppose I could read it and pass over it without saying anything at all, but I want you to know that I did read and that I greatly enjoyed it--oh, and that I agreed very much with a lot of what you said and particularly liked the talk about how people can end up feeling alone/"wrong" if no one else is expressing similar thoughts aaaand the talk of issues you've had with language/communication (I can relate, definitely).
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You know, it reminds me a bit of a conversation I had with a friend recently. We were discussing the topic of insulting and laughing at others, and my friend was saying that there was a major difference between laughing directly in a person's face and laughing away from that person while with a group of friends. While I did believe there was a big difference, it seemed to me that while one seemed more harmless and more trivial, it still perpetuated the more serious offense of blatantly belittling people without concern and empathy for them.
The little things that go on in small, seemingly-insignificant circles do show up in areas that may seem bigger and more important as well, as you said.
I'm not sure what your musical tastes are like, but you might enjoy Alanis Morissette's "Underneath." The lyrics are quite a bit relevant to this topic.
The other thing that I wanted to say was "wow." I wish I could be more eloquent after reading all of what you've written in this entry, but there's little that I can think to say. It was enjoyable to read the entire entry, from beginning to end, though, and I found it to be amazingly thoughtful. I just had to say that. I suppose I could read it and pass over it without saying anything at all, but I want you to know that I did read and that I greatly enjoyed it--oh, and that I agreed very much with a lot of what you said and particularly liked the talk about how people can end up feeling alone/"wrong" if no one else is expressing similar thoughts aaaand the talk of issues you've had with language/communication (I can relate, definitely).