Harassment and abuse are becoming normal everyday experience for people on social media and all the evidence suggests women are receiving the worst of it
Taking a look at this and the social media wall is Rachel Paris!
It's an interesting fact of human nature that it's much easier to write
incredibly rude things anonymously on a screen than it is to say it directly to people's faces
For instance, I would happily write this in an email
Listen I don't even care as long as I get on the property ladder, I don't care where it is
It's much harder to say it to his face. Watch this Nish
The only home you'll ever own is the one inside your own ass. I'm sorry bad example. That was easy
This week Christine Blasi Ford who spoke out about alleged sexual assault by the Supreme Court nominee Brett
Kavanaugh has talked about how she's had to move home four times and hire a private security firm to protect her family
Due to threats and harassment
online
earlier this month Labour MP Diane Abbott
spoke about the
continuing barrage of sexist and racist abuse as well as death threats that she sent every single week just for being a black woman with
views that not every single person agrees with all the time and
It's not just Twitter that's sharing the love. I sometimes receive Facebook messages like this genuine one from earlier this year
Lady you are a nasty disgusting despicable Pig and chances are that karma makes you suffer dearly for your unfairness better to get that mammogram?
early
Better get that mammogram early a stranger wishing me breast cancer or an overanxious fan offering sound medical advice
I will get that mammogram early John. Thank you and a smear test while I'm at it. Thank you for the reminder
But Nish
This craziness start was it with Facebook was it with Twitter?
Like I don't remember signing up for Friends Reunited and calling the house captain of my school a daft bint
That would be crazy because I was house captain at my school
Of course I was
So with people confused as to what they can and can't say on social media
A lot of Internet users are tweeting me to ask Rachel is the way that we interact with one another online
Not acceptable in the real world you stupid cow
Well, the thing is some boffins are now saying that the Internet is part of reality and contains many real people
I know what will they discover next?
So perhaps it'd be helpful for us to take a look at some examples of online behavior and then imagine doing them in normal life
This is my guide to the outside world for Internet reliant humans
So first of all, if someone has a slightly different opinion to you try to avoid threatening them with death
For example
If you're in a bakery and you ask for a jam donut and the nice old lady behind the counter says she prefers glazed
Don't call her a skank and threatened to burn down her shop
Just say glazed doughnuts are nice too- and give her an ideally non creepy smile
Can you see how that leaves you and everyone in just a much happier easier place nish. Yeah, of course I can
Yeah, great. Good you're learning
women often complain that they get sent dick pics remember that they've met on tinder even before they've shown any serious interest
Online dating real-world dating. It can be confusing. I understand
I used to go speed dating and just swipe left and right in the faces of bewildered man
So if you were sat in a restaurant with a lady and she says something vaguely flirty for instance sir, I like your jumper
This is not the moment to pull down your trousers and whip out your member
At best that's going to be a bit of a faux pas isn't it? And that behavior is actually banned in many high-end restaurants
Although Nando's are absolutely fine with it
Nish have you ever sent a dick pic?
No, I've genuinely never sent a picture of my dick
Hah, neither have I
If you're thinking of writing an abusive message under a story or video of a lady on social media
Maybe first stop and think would this be appropriate on a greetings card? For example, would you send this one to a female friend?
Who's just got a new job
Get back in the kitchen you slag, that one plays a song a lot of fun. Oh
Or this one for a lady who's just turned 40. You're still worth a squirt innit vintage bintage lol
Oh Romeo there thou aren't
So in summary the same rules apply online as in the real world your words and actions have an impact
ie you can't just go around threatening to kill people with your knob out
It's a shame because it is exhilarating
Speaking of exhilarating this week Christine Blasi Ford said she was able to afford private security and give leftover cash to charity
thanks to the huge donations on her GoFundMe page all from the kindness of tens of thousands of
Anonymous Internet users. So you see the Internet is just like the real world. There are wonderful people amongst all the dicks.
it took me 30 minutes to do this HunnnH