JustSaying

Why do people seem okay with online shouting?

Few would condone how the McDonald's customer yelled at the fast-food restaurant staff. So why shrug off the same shouty behaviour when it happens online?

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On the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog.
So said one cute pooch with a paw on a computer keyboard in a well-known 1993 Peter Steiner cartoon.
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