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In response to the QOTD, "Why is the internet so dramatic?", Starlor writes:

i think its mostly people wanting attention. if they can't get it from being creative or insightful or funny, then they'll get it by being a douchebag.

Spot on, we'd say.

In response to the QOTD, "Do you consider your online friends to be real friends?," Mel writes:

It's a lot like 'real life'; we meet a lot of people. Some are memorable, some not. Some casual friends, one or two kindred if you're lucky. Like in 'real life', it's a matter of who you choose to let yourself get close to, who you trust, who is there for you and vice versa, compatibility, and to what level you decide to take the friendship.

Amen!

In a move that will surely set the standard for the future, the next Jackass movie is going to be released on the Internet for a period of two weeks. During those two weeks, you won't have to pay a dime for it. Could this revolutionize the film industry as we know it?

Do you think Internet communities (this one included) are a reflection of real life interaction? Or do you think the internet skews reality or magnifies social groups? Do we act the same online as we do in real life? INTERNETZ ARE SRS BZNS. (It's true.)

When you've reached the boiling point, what do you do to cool yourself down? What is your catharsis from anger and frustration? (If it happens to be using the internet, then come kill two birds with one stone!)