The Bystander Effect

So I was just surfing youtube, and I stumbled upon the video above. The video itself isn't interesting, but the comments below it got me a bit riled up. Almost every user was complaining about how the onlookers just stood there and did nothing. They called it disgusting, and cowardly. I used to think like this when I was immature too, but I don't bullshit anymore.

Answering "I don't know" on the Internet....

This is something that I'm sure most people have noticed, and it's something I've witnessed hundreds of times but it never actually bothered me...until recently. I've been looking up a lot of questions on google and it has been frustrating me to a small degree. Why, when faced with a question on a forum thread or yahoo answers etc., do some people choose to answer "I don't know"?

Kindness = Weakness

If there's any quality that I've been associated with the most while growing up, it's that I'm "nice". I never thought much of this, since honestly, what could be bad about being nice? But as I moved on through each step of childhood and ultimately reached adulthood, I noticed the immediate effects of being a "nice guy". This reality is merciless to the weak, and being nice is only an extension of weakness. I know this may sound like a dystopian cliche, but its a conclusion I've come to realize through personal experience and the experiences of others like myself. I spent time analyzing every aspect of what being "nice" is, and they all point to a correlation with weakness. 

The Types of Facebook Photo Commenters

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The 14-year-old Boy

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What they comment on: A girl's picture (a "pretty" one)

What they say: "Wow...you look retarded"

"EWW don't take pictures lol"

Why they say it: Young teenage boys do not know how to talk to girls, and think insulting a girl will make them like them. They have not yet grown the balls to know how to compliment, and get by this insecurity by doing the complete opposite. About 126% of 12-17 year old boys will do this.

Why Text is a Crappy Form of Communication

Our generation has grown up with and become completely accustomed to this rise of digital communication. We praise its availability everyday, citing common advantages such as "it's faster for me to text than to call them" and "I don't really feel like talking to this person, I'll just IM them". These things are what make digital communication so convenient, and sure, it's easy. You can send people mass e-mails or texts to let them know about that meeting tomorrow night, and it will all be done in just a few seconds.

Unfortunately, there are obvious disadvantages, and these disadvantages stem from its misuse. People these days have become accustomed to using it in place of face-to-face contact.Teenagers are texting constantly, and most of the time spent on the computer involves an instant messaging program open in the background. What people don't realize is that these faceless forms of communication lack the ability to convey emotion, and do nothing to further relationships and more often than not cause problems due to misunderstandings.

My Top 5 Cartoons of the '90's

I grew up in the '90's, and while I don't know about previous generations, I personally think the '90's had the best Saturday morning cartoons ever. It was the golden age. Me? I watched a crap load of cartoons; every episode of every cartoon at least ten times each. In recent years (2001-present), Nickelodeon and Cartoon Network have lost all of its great classics (except for Spongebob) and have been pumping out crap after crap after crap. It really makes one miss the old days, when cartoons were actually good. I'm feeling the nostalgia right now, so here's my list of the top 5 cartoons (English speaking of course).

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5. Spongebob Squarepants

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