Poupou Escobar
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To be honest mate, I certainly could say to your face anything I've said here. That doesn't mean I would.
What I (and every other merkin) say here is in the context of a piss-taking group of anonymous footy fans. None of it should be taken personally, though that doesn't mean we don't mean what we say.
In real life interactions we follow the laws of civil discourse (or most of us do) and a big part of that is not always saying what we mean or how we feel, and generally being mindful of the feelings of others. Everyday human interaction leaves a lot of things unsaid, and some of these things probably should be said. But there are potential serious social consequences. An example is when I make a fool of you on here you can just chase me around the forum making smug comments and whingeing about how rude I am. But in real life you might react to your humiliation with more immediacy and throw a punch or whatever you tough merkins do when you disagree with someone. Then I would have a punched mouth and you would find yourself in financial trouble when I pretend I have chronic pain in my neck.
The internet has freed us of these concerns because people can simply avoid the things they don't want to discuss or hear. So the only people with hurt feelings on the internet are the ones who want their feelings hurt.
Letters, telegrams, telephone... these are (generally) private conversations between people that know each other. Why would you troll the people you know, when there's no merkin around to share the laugh?
