the-smiling-pony:

the-critical-feminist: Who started this notion that the internet is a “safe space” for anyone or anything? Seriously, I have a bone to pick with them. I’m not even that old, I’m pretty much right in the generation of kids that started growing up with the internet (kind of shitty in the 90′s and early 2000′s but got a lot better very fast) and all we were ever told by pretty much every adult ever was that the internet was not safe. Fun? Yeah. Interesting and informative? Sure, if you know how/where to look. But, safe? Never. That being said I honestly worry so much about those who say something like their facebook page, or their tumblr blog, or any online community is supposed to be a safe space for them. I’m just like please, please, no. It’s not safe, it’s not private, hell it’s not even all that friendly a lot of the time. Please, I implore anyone who reads this, don’t go on the internet thinking anything more than your own inhibitions will protect you from anything. I get the impression a lot of people want to treat “the internet” as the new TV babysitter. Just leave the kid at the PC or with the tablet, they’ll entertain themselves with whatever’s on there. It was bad parenting when it was with a TV with no parental guards, and it’s the same with the internet with no guards or whitelists. Kids shouldn’t be left to roam free online anymore than they should be left alone in the middle of Detroit, and adults should know how to avoid shit they don’t want to have contact with. Bleh.

If you’re going on the internet expecting to never be insulted, disgusted, demeaned, triggered, hurt, bullied, discriminated against, or anything of that nature, or you expect that people should automatically understand your situation and give you any sort of respect regarding quite literally any aspect about yourself…

You should save some money and tears, and ask your ISP to disconnect you.



THE INTERNET IS NOT A SAFE PLACE. AT ALL. IT WILL NEVER BE.



It’s fun, It’s informative, it’s awesome, but holy crap is it not safe in the slightest. You can’t censor, kid-proof, or trigger warning the collective thoughts and information of the entire world. It’s impossible, impractical, and honestly would defeat the purpose of the internet in the first place.

So, If someone posts something rude, or triggering, or whatever, and this post isn’t directed at you individually, don’t go and tell them how they’re the scum of the earth. You found this person’s post on your own. They didn’t send it to you. This is the internet, and by going on the internet, you have accepted that you’re gonna find some bad shit.



Click that red X in the corner, and move on with your day.

