If you believe in the freedom of speech, stay away from the comments section on web articles.

There is no quicker way to lose your faith in humanity than by reading comments on the internet. On a good day, you will find someone calling Justin Bieber a ‘faggot’. (thumbs up if you agree!)

On a bad day however, you will find an Armchair Hitler earnestly advocating a Holocaust for the lolz.

But ‘awful’ does not always mean boring, and there are certainly worse ways to become a cynic. In Singapore, the comments sections are relatively tame as compared to what you can find abroad. There are no screeching Nazis or people talking to the voices in their head.

That being said, good sense is more than just an absence of extremism and our country’s comment sections are certainly not without their own special brand of lunacy.

So here’s a rough guide to the underappreciated voices that you will find in every Singaporean comments section.