Sense of self control

I ain't even mad! 

Isn't it sad how easy we are to lose our self control over the tiny space that is between the keyboard, and the internet?

One day we're gonna look back and realize how stupid we were to act like jerks there, and how insensitive we are with our words. How we forget that others can be hurt by those little act of insensitivity.

With that being said, there is an overwhelming lack of self control for us when we are to be held in front of what we view as a confrontation.

Take Facebook. How easy it is to think of everything in terms of comments and likes, forgetting that the real deal of the site (or at least that's how I view it as) is as a tool to connect with others. Not somewhere where you are to sit on a pedestal and act like jerks... or some dissatisfied jerks.

Jerks nonetheless.

I'm not saying we have to pretend and be some sort of all-around good guy or whatever. But it's kinda funny to think how we say things better left unsaid... or things you wouldn't even dare to say it outside even with the comfort of people who are in the same mindset as you are.

Self control. It's all about self control.

My view on social media is that it is a neutral thing in itself. But it is us users who fouled it up and use it to spread ignorance, close mindedness, hate, and most important of all, stupidity.

As for me? I'm mellowing down my temper and reminding myself how I'm lowering myself by losing self control out here. Well, not to say I won't go on ranting or whatnot - just that it's bloody not worth it to take it out in the form of attacks to others.

Maybe we are responsible with how we react to others' words, just as much as we are to be responsible with our words to others.