Popular Culture
Popular online comic Penny Arcade describes "John Gabriel's Greater Internet Fuckwad Theory," which posits that an otherwise well-adjusted person, given anonymity and a captive audience, will immediately turn into a "total fuckwad", exhibiting antisocial and psychopathic behaviors online.
Read more about this topic: Online Disinhibition Effect
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