on irc channels and misanthropy

I haven't posted anything in a while, because not much of anything has happened...but here we go. Whatever you do, don't go onto IRC unless you know the people there. They are just as likely to step into your neck as say hello to you. It's a place where people go to become misanthropic douchebags. I just had a particularly idiotic experience in #c-64 on IRCnet. Seriously, have the concepts of "treating someone fairly" and "not being an asshole" been lost to the internet and IRC in particular? I mean, I get pissed off at the world too, sometimes. I need a place to vent, and I can understand others and the desire to express their inner asshole. But if I went around punching the shit out of everybody who I thought was incredibly stupid or a complete douchebag, I'd have pretty worn-out fists by this point. My point is, there's a concept called "restraint" that keeps people from becoming enemies with everybody else. Try using it sometime, douchebags.