The Internaut of GenZ

There is a code we must abide by at all times. And I don’t mean the ten Internaut commandments. This code is about basic internet surfing etiquette and it has recently been brought to my attention that there are only a few users online who still follow the code. The Internauts aren’t just internet-using kids. We are the future. We are GenZ. We are the internet samurai. And this is our Bushido.  Note: There is no particular order because all these points are equally important.  If you are going to quote or use art owned by someone, you cannot change their quote or artwork. If you wish to rework / paraphrase, either mention that you have paraphrased or ask the original creator for their permission. Use respectful language and if circumstances need you to be in character, be consistent about it. Sloppy work is unacceptable. Fact check your reposts. Reposting means you vouch for the credibility of the post being reposted. If they lose their credibility, so do you. Be able to back ...

My parents used to say "your friends" instead of "everyone else" and I used to say "yes" because my friends are the kind of people that if they were to jump off a cliff, they would have calculated to trajectory, the physics, foreseen the landing point and probably even taken security measures. And everytime I said "yes" I felt like that one meme that says "Joke's on you, I' m into that shit." And for all the people who said "No", You obviously did not watch M Night Shyamalan's movie The Happening. The characters in The Happening had great reasoning. The plants started warning people they were in a 00s Shyamalan movie. I'd lie down in front of a combine, too. (PS - please don't watch it, it's awful, and I can't get you your 90 minutes back. In short, your friends might jump off without any good reason)

Tiana had a job tonight. She had already arranged the money with the young client; now all that was left was the deed to be done. She picked a time and asked him to be there. It was late and he was nowhere to be found. She felt as though someone was playing a sick prank on her. Her time was wasted. She pulled out her phone, about to make one last call before heading home. “Hello?” she spoke into the phone with a soft voice. “I’m already here, where are yousf?” a husky voice answered. There was a slur on that last word. Tiana instantly was hit with memories of her childhood at the trailer park with her alcoholic dad. “Are you sure you’re on 221B Baker Street?” she cautiously asked. The boy sheepishly replied, “No, I’m on 224B? I’m sorry, I’ll be there within ten minutes.” Beep. She hung up aggressively. Newbies are the worst. She decided to stand outside and have a smoke as she waited for him. Finally, he appeared turning the street. He was a young boy, 20-something. Clearly looked like...

Technology is not something that is new. It is a process that has been around for as long as human civilization. It is what has led us to modern civilization and is propelling us into the future. 2.5 million years ago, humans started using stone tools. They were crude but proved quite helpful. 5,500 years ago, humans came up with the wheel and it changed the course of history forever. But now? Technology is viewed as screens. According to research by South University students, owning the latest tech products has symbolic value in society. The program director for Information Technology at South University, Columbia, James Anthos stated “ You are definitely not ‘cool’ if you don’t have the latest technology in cell phones, one or more iPads, and an e-book reader,”. High schoolers are known to try hard to be the “cool” kid at school by possessing the latest gadgets. The definition of technology as defined by the Merriam-Webster dictionary is that it is “the practical application of know...

Benjamin Franklin, one of the founding fathers of the United States of America is known to be the speaker of the famous quote, “Honesty is the best policy”. Working with powerful historical figures such as George Washington and Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin is quite popular for demonstrating acts of honesty and integrity. But we must ask ourselves, was he right? Is honesty really the best policy? There exists a concept in the study of modern psychology called psychological egoism which is a view that humans are always motivated by self-interest and selfishness, even if the acts seem altruistic in nature. A more specific form of this view is called psychological hedonism. This is the view that the ultimate nature for all voluntary human action is the desire to experience pleasure or avoid pain. Keeping these two views in mind, let us redirect our attention to the original question that was posed: Is honesty really the best policy? We, as humans, tend to expect situations to be in ...