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No they don't. Computers have a power button. If there was even the slightest indication that you were no longer having the time of your life, you'd press it and find something more enjoyable to do.

But as people on the internet do find great enjoyment in being funny (for some definition of funny), sometimes their humour might come across as being "angry" if you don't understand the context in which it is taking place.



>No they don't. Computers have a power button. If there was even the slightest indication that you were no longer having the time of your life, you'd press it and find something more enjoyable to do.

This is such a bizarre conversation. Yes, people on the internet sometimes get angry and don't go do something else. It happens.

No one is mistaking humor for anger.


It's not that simple. People do get mad on the Internet and it's not just that "Hey, why don't you just go outside and touch grass then?" because they can slander your SaaS, they can take malicious actions like hacking the site or exploiting it.




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