hi

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I seriously don't get why some people here are having a hard time understanding the reasoning behind people's reactions.

I seriously don't.

because people in real life dont go apeshit crazy when an inside joke happens

it only happens on the internet

You can't ignore/exclude people from hearing an inside joke irl-- if they're within earshot, they will hear it.

On the internet, notably, an internet message board, it is VERY easy to keep your inside jokes inside. If you leak an inside joke/reference, that not everybody will get, onto a public message board, people will take that offensively, because you're taking the extra effort to post your inside joke/reference on a message board that is none the wiser about the subject.

no

i get that
i've understood that the whole time i just
maybe im not wording this right

it's easy to not give a shit about an inside joke in real life

but if you see an inside joke on the internet you need to get mad? what

whats the thought process there? "if i /hear/ an inside joke i'm fine but if i /read/ one i need to go punch someone"