@matthewbdaly Because of appeal to authority and bad prioritization. Some think it will lift their social status if they show it to others. They assume it looks like "I could, can you?".

@GeorgeStyles Some people have their brains way behind their big mouths.

@jwtraphagan Prisons and jails are also microcosm of how world operates in a very compressed way. Think of international borders as prison walls and authorities as shift officers. They have hierarchies, wars, gangs, groups, competition and cooperation, ethics and rituals.

@jwtraphagan @minogully @lyssasphere Mostly yes, but there are exceptions as always. I know those who prioritize their own fantasies and are ready to go far enough to chaise them while being blind to people around them.

@jwtraphagan @minogully @lyssasphere But again it's not social media that comes first, it's the people that come first, and medium used is not primary factor.

@jwtraphagan @minogully @lyssasphere I don't treat "online" as another world - it may be complex, but it's integral part of daily communication and right now there may be people worth communicating, learning from and helping to online, and they're not less valuable because they're in different country or in different city, just there's no way to connect with them in real life in the same place. "Media" that spreads info is one thing, people we communicate are same people, even if online.

@jwtraphagan @WolfAngel I was working for several years with a guy that was regularly visiting Japan for long periods and was married to Japanese woman, from him a learned that things like "the flower withered" will not have that literate meaning that Westerners may derive from it. They use different analogies.