That's Not What "Friends" Are For.

Last night a Facebook friend (in the real world the sister of a friend of a friend) had a major problem with her computer, somehow it had been infected with a virus and kept popping up porn sites, wouldn't allow her to type and prevented her from downloading antivirus software.  Not an uncommon problem.  So this being 2010 and all she decides to reach out to her Facebook friends (via her roommates computer) for help.
Instead of helping her this is some of the responses she got:

• "Get a Mac"
• "don't worry we'll teach it a lesson tomorrow."
• "Try hacking the pixels. If that doesn't work, jpeg your vectors until you have all of your internets cross-platforming. If all else fails, well you may have to force-boot your gigahertz."
• "i can think of a few witty and unappropriate answers, but in light of the fact that you are my friend's sister, I will just say "no" lol"  Isn't that nice he's laughing out loud at her problem!
• "well, it that 40yr old man knew about computers, all would be well!"
• "haha. speachless.
  I NEED AN ADULT"
• "what have you been doing young lady!"
• "Nicole you really gotta stop looking at that german fetish porn in your down time. It really isn't good for you and now it's affecting your livelihood."

If you were driving down the street and saw a friend (or at the very least the sister of a friend of a friend)standing beside her broken down Chevy and asking for help would you yell "You should have bought a Toyota"?  No you wouldn't, why is all right to berate and ridicule someone just because you're sitting at home in front of the computer in your boxers eating Doritos?

Sorry went a little nuts there with the links. Now I did make a joke about her brother but that was after suggesting she download some great free antivirus software AVG Free.  I use it works great, doesn't slow down your computer and did I mention it's free!

Now I can keep ranting and raving about what huge pricks people can be when they're hiding behind their computer screens. But why bother assholes are assholes right?  I also notice that most if not all of these nasty mean-spirited comments come from men.  Please some dude explain to me, even if it's a snarky comment, why you write such thing.  But I doubt they will because while these guys may be jerks what they truly are is cowards.
But let me add people were trying to be helpful especially Arthur Gadsby.  What's interesting about Arthur is that I didn't meet him through Nicole, I met him through my friend Thesy.  I guess it's true what they say LA is the worlds biggest small town.