Chris Gethard Quotes

The internet's weird. It's kind of harvesting the negativity. I think negativity has always been out there, but because people are hiding behind the screen, they feel able to express these hateful feelings they've maybe been keeping inside.

People feel emboldened to say things on the Internet they wouldn't in person.

The Internet is manic. It's very strange. I don't think it's healthy. They should outlaw posting comments! It's a bummer to go somewhere to get information or buy tickets and you encounter profanity everywhere you go.

Sometimes people are so unbelievably vitriolic on the Internet because I think that everybody wants to be heard, and the easiest way to be the loudest is to be the hater. But you don't know who's behind the keyboard, and you don't really know if their complaint is about the topic at hand or if they're just bitter about something else.

It's too easy to trivialize people. The Internet does it all the time.

Everyone on the Internet is sad. Why else would they be on the Internet?

It's such a thing now, people making fun of other people on the Internet.

If I have one technology tip of the day, it's this: No matter how good the video on YouTube is, don't read the comments, just don't, because it will make you hate all humans.

The Internet is a bastion of negativity, and we get to sit there and voice our cute, little, important opinions.

I just think the Internet has made us ruder.

There's so much negativity on social media, I don't want to add to that.

I feel like with the whole Internet era, people can be so judgmental and evil online.

I've tried to stop reading comments online because if you believe everything, it makes you feel like rubbish.

Unfortunately, there is a lot of abuse and negativity online.

Particularly on social media, there is that level of detachment, some people feel like they can say whatever pops in their head .

There's a negative connotation to internet trolls, but at the same time this is becoming mainstream. This kind of speech pattern, the way people speak, this is common on the internet.

I am often invited to speak at colleges, and whenever I do Q and A's, a question that inevitably comes up is, 'How do you put up with the blogosphere?' It's a valid question, and I don't really know what answer to give. The truth is that I don't know what to do.

Twitter is an open forum and it brings the meanness in people. It shouldn't be taken seriously as at times it's a sadistic thing.

That's what Twitter is: a very negative place.

I'm not one for reading comments or reading what people say online because, generally, there's a lot of negativity.

I don't read things that people say about me online. They write nasty things just to mess with you. I don't need that in my life.

The Internet is a blessing and a curse. I mean, it's a place where lots of people can express themselves, which is amazing, but it's a place where a lot of people can express themselves that probably should keep those expressions to themselves.

Social media can be dangerous. People hide behind their computers and write negative things, so I like to keep it about communicating with my fans.

Seeing people communicate about the band online has been amazing, but I think a lot of people spend a lot of time talking about what they hate rather than what they love. I don't want to get trapped in that.

Let's never try to get even with our enemies, because if we do we will hurt ourselves far more than we hurt them. Let's do as General Eisenhower does: let's never waste a minute thinking about people we don't like.