Talk:RWBY: The Session/@comment-25436235-20170719132010/@comment-25936766-20170719223659

Only because you see me as a dick, summer child.

On the internet there are no tones of voice, no facial expressions, no mannerism for one to have an idea of the code in the others's messages. There are only words.

As such, inofensive jokes can easily be taken for cruel insults. Sarcasm for fun can be mistaken as condescence. Which one you inmediately think it actually was, is heavily dependant on what label you gave the other person. Because of the idea behind the Labeling Theory.

If you label someone as "violent asshole", if they do something then your perception of their words and actions will be influenced by the label you gave them. If you label someone as "friendly", your perception of their words and actions will also be influenced. If it goes too far, the other party can internalize it and evoke "Then Let Me Be One".

So if you label someone as a violent asshole too much, they can eventually end up acting like a real violent asshole, either because they end up self-categorizing themselves as one, or because they figure the others will always see them as such.