Should your gaming mouth be washed out with soap?
enerally speaking, I like to think of myself as a pretty mild-mannered and sensitive dude: I appreciate music, dance and the arts; I let strangers merge in front of me on the highway; I politely smile at old ladies in grocery store checkout lines. How is it, then, that as soon as I start playing a shooter like Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, I begin cursing like a sailor?
Granted, my flaring temper is mild compared to some, but I'm still more than a bit embarrassed by it. For whatever reason, extreme competitiveness takes a hold of me while I shoot virtual holes in strangers. In my defense, there are some nasty, racist little twelve year olds on Xbox Live that deserve to be called names, but in that case, I'm merely lowering myself to their level.
How would you rate your own behavior on online services like Xbox Live and PSN? Are you a silent and demure slayer of souls, or do you spend a good deal of your time yelling at your television like I do?
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