Why does everyone have to be such a dick on the internet?

If you go look at practically any forum on the internet, or any article that has a comments section, there seems to be a 90%+ chance that within the first 5-10 replies, there will be someone being a "fucking dickhole". Why is that? Also, the degree of dicklyness varies from flat out blatant dickhood to the more subtle passive aggressive cockmaster.

Scenario 1:Q: I've installed a beta version of windows, and I cannot get my network settings to stick after a reboot, any ideas?A: You're a fucking idiot. Its a fucking beta, and you suck, what the fuck do you expect you dumb piece of shit?

Scenario 2:Q: I've installed a beta version of windows, and I cannot get my network settings to stick after a reboot, any ideas?A: What build do you have? I think that is a documented issue, why don't you just use Windows 95? You probably stole the beta version anyway.

Neither scenario is helpful in any way shape or form. In fact, in real life, if I came across the cockwad from scenario 1, I would probably be forced to thrash him royally. He has the internet equivalent of road rage, and should probably be put to sleep.

The theory? little big man syndrome, internet toughguy... call it whatever you want, but clearly these people just feel safe hiding in their houses and whatnot behind a LCD screen. I doubt very seriously that any of these dickweeds would be saying anything even remotely close to that if they were face to face with the person.

And really what is the point of being such a taint pudfucker? I guess that is the only way they can feel important or superior. I hate to bring up the old adage of 'if you don't have anything good to say, don't say anything', but come on, really, what's going on here? Why would you go out of your way, and expend energy and effort, and waste your time for the sole purpose of being a rod. The internet has brought out the absolute worst in people, and is continuing to denigrate our society.

In case you are wondering, there is no precise situation that brought this up. I generally do not participate in forums, other than reading. Every once in a while, if I see a need, I will publish a how-to document, or some sort of photo documentation of something, to help people out. That generally will keep you safe from these chodes, because you are not asking for anything, and people generally appreciate the information. My issue stems from trying to locate anecdotal evidence of stuff, or see what sort of solutions other people have come up with for various problems. I believe that just about any problem you encounter these days, someone else has already run into, figured something out, and posted it somewhere. With all these fucksticks being mean for no reason, it is clogging up the works, and making me have to dig a lot deeper to find what I am looking for.

The moral of the story is that you should carry the same attitude and demeanor on the intercloud that you would as if you were face to face with people. If you cannot muster that type of effort, please just go ahead suicide at your earliest convenience.