Xanga...in the news!

"How to make a mean girl: Begin with an adolescent girl, preferably young. Add one or more movie clips on ferocious female behavior (excerpts from "Mean Girls" or "Thirteen" work well). Blend until girl is saturated, then place in social setting with other girls and let sit. Bullying behaviors should appear quickly....

Another new twist is the multitude of opportunities to aggress. Communication-conscious girls use cell phones to deliver hateful text messages anywhere, anytime. Computer chat rooms, IMs, e-mails and Xanga Web sites deliver devastating put-downs in a millisecond. A recent Girl Scout study confirmed that girls are nastier online than in real time."
 
  - Newsday

A millisecond? Damn, these adolescent girls must have T4 dedicated bandwidth connected directly to their PCs!

I wonder if the Girl Scout study also confirmed that girls are naughtier online than in 'real time'?

And what is 'real time' anyway.  Could some one with 'real time' spare me a moment?  It's been a long cypberstretch since I've tasted of those waters.