With the advent of social networks, such a concept as rudeness has firmly entered our lives. A person uses rudeness in communication in order to clearly demonstrate their superiority, higher social status, achievements, belittling other authors, while being aware of their full impunity. That is why many authors began to use avatars instead of our usual names and patronymics (although in the age of numbers it is not so difficult to figure out the offender). Some people like to convey negative information to others and provoke a reaction from them. A little history – in the Russian-speaking world, the concept of “rudeness” came from the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. The Polish nobility, justifying their special rights, considered themselves the descendants of the son of Noah Japheth (which is traditionally considered the ancestor of the Aryans), and believed that the peasants are the descendants of Ham. Ham became a nickname… Unfortunately, this phenomenon is very common in the Russian segment of the Internet, many authors so prove their superiority to the audience, thus demonstrating their knowledge and skills. It is often used by moderators or organizers of all kinds of contests. As I understand it – with such people you should not enter into discussions and stoop to their level of intellectual development. I urge everyone to think about this topic and be polite to other authors and benevolent, especially to those who are new here and have no immunity to this kind of communication …