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being mean to people for no reason
12 years ago
If a cop pulls over a U-haul, he's trying to bust a move.
doesn't make you look cool, it makes you look like an absolute asshat and a bully.
The same goes to people who support this kind of behavior and rally around the perpetrators; it really doesn't portray you in a good light and at the end of the day, do you really feel good about yourself? Deep down, do you really feel like you've accomplished something meaningful, or have you just gone ahead and shat on someone's day/praised someone for doing so just because you could?
Just because it's the internet, doesn't mean that people don't have feelings as well.
Just because it's the internet, doesn't mean that people can't be hurt by insensitive and mean spirited words and actions.
Some food for thought from someone who has been there, done that, and feels absolutely ashamed for things that have gone down years ago.
time to go vanish into the Warp- I mean the realm of being socially inactive.
The same goes to people who support this kind of behavior and rally around the perpetrators; it really doesn't portray you in a good light and at the end of the day, do you really feel good about yourself? Deep down, do you really feel like you've accomplished something meaningful, or have you just gone ahead and shat on someone's day/praised someone for doing so just because you could?
Just because it's the internet, doesn't mean that people don't have feelings as well.
Just because it's the internet, doesn't mean that people can't be hurt by insensitive and mean spirited words and actions.
Some food for thought from someone who has been there, done that, and feels absolutely ashamed for things that have gone down years ago.
time to go vanish into the Warp- I mean the realm of being socially inactive.
I'm just too 3dgy 4 uuuuu!
u don't understand m3!
On the right road now, but I do agree that people don't need to be asshats online strictly to be an asshat.
Give respect to receive respect.
I regret being a bit of a butt in the past but the things I've seen are just... ugh, totally unecessary.
IT DOES NOT MAKE YOU EDGY. IT MAKES YOU AN IMMATURE ASSBABY. Nobody gives a fuck about your TO TRUE FOR YOU attitude. Go do something productive for serious :|
Internet, man.
I do hope that this hasn't happened to you here before, Jet, and I certainly don't wish it on anyone else here.
As for me, I think the last time anyone was particularly mean online to me was when I received a Daily Deviation over on DeviantArt back in June, but it's not anything I can't handle.
But as a whole, I do my best to try to treat people exactly as I'd like to be treated in return- it's a pretty basic principle and it's unfortunate to see that some people have a hard time grasping that.
Cheers!
Well, I guess I'm glad that your case was somewhat mild, for say, even though no case of cyberbullying is "mild," in any way, shape or form.
I don't know what happened, really. I don't see how reality is different from the Internet. Each username is a person, who have feelings and personalities.
In any case, cheers, my friend. Keep well, and have a good day or night, wherever you reside.
but seriously people forget that the internet=other people
You have said this well, and I understand. Cherish those around you, because you never know when that could all be taken away.
If only those people would understand this. Though... they'd probably not read it and just look for something rude to say to look funny in front of their friends mindlessly. x.x
anyway i do agree with you for the most part, but there's being a dick, and there's sharing your opinion (with humor). i fully support people confronting users that are breaking the rules of the website they're on or being scummy human beings with dangerous activities (stalking, etc). IMO, people should be allowed to say whatever they want, and even be a dick if they want to. it's a free internet and nobody owns it and even if you don't want to see people being rude, you can't possibly stop it. i don't mind trolling, personally. i get troll attempts all the time, people trying to rile me up, and let me tell you a secret, the only way to lose to a troll is to let them get to you. if you have thick skin, even if you reply, the troll hasn't won and they usually back off. just share your opinion and respect other people's right to share THEIR opinions and the people who are rude unnecessarily will probably change their tune.
most people are mean online because they lack control or contentment IRL. they're upset or stressed out about something and they cope by sharing the misery. it's just human nature. are you always nice when you're depressed? i bet not! i bet you say and think things you wouldn't normally say or think for the same reasons that you're being trolled for. people aren't that different and a little empathy can go a long way. try to understand that people are people, flawed and beautiful and imperfect.
i was rude when i was younger, i was a youtube anon and i trolled people in ways that i don't care to repeat. it got personal and terrifying for both of us and it spiraled so out of control that my identity became this trickster who could manipulate people for whatever they wanted. and then i realized, manipulation is so shallow. isn't it better to be surprised by the kindness and generosity of true friends rather than lying to everyone to gain their approval? i found that my psuedo-misanthropic ways in high school was actually a cry for friendship and that i didn't really want to hate everyone, i just lacked confidence in myself and made myself believe that i was unworthy of friendship and that the only way i could keep people interested is by telling wild stories.
anyway, my point is, even the dickheads have reasons for being dickish. don't demonize people, we're not special enough to be 100% good or 100% bad.
I get that sticking up for your friends is an A+ admirable trait, it's just...it's too extreme to go no matter what. Being an even better friend would be calling them out on being a jerk, which is what the preferential action would've been. Or just not weighing in at all on a public forum.
Like your journal said, you don't owe anyone a thing, as long as you're ready to accept consequences for what was said and done, considering you're a kind of an inpiration and role model for your usual positive energy and good vibes you try to spread. It's kind of a 180 from that
Just want you to think of one thing. Please.
Always pick morals.
Your friends who "demoralize" need a lesson.
If you truly care for your friends... Help them. Teach them that is wrong.
And if they continue them are aren't very good friends.
What if one thing is sad just out of "fun" and ends up making a person go over the edge and kill themselves?
Personally... Having a bit of fun isn't worth that.
Just a bit of words of advice from someone who knows.
I hope it helps and thank you for listening.
Gotta' weed through the chumps and find the mangos.
#profound
To have tasted the deliciousness of the mango yet only to be later separated from it... it's cruel.
I never bought into the old saying "It's better to have love and lost than to never have loved at all."
I would be inclined to agree actually. Wishing I'd never had flavored ice cream or candy or Reese's Peanut Butter Cups- or most pastries and baked goods.
Back when we were thinking this was all a dairy intolerance, cheese was one thing that I never actually missed from my diet and I was pretty indifferent to it as a whole for most of my life. When it was discovered that it was an intolerance to fruit/grain combinations and eggs, I suddenly became a cheese connoisseur. Absolutely love the stuff now, hahahaha.
It's rather hard to miss what you've never experienced.
Much of my youth was spent cooking and eating eggs. (Mostly because it was the only thing beyond cereal and ramen that my food-incompetence would let me handle). They're delicious yet sadly an extremely sickening and crazy-stomache-inducing to eat for me now. Woe.
I know your pain.
http://ic.pics.livejournal.com/kelp.....2_original.gif
I used to eat them all the time as well while growing up because, well. They're a nutritious but easy meal to make, hahahahaha.
Maybe we've been cursed for our over indulgence. D=
and unfortunately, I don't have any hugging gifs, but I do have a size comparison of some of the well known celestial bodies in our galaxy.
(Almost sounds like a euphemism.)
Only way to respond to them is to either ignore them or beat their asses so they think twice before opening their mouths to talk shit again.
I'll go and drop some anonymous love and praise. Feels good man.