Grow a Goddamned Skin!!!
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Advice to follow, if only I was smart. ;-)Sandor [The Hound said:Clegane] Ultimately picture this, imagine the average netizen, chances are they're pretty dumb and a bit of a ****, well statistically 50% of netizens are worse than that, yeah worse. But chances are your not, so just focus on the other 50%
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Indeed, and it's the worst on Youtube because you always assume the people who take the time to think out proper responses wouldn't do that.Saulkar said:
And okay, I'll be fair, there are times when I'll engage someone in a troll-war or something if they're claiming something with absolutely zero base or have ridiculously insane views.SidingWithTheEnemy said:
For instance, the other week someone made a "Dark Souls isn't hard, just annoying!!!!11!!1!one!!!!1" thread, and I spent much longer than I should have stating how he was entitled to his opinion, but his analysis of the game mechanics held absolutely no basis in fact and about an hour after he made the thread it devolved into him and one other member just throwing out insults to everyone who tried to explain how Demon's/Dark Souls actually works, calling everyone mindless fanboys and the like. (Just for the record, I don't own Dark Souls and have never beaten Demon's, I was just sticking up for the actual genre the games are designed to be in because I like to think of myself as mildly educated on such things, regardless of their appeal to me.)
While I liked being quoted (Yes, it's my ego and yes, it's bigger than yours) this is one of the few times where I don't understand why I am quoted in the first place. Could you enlighten me please?shrekfan246 said:
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Remember: Harness your anger! Feel it burn! Join the Dark Side, we have cookies!
Do something creative with that anger!
I was going on about the whole "ignoring people you don't agree with" and decided to truthfully state that I don't always ignore people that have views which grate my nerves. I suppose I should've left the edit in your post in my quote.SidingWithTheEnemy said:While I liked being quoted (Yes, it's my ego and yes, it's bigger than yours) this is one of the few times where I don't understand why I am quoted in the first place. Could you enlighten me please?
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Remember: Harness your anger! Feel it burn! Join the Dark Side, we have cookies!
Do something creative with that anger!
It all depends on the mindset with which you use the internet. People will say something mean, but think about it like this: they don't know you so it's impossible for an insult to be genuinely personal. Usually it's just a mean-spirited person who sees it as an important goal to get everybody else to feel as bad as they do about life. They're just projecting. Besides that, it might be someone who disagrees with an idea you've put forth. If their reply is malicious in nature, it means they're just too immature to reply in a civilized way.
Consider it this way: You're an evolutionary step above those people because you care about how what you say, albeit anonymously, might affect another person. Treat their negative comments (the unreasonable ones anyway) with contempt. Then they can't hurt you
P.S.: On the other hand, being TOO sensitive makes real debate impossible, because an overly-sensitive person will see every argument against theirs as a personal attack. Here's to hoping you're not in that group! Reasonably sensitive is good though Hope I helped. My post was longer than I expected it to be haha
Consider it this way: You're an evolutionary step above those people because you care about how what you say, albeit anonymously, might affect another person. Treat their negative comments (the unreasonable ones anyway) with contempt. Then they can't hurt you
P.S.: On the other hand, being TOO sensitive makes real debate impossible, because an overly-sensitive person will see every argument against theirs as a personal attack. Here's to hoping you're not in that group! Reasonably sensitive is good though
Hope I helped. My post was longer than I expected it to be haha
Aaaaah, thank you very much, that's one of the problems with the "snip" command. Now it makes perfectly sense and yes you are right. Siding with "trolls" while knowing they are wrong is as wonderfully stress relieving as it gets. (Oh and you didn't need to quote my entire quote this time only because you did it in the first, you know. I'm not thaaaaat stupidshrekfan246 said:
)Which brings us to another point:
Be a backstabbing b*tch and agree at first and stab to death later. Very satisfying indeed!
A train cut them off and either pinched the vessels or the heat/friction melted them shut. I dont know, when the doctor said i wasnt really listening, I just remember the doctor saying it was a miracle and I said something witty and degrading to my friend.Koroviev said:
REDO: ...wtf, internet. just refresh on me, why don't you... rat bastard.
*sigh* ok. redo my paragraph. I'll paraphrase:
You're getting invested because you're arguing with people. Stop it. There are no people on the internet. You may meet nice people occasionally, but they are the exception to the rule. And the rule is that the internet is filled with assholes. To become not invested, you must become aloof. To become aloof, you must stop talking with people, and start talking with avatars, with voices, with disembodied thoughts. But do not talk with people.
If you want to stop the assholes from getting to you, you will, ironically, have to become a sarcastic bastard yourself, most likely. Again, exceptions to the rule, and I'm only one person, my own example is hardly the rule.
To grow a skin, be aloof. Look at everyone like they're tiny insignificant wretches and KNOW that you are better than them. When you know that, their words mean nothing to you.
Laughing at their stupidity also helps. Because assholes are also naturally stupid.
Naturally.
*sigh* ok. redo my paragraph. I'll paraphrase:
You're getting invested because you're arguing with people. Stop it. There are no people on the internet. You may meet nice people occasionally, but they are the exception to the rule. And the rule is that the internet is filled with assholes. To become not invested, you must become aloof. To become aloof, you must stop talking with people, and start talking with avatars, with voices, with disembodied thoughts. But do not talk with people.
If you want to stop the assholes from getting to you, you will, ironically, have to become a sarcastic bastard yourself, most likely. Again, exceptions to the rule, and I'm only one person, my own example is hardly the rule.
To grow a skin, be aloof. Look at everyone like they're tiny insignificant wretches and KNOW that you are better than them. When you know that, their words mean nothing to you.
Laughing at their stupidity also helps. Because assholes are also naturally stupid.
Naturally.
This may sound a bit sadistic (or masochistic if you'd do it to yourself) but in order to "grow" a thick skin, you need to receive more criticism, the harsher the better. It will hurt at first, but it's the only way to be able to become used to it. I'm not saying to just go out to a random person and have them throw harsh insults at you for a half hour, but if you want insult immunity, this would be what you would need to do. Trust me on this, I have a thick skin thanks to my prior college experience in the art field. Our teachers told us all the time to take each criticism with a grain of salt because art is subjective and not everyone is going to like what you do.
Have another quote, because I simply wanted to say that you made me laugh out loud for a few minutes with both of those points that I left in. But I fear that I have nothing left to say on-topic for this thread, so I must bid it adieu.SidingWithTheEnemy said:Confusing snippity!
(Oh and you didn't need to quote my entire quote this time only because you did it in the first, you know. I'm not thaaaaat stupid
Which brings us to another point:
Be a backstabbing b*tch and agree at first and stab to death later. Very satisfying indeed!
Oh just something I found out...
Call your online superhero (google) and use his power to start dismissive funny "I'don't give a f*ck" statements with appealing visual aids. Those with better Graphics (or looks) always wins... especially concerning trolls!
Example:
(After being insulted)
Call your online superhero (google) and use his power to start dismissive funny "I'don't give a f*ck" statements with appealing visual aids. Those with better Graphics (or looks) always wins... especially concerning trolls!
Example:
(After being insulted)
orSaulkar's Alternative Ego said:Well, you know, that was just... well...
Saulkar's second alternative ego said:You know what?
Forgive me for my ignorance, but I've never really understood how people actually get hit by trains. A car, maybe. But a small, agile person? I mean, trains are not exactly silent... Furthermore, he'd have to have been laying across a track to get his leg chopped off.emeraldrafael said:
whyyyy... >_<
Words to live by. Thanx.Vuavu said:P.S.: On the other hand, being TOO sensitive makes real debate impossible, because an overly-sensitive person will see every argument against theirs as a personal attack. Here's to hoping you're not in that group! Reasonably sensitive is good though