Moments you lose faith in a person.

[Fox12]

I knew a guy who argued with a girl. Now, the girl was really awful. A terrible person. Now, one day her mom died of cancer, and the guy told her that he was glad her mom was dead. The girl was an awful person, but that was too far. Just like that, the friendship was over.

Knew another guy. Our friendship had been deteriorating for years, but the clencher came when he tried to argue that neo-nazi's wren't that bad. Apparently he was friends with one. We argued, and that was it. We still had a lot of the same acquaintances, though, so things got ugly a few times. He made a snide remark once, and I stood up and almost punched him in the face. Instead I moved to another table. My best friend left with me. A couple of moments passed, and then everyone came over and he spent lunch alone.

Honestly, those two guys, and a handful of others, really killed my love of geek culture for awhile. I love anime, games, and all of that good stuff, but I really hate the fanbase. That's why I enjoy the community here. They left such a bad impression on me that I stopped watching anime until college. There's some really ugly racism and sexism in the industry fanbase, don't let anyone tell you otherwise.

 

[BloodRed Pixel]

Our neighbour said she aquired a certificate for practising Astrologic.

I wasn't fond of her before, already but now...

 

[happyninja42]

Oh wait! I just remembered something that might apply!

Years ago playing Tribes 2, there was this server I played on regularly. I think it was Houston Vehicles? Houston something, anyway.

1 particular clan that had a lot of members on the server were called N.E.G.R.O. I have no idea what is stood for, and I didn't care. The members all had names like Angry Black Guy, Deep Chocolate, etc etc, you get the idea. They were a fairly ok clan as clans go, nothing really trollish or bad about them, they just had a name that was obviously meant to poke at people. But whatever right? They're decent most of the time, who cares.

So we're playing a match, nothing new, and several members of the clan hop into the match, and start spamming the voice chat with laughter. Like really obnoxiously, for a steady period of time. Does the moderator warn them? (Warnings that we all would see by the way) Nope, nothing happens. So I reply, mostly jokingly, but also because they were being dicks "Oh great, the N.E.G.R.O.s are yelling again." And boom, I get a warning from the moderator for a racially offensive statement. *blinks* Ok wait, so it's ok for them to name themselves negros, and have obviously black oriented names, but when I accurately comment about their clan being obnoxious, I get a warning? And I made a point to spell it correctly too, periods included and everything, I was talking about the clan, but I'm the one warned for bad behavior. Lost my faith in moderated servers at that point.

 

[Fappy]

I knew a guy who argued with a girl. Now, the girl was really awful. A terrible person. Now, one day her mom died of cancer, and the guy told her that he was glad her mom was dead. The girl was an awful person, but that was too far. Just like that, the friendship was over.

Knew another guy. Our friendship had been deteriorating for years, but the clencher came when he tried to argue that neo-nazi's wren't that bad. Apparently he was friends with one. We argued, and that was it. We still had a lot of the same acquaintances, though, so things got ugly a few times. He made a snide remark once, and I stood up and almost punched him in the face. Instead I moved to another table. My best friend left with me. A couple of moments passed, and then everyone came over and he spent lunch alone.

Honestly, those two guys, and a handful of others, really killed my love of geek culture for awhile. I love anime, games, and all of that good stuff, but I really hate the fanbase. That's why I enjoy the community here. They left such a bad impression on me that I stopped watching anime until college. There's some really ugly racism and sexism in the industry fanbase, don't let anyone tell you otherwise.

Just take a look at the Crunchyroll forums and you'll know how shit anime fanbases are, lol.

A majority of those guys don't even have a basic understanding of what feminism even means!

 

[NeutralStasis]

For me, it is when someone shows that they are a hypocrite. Once that happens, we cannot be friends anymore. I don't care if someone disagrees with me. I am always up for a good debate. Its when people act like a hypocrite, that I can not stand them anymore. I have cut ties with a lot of former friends due to this, and I don't feel bad in the least.

 

[laggyteabag]

My parents pretty much disowned my sister because they found out that she started to smoke Marijuana. Needless to say, knowing this made sure that I will never try the stuff, but everyone that I know and talk to on a regular basis has smoked it, or at the very least been around it whilst someone was smoking it. I see it as a non-issue now, but my parents haven't spoken to my Sister for the best part of around 6 years now.

My friend also stopped talking to me for a few months because I told him that I didn't like Pulp Fiction all that much. He seemed to think that it was some sort of film masterpiece, but when I didn't agree with that assessment, he just stopped talking to me because I was apparently "too critical", a "nitpicker", and "someone who couldn't just enjoy a movie".

 

[The Almighty Aardvark]

At army recruit training. ("Boot camp" for you USA types.)

We're organised in pairs, two pairs to a room.

The fellow I'm paired with seems like a nice guy. Very cheerful, somewhat animated, rather chatty. I was glad that I hadn't been paired with an idiot or wannabe Rambo type.

A couple days in we're sitting around waiting for an instructor to show up and, just for the sake of making conversation, I ask him what his reasons were for signing up. (It's kind of the baseline question, y'know, like asking a student what subjects they're doing.)

He replies, "I wanted to save my country by killing the ragheads and not have to go to jail for it."

Damn, what do you even do after hearing that? Can/shouldn't you report someone for saying that? Not sure anyone would want someone like that in a delicate situation with a gun in their hands

OT:

A friend of mine told me they hated Arrested Development because it's "stupid" comedy. Meanwhile she absolutely loves Friends.

I don't even know how to respond to that. Tying her up, holding open her eyes and forcing her to watch it until she appreciates it for the brilliance that it is seems a tad harsh, but I don't know what else I can do

Capctcha: Love how the captcha says "banana stand"

 

[Uncle Comrade]

One of my friends still has some, shall we say, issues about his ex wife, and sometimes seems to go out of his way to turn conversations around to bitching about her. During one such time, he started ranting about his former mother-in-law, and eventually announced that he wished she'd died when she had cancer.

I pointed out that that was an unbelievably harsh thing to say, and he replied words to the effect of "I don't care, I hated her! Out of all the people who don't survive cancer, she did, and I resent her for it!"

I'm sure some people would say I should've confronted him, but in truth I was so shocked that someone could not only say something like that, but not see anything wrong with it that I just spent the rest of the walk home in a stunned silence.

 

[Username Redacted]

"Have you tried just getting a job?"

Nope. I've been sitting in a dark room blowing spit bubbles all this time because it never even once occurred to me to find gainful employment until this very moment when you mentioned that such a possibility was an objective worth dreaming of. -_-

Seriously anyone who is 20 or more years older than me can fuck right the hell off when it comes to career advice. If they insist on giving advice (unsolicited) and it in anyway resembles the above then I'm going to lose a lot of faith in them as they're pretty clearly out of touch with reality.

 

[Fox12]

I knew a guy who argued with a girl. Now, the girl was really awful. A terrible person. Now, one day her mom died of cancer, and the guy told her that he was glad her mom was dead. The girl was an awful person, but that was too far. Just like that, the friendship was over.

Knew another guy. Our friendship had been deteriorating for years, but the clencher came when he tried to argue that neo-nazi's wren't that bad. Apparently he was friends with one. We argued, and that was it. We still had a lot of the same acquaintances, though, so things got ugly a few times. He made a snide remark once, and I stood up and almost punched him in the face. Instead I moved to another table. My best friend left with me. A couple of moments passed, and then everyone came over and he spent lunch alone.

Honestly, those two guys, and a handful of others, really killed my love of geek culture for awhile. I love anime, games, and all of that good stuff, but I really hate the fanbase. That's why I enjoy the community here. They left such a bad impression on me that I stopped watching anime until college. There's some really ugly racism and sexism in the industry fanbase, don't let anyone tell you otherwise.

Just take a look at the Crunchyroll forums and you'll know how shit anime fanbases are, lol.

A majority of those guys don't even have a basic understanding of what feminism even means!

It's a little sad, since I think they give the medium a bad reputation. I can kind of understand where miyazaki is coming from when he says that the Otaku are ruining anime. It's not because they're reclusive, which is unhealthy but not really "bad." It's because a lot of fans have unhealthy attitudes toward other people. Most forums read like a bathroom wall, and I can say from experience that a lot of people act that way in real life.

Of course, I'm being negative. There are obviously a lot of great people involved in geek culture too. That was just an incident where a fanbase nearly ran me off from something I enjoyed, which, looking back, was a little silly.

 

[Fappy]

I knew a guy who argued with a girl. Now, the girl was really awful. A terrible person. Now, one day her mom died of cancer, and the guy told her that he was glad her mom was dead. The girl was an awful person, but that was too far. Just like that, the friendship was over.

Knew another guy. Our friendship had been deteriorating for years, but the clencher came when he tried to argue that neo-nazi's wren't that bad. Apparently he was friends with one. We argued, and that was it. We still had a lot of the same acquaintances, though, so things got ugly a few times. He made a snide remark once, and I stood up and almost punched him in the face. Instead I moved to another table. My best friend left with me. A couple of moments passed, and then everyone came over and he spent lunch alone.

Honestly, those two guys, and a handful of others, really killed my love of geek culture for awhile. I love anime, games, and all of that good stuff, but I really hate the fanbase. That's why I enjoy the community here. They left such a bad impression on me that I stopped watching anime until college. There's some really ugly racism and sexism in the industry fanbase, don't let anyone tell you otherwise.

Just take a look at the Crunchyroll forums and you'll know how shit anime fanbases are, lol.

A majority of those guys don't even have a basic understanding of what feminism even means!

It's a little sad, since I think they give the medium a bad reputation. I can kind of understand where miyazaki is coming from when he says that the Otaku are ruining anime. It's not because they're reclusive, which is unhealthy but not really "bad." It's because a lot of fans have unhealthy attitudes toward other people. Most forums read like a bathroom wall, and I can say from experience that a lot of people act that way in real life.

Of course, I'm being negative. There are obviously a lot of great people involved in geek culture too. That was just an incident where a fanbase nearly ran me off from something I enjoyed, which, looking back, was a little silly.

For what it's worth, I completely agreed with Miyazaki. It's not even just that otaku culture has this toxic underbelly, but that anime producers are excessively pandering to them. It's kind of why I think the medium's in decline.

 

[the_dramatica]

For what it's worth, I completely agreed with Miyazaki. It's not even just that otaku culture has this toxic underbelly, but that anime producers are excessively pandering to them. It's kind of why I think the medium's in decline, imo.

Producers have no choice to pander. It's really hard to put food on the table for your entire development team when you only take risky art projects and hope they catch on.

 

[ObsidianJones_v1legacy]

My first sexual experience wasn't willing. In fact, the word is 'forced'.

She was smaller than me. Cuter than me in my mind. And we were in a semi public event. People were asleep in the other room. I said no. She continued. I started to move, she grabbed on to me and didn't let go. I continued to say no. And she told me that if I didn't stop, she'd scream and she'd leave it up to me to explain.

I was young. I was scared of the idea. I knew no one would believe 6'2 me saying that 5'2 her was forcing me to do it. I was in a new place, alone for school. I thought I would lose all of my friends. I was afraid of a prison record. I couldn't believe the situation. So I stayed silent and let it happen.

I learned a few things that night. Physical stimulation can make your body continue to 'function' even if you rather it not, for one. Social standing might not even rest on if you did anything wrong for another. And you can force yourself to cope or misrepresent a situation for your own sanity.

The anonymity of the net and more than a decade of time passing allows me to state the facts without getting into details. However, I made the mistake of telling what was once my best friend.

He treated one of the most dehumanizing events of my life as a laugh, told me I was bullshitting because "That can't happen to men", and wanted to hear details like it was some sort of conquest.

He even said if I truly didn't want it, that I could have picked up up and thrown her off. A lot of people have that mentality. Here's how the situation would have looked.

You walk into a room with a girl who's screaming "stop" and undressed. The man has her by the shoulders and is pushing her on the other part of the bed. In fact, you walked in just at the part where she's flopping on the other side of the bed. What is the first thought that comes into your mind?

He's in my life because I'm the godfather to his daughter. Otherwise, I could be completely fine without ever talking to him again.

 

[TheRightToArmBears]

I wish I wasn't a music snob, but there are just certain artists people listen to that make me want to cry.

Like, one of my friends listens to newer Five Finger Death Punch material and still thinks it's great. That's just turrible.

One of my friends likes Bullet For My Valentine. I weep for them.

I'm sure there's someone angrily typing out a post about how we shouldn't be so judgmental, but I reserve the right to semi-seriously insult people's music tastes if I think it's shitty. If you like some wank like 30 Seconds To Mars, you're probably not going to escape my ire. You don't have to care and you're welcome to do the same to me, but I'll always take your comments on music with a generous pinch of salt if your taste sucks.

 

[SmittyMcBrimstone]

My father and I used to debate politics constantly. What political systems work best, why certain historical events change over time, etc. One day we happened to be talking about the extent of which the media could skew the public's opinion about something. It was nothing out of the ordinary until he let slip "You can't trust anything those damned Jews put on the news. They're in charge of all it, can't trust anything anymore."

Needless to say, I don't talk with him much these days.

 

[sageoftruth]

My first sexual experience wasn't willing. In fact, the word is 'forced'.

She was smaller than me. Cuter than me in my mind. And we were in a semi public event. People were asleep in the other room. I said no. She continued. I started to move, she grabbed on to me and didn't let go. I continued to say no. And she told me that if I didn't stop, she'd scream and she'd leave it up to me to explain.

I was young. I was scared of the idea. I knew no one would believe 6'2 me saying that 5'2 her was forcing me to do it. I was in a new place, alone for school. I thought I would lose all of my friends. I was afraid of a prison record. I couldn't believe the situation. So I stayed silent and let it happen.

I learned a few things that night. Physical stimulation can make your body continue to 'function' even if you rather it not, for one. Social standing might not even rest on if you did anything wrong for another. And you can force yourself to cope or misrepresent a situation for your own sanity.

The anonymity of the net and more than a decade of time passing allows me to state the facts without getting into details. However, I made the mistake of telling what was once my best friend.

He treated one of the most dehumanizing events of my life as a laugh, told me I was bullshitting because "That can't happen to men", and wanted to hear details like it was some sort of conquest.

He even said if I truly didn't want it, that I could have picked up up and thrown her off. A lot of people have that mentality. Here's how the situation would have looked.

You walk into a room with a girl who's screaming "stop" and undressed. The man has her by the shoulders and is pushing her on the other part of the bed. In fact, you walked in just at the part where she's flopping on the other side of the bed. What is the first thought that comes into your mind?

He's in my life because I'm the godfather to his daughter. Otherwise, I could be completely fine without ever talking to him again.

I'm a bit confused. So, were the top 8 paragraphs the statement that makes you lose faith in someone?

 

[sageoftruth]

I wouldn't say it made me completely lose faith in him, but my father once said that Israel should just nails Palestine with bombs until nothing is left. At the time, I thought nothing of it. I just assumed it was emotional wishful thinking from a diehard supporter of Israel. I was shocked later when I tried to confirm my suspicions found that he actually thought it was a good idea.

I could never completely lose faith in my father, but he could really use a wake up call.

 

[FalloutJack]

Tiny first world problem issues don't bother me like that. Just acts of great stupidity.

 

[Phasmal]

Mmm, I dunno, some things are too personal to put down here.

There was one time where a guy I'd been friends with for years shared his very dumb opinion on women in abusive relationships, after which I felt my respect in the guy drop through the floor. We had a talk and it hasn't come up since, so I have no idea if he still thinks the same.

Oh, and any time someone decides to share their favourite conspiracy theory with me, which is usually about the time I start backing away slowly. I still know someone who thinks aliens built the pyramids. Just like... nah. No thanks.

 

[Spaceman Spiff]

I'm a bit confused. So, were the top 8 paragraphs the statement that makes you lose faith in someone?

Probably the part where he told his best friend about the experience, and the guy laughed it off and told him that couldn't really happen.