Poll: Forum Anxiety?
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I tend to be a somewhat sarcastic person in real life but not so much online because of the potential of people interpreting the text as literal just because I didn't convey my thought properly. This tends to limit what say on these forums.
Yeah, it kind of comes down to "what will people think of this if I click post now..." then giving up and closing the tab.
Yeah, it kind of comes down to "what will people think of this if I click post now..." then giving up and closing the tab.
Basically that, I'm always paranoid that I might have across as an asshole and sometimes just delete what I've written half-way in, or just regret what I did end up posting.Samantha Burt said:
Hey, aren't you the girl who has that thing where you see colours when you hear sounds? Is it photosynesthesia?museofdoom said:
On topic. Nah, never had it really. I mean when I first came to this thread I was like "well, where to begin!?" and then after my first post there were about 4,000 more ...
I often get my post misinterpreted by people, it's a problem I have in real life aswell. I could mean something totally innocent like "hi, nice to meet you" and the other person hears "you fucking ****!" ... I don't know how it happens, it just does.
My grammar and spelling are horse shit, 90% of the stuff I am meant to know I was never taught and learning that level stuff makes me feel insanely stupid! I mean I know how to solve a 12 sided "rubix cube" but I have no clue where to put ";" ....
So other than hoping that nobody pulls me up about grammar and spelling or takes my post the wrong way so I get mod wrath, I am fine to post whatever.
Aye, I estimate that only 1/3 of the posts I actually type gets posted. Often I give up because I don't feel like arguing(social phobia irl, so it probably doesn't help much) or since I lose intrest.
Lets see if I dare post this!
Lets see if I dare post this!
God, you are a fucking weirdo. Why would you even make a post like this? No one cares what you think and you are really just one of stupidest people I've ever come across in my life. I mean what would possess...Ahri said:
Just kidding.
It's the internet; if you say something stupid, people forget less than a minute later. Just say what you think and don't be abrasive and there's nothing to be scared of.
Good to know I'm not alone in doing so. That alone helps me feel more confident.OmniscientOstrich said:
I don't really get 'forum anxiety', because I'm usually pretty good at writing and getting my point across. What I do get is 'forum fatigue' - it'll happen when there's a LOT in one thread that I want to respond to, or the opinions I want to respond to are so blindingly stupid, or when it's hard for me to find the right way to bring my opinion across... I just give up and move on.
Yes, yes, yes. I can't really say how many times I've written out a post, sometime a full page in length, and just... didn't post it. I've had so many times where people will try dragging me into a long arguement I don't care about. It seems so much of this forum has now been dedicated to arguing that it's not worth my time to post the simplest thing. For example, I won't even talk about Mass Effect 3 here because of... well, the obvious reason. Which is too bad considering it was overall one of the best games I've played in a while and this seems the best place to talk about the good parts.
I get it with new threads, I suppose, but that's more because I'm generally waiting for the 'someone else already did this thread!' brigade who will then pull up a thread from a year and a half ago with 4 responses on it, and for my transgression I will be banned from the Escapist and forever after shall be hunted by the moderators until I'm found lying in a hotel in Bulgaria with a keyboard shoved through my sternum.
I assume that's how it works, anyway.
I assume that's how it works, anyway.
There are a lot more "yes" votes than I ever would have imagined. Never would have guessed.
As for me, no. At least not anymore. When I first started posted in forums years ago, it was something new so I was pretty paranoid. Now, I don't really care.
As for me, no. At least not anymore. When I first started posted in forums years ago, it was something new so I was pretty paranoid. Now, I don't really care.
A lot around here for the last few months. The place feels like a warzone, and most people are just shooting for the sake of shooting. I even blocked this place for a couple weeks after ME3 came out when everything crossed the line, circled around the Earth, crossed it again and launched into space.
And now that people already have massive butthurt about the weapon spawns in Halo 4, I might have to do it again when that comes around.
And now that people already have massive butthurt about the weapon spawns in Halo 4, I might have to do it again when that comes around.
Not usually.
But it appears when I see (8) posts that replied to me and I think "I have shit to get done, they'll have to wait" and when I come back I start hesitating as if the time that passed changed my opinion and I end up contradicting myself and look like a fool.
But it appears when I see (8) posts that replied to me and I think "I have shit to get done, they'll have to wait" and when I come back I start hesitating as if the time that passed changed my opinion and I end up contradicting myself and look like a fool.