Y SO SRS?

[Aya]

Legitamate question. I'm not trying to troll right now.

Why do most of the people here take these forums so seriously? Why does it bother you so much what an anonymous stranger on the other side of the damn country writes about you?

None of us will ever meet each other in real life. And few if any will ever solve thier problems via this site. So why don't we all relax and just have a good laugh at one anothers expense?Because It's just my humble opinion but if more people resorted to laughter and comedy the same way they resorted to drugs and alcohol the world would be a much better place.

And these forums would certainly be a more welcome place if people didn't get so butthurt over the smallest things.


Discuss

[Absnt]

/b/ gets old.

While I agree that people shouldn't get butthurt over dumb shit like they do on this site, I don't agree that we should just sit around and crack jokes all of the time... I usually come to this site for interesting conversations and the occasional laugh, not a completely random free-for-all conversation were everyone just makes fun of eachother.

[Faby]

I like the current state of SS. There's a postmodernist air of decadence and faggotry in the air. Like Rome had when it fell and was buttraped by barbarians.

Feels good man <3

But seriously. In a way, I agree with Ayliana, despite her being the single most loathsome cunt on the face of the earth.

[SoulRiser]

Just because someone's an anonymous stranger, it doesn't make them less of a human being. A lot of people do care what people think of them. Personally I don't give a shit, and I do agree it'd be cool if people didn't take life so srs and all that shit, but that doesn't just count for the internet, it counts for "real life" too... as far as I'm concerned, the internet is every bit "real life" as the rest of it. There's nothing fake about it. So it makes it easier for people to pretend to be someone else, so what? People do that in "real life" all the time too...

Laughter is good... as long as it's not at someone else's expense. If you know the person will laugh with you, fine... if not, then it's not cool.

[Desu]

SoulRiser Wrote:Just because someone's an anonymous stranger, it doesn't make them less of a human being. A lot of people do care what people think of them. Personally I don't give a shit, and I do agree it'd be cool if people didn't take life so srs and all that shit, but that doesn't just count for the internet, it counts for "real life" too... as far as I'm concerned, the internet is every bit "real life" as the rest of it. There's nothing fake about it. So it makes it easier for people to pretend to be someone else, so what? People do that in "real life" all the time too...

Laughter is good... as long as it's not at someone else's expense. If you know the person will laugh with you, fine... if not, then it's not cool.

I always found it strange that people think the internet is just the internet and not RL. You are all real people are you not? Not only that, but people will share personal things, which begins to make their identity online as real as any other identity. If you respond with, "Then don't share your personal details online." Who are you to tell me that? "It will leave you open to random trolling/criticism." True, I wouldn't go to 4chan and start sharing personal details of my life, because that's the wrong place to do it.

This forum is at least in part, supposed to be for support (is that not a stated goal of the site somewhere). I should feel at least half-comfortable sharing certain things about myself without people poking fun at me and laughing me off the fucking board. Saying "Well don't share personal details online if you don't want to get laughed off the internet." in the context of THIS forum is just a way of covering your ass and a weak attempt to justify being a cunt or a dick.

Everyone may think night.artist is a retard, and maybe she is, but telling her to harm herself and making fun of cutting and suicide is lower than low when it seems obvious she's getting emotionally disturbed by it. Just because you think it's stupid, is inconsequential. How anyone can be this blind-sighted is unapparent to me.

People have killed themselves over myspace and other stupid shit before. Who says someone won't kill themselves over school-survival.net. If night.artist really practices self-harm, do you think it's amusing that maybe she sat in her bathroom one night and slashed her arm/leg just for you? Is that funny in any way?

[Aya]

Desu Wrote:I always found it strange that people think the internet is just the internet and not RL.

I'm pretty sure you still have me on your ignore list, but I'm going to respond to this anyway.

The internet is nothing like real life. You can shut off the internet, you can unplug it, walk away from it and ignore it quite easily. I know because there was a time was being harrassed by so called friends in school. They were never able to harrass me online because I never gave them the chance. If they called me I blocked thier phone number. When they IM'ed me I blocked thier account then finally stoped using the service all together. I didn't even read thier e-mails. If there was an electronic medium of communication that those catty little ho's could've used to get to me, I cut it off.

That is the benefit of the internet. If you don't like what people are saying, then you can turn if off and go find something else to do.You can't do that in real life. Walking away from conflict in the real world will only get you so far. Eventually you will have no choice but to confront it.

That said, people who kill themselves over words on the internet are a special breed of stupid. And while I will never tell someone to go and off themselves (not even NA) I refuse to walk on eggshells just to make sure they don't go off and do something stupid. That's not my problem.

And in the case of night.artist, this isn't even the issue. Whether people are nice to her or not she reacts the same way. She bitches when we give her legitamate advice, then she cries when we all become fed up and make fun of her. No one can win with her.

[Desu]

As a reminder, I cannot view your posts because I have you on ignore. So sorry if you spent the time responding directly to me.

[The Desert Fox]

Desu Wrote:As a reminder, I cannot view your posts because I have you on ignore.

Protip: Click the "click here to view this post" button.

[Desu]

The Desert Fox Wrote:

Desu Wrote:As a reminder, I cannot view your posts because I have you on ignore.

Protip: Click the "click here to view this post" button.

I have her on ignore because I don't want to read her posts. I was just reminding her I can't view her posts in case she spent the time responding to me and expected an answer.

[Aya]

Desu Wrote:I have her on ignore because I don't want to read her posts. I was just reminding her I can't view her posts in case she spent the time responding to me and expected an answer.

....Then why the fuck would you comment in one of my threads?


I really don't care if he can read this or not. I just think it's retarded that he would do that.

[SoulRiser]

Quote:....Then why the fuck would you comment in one of my threads?

I really don't care if he can read this or not. I just think it's retarded that he would do that.

He was actually responding to my comment.

I find this response kind of lulzy in light of what you said previously, about how the internet is different because you can ignore people you don't want to hear from more easily.

You can actually ignore people in real life too. It's called walking away. Doesn't work so well in school or prison though. But most everywhere else it's at least possible. So they're not that different. The internet just makes it a bit easier.

But ultimately each person making a comment somewhere is a real person, even if they're not exactly the same as their 'online persona'. Spambots don't count obviously.

[HeartofShadows]

Ayliana Wrote:Legitamate question. I'm not trying to troll right now.

Why do most of the people here take these forums so seriously? Why does it bother you so much what an anonymous stranger on the other side of the damn country writes about you?

None of us will ever meet each other in real life. And few if any will ever solve thier problems via this site. So why don't we all relax and just have a good laugh at one anothers expense?Because It's just my humble opinion but if more people resorted to laughter and comedy the same way they resorted to drugs and alcohol the world would be a much better place.

And these forums would certainly be a more welcome place if people didn't get so butthurt over the smallest things.


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Seems like you've been reading alot of Derchins posts.

I gotta say Amen to this.
Sure this is a support site and people can give advice but in the end people have to take reign of their own problems themselves.
We need to learn to laugh a little about things as it takes more muscles to frown than to smile
Still people sometimes take things to seriously and I have to agree we can treat each other like people and have a degree of respect but that doesn't mean we have to put on some face and smother what we truly feel(aka for the way night is acting).

Also protip Aya you might want to put Desu on your ignore list.

[Aya]

HeartofShadows Wrote:Also protip Aya you might want to put Desu on your ignore list.

nah, I'm not that type of person. I've always seen putting someone on the ignore or blocked list as a bitch move. I've only considered it once, and that was on my blog.

[HeartofShadows]

Ah good point.

[SoulRiser]

Quote:You can shut off the internet, you can unplug it, walk away from it and ignore it quite easily. I know because there was a time was being harrassed by so called friends in school. They were never able to harrass me online because I never gave them the chance. If they called me I blocked thier phone number. When they IM'ed me I blocked thier account then finally stoped using the service all together. I didn't even read thier e-mails. If there was an electronic medium of communication that those catty little ho's could've used to get to me, I cut it off.

Quote:nah, I'm not that type of person. I've always seen putting someone on the ignore or blocked list as a bitch move. I've only considered it once, and that was on my blog.

Wait what? So you'd only turn off the entire internet as opposed to blocking one person?

[Aya]

SoulRiser Wrote:Wait what? So you'd only turn off the entire internet as opposed to blocking one person?

If it got to the point where I couldn't handle the pressure yes, I would pull the plug and go do something else for a few days. Blocking someone from your account does not mean you're rid of them. If they're persistant they can still go out and create multiple accounts to harrass you on, like those girls tried to do to me in highschool.

But as far as this place is concerned, I'm not bothered by anything that is said here. So why should I block a user that happened to insult me?

[Thought Criminal]

Ayliana Wrote:Legitamate question. I'm not trying to troll right now.

Why do most of the people here take these forums so seriously? Why does it bother you so much what an anonymous stranger on the other side of the damn country writes about you?

None of us will ever meet each other in real life. And few if any will ever solve thier problems via this site. So why don't we all relax and just have a good laugh at one anothers expense?Because It's just my humble opinion but if more people resorted to laughter and comedy the same way they resorted to drugs and alcohol the world would be a much better place.

And these forums would certainly be a more welcome place if people didn't get so butthurt over the smallest things.


Discuss

What you do on the internet can effect you IRL. People can steal your information and bankrupt you. They can call the cops on you. It is in fact real life, something people tend to forget. What you do online can have it's repercussions.

[Aya]

Thought Criminal Wrote:What you do online can have it's repercussions.

True but if you avoid going online then you won't have to face those repercussions now would you?

The internet is opional. Real life isn't. That is the difference between the two.

[Thought Criminal]

Yes but the internet is quickly becoming an unavoidable fact of life. Everything is on the internet now.

[SoulRiser]

Quote:If it got to the point where I couldn't handle the pressure yes, I would pull the plug and go do something else for a few days. Blocking someone from your account does not mean you're rid of them. If they're persistant they can still go out and create multiple accounts to harrass you on, like those girls tried to do to me in highschool.

Good point, same reason we don't bother banning people here.

Still, you don't have to disable the entire internets to avoid certain people online.

Also, this:
http://info.soulriser.com/the-internet-vs-real-life/