Me? I generally presume that others I encounter believe the opposite that I do unless something they say indicates otherwise, thus I satay quite and then coat myself in a healthy layer of apathy.
How about you lot?
I try to get up and walk away when I am feeling angry now.
Otherwise, I don't take it personally. I could argue viciously with a person this time, joke with them the next, defend them a third. It's just electronic media, and I'm just a name and avatar on the screen. Whatever troubles I go through, they still don't change that, in the grand scheme, I'm no one.
I'm certain it would take someone very little effort to learn my real identity. They'll end up sorely disappointed at the wasted effort. My life is even less exciting than it has been on here.
Me? I generally presume that others I encounter believe the opposite that I do unless something they say indicates otherwise, thus I satay quite and then coat myself in a healthy layer of apathy.
How about you lot?
Me? I generally presume that others I encounter believe the same that I do unless something they say indicates otherwise.
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Me? I generally presume that others I encounter believe the same that I do unless something they say indicates otherwise.Me? I generally presume that others I encounter believe the opposite that I do unless something they say indicates otherwise, thus I satay quite and then coat myself in a healthy layer of apathy.
How about you lot?
That seems like it would lead to disappointment. Any apathy to help get through your day?
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Nothing on the internet really has any bearing on the real world, and everybody you talk to is performing an act.
In the real world, you can actually witness your gay boss walking past his black admin assistant who is eating chick-fil-a and not point a finger at her screaming "NNNNNNOOOOOOOOO!!!"
Upon witnessing this nonevent, I realized nobody actually gives a s~!@ about any of the things they drama monger on the internet, they're just having little chimpanzee fights for dominance.
So the wall of political/glutein champion/rightleftlibertarianscommunists are satans children/antivaxxersvaccines are (for) idiots/abortionistsbiblethumpers are morans/veganmeateaters are satan spawn/crapola on your facebook history is best just ignored.
Also, this Paizo place used to be really great, but it's kinda got melanoma now, and it has to wear a hat and long sleeves if it goes out in the sun.
Nothing on the internet really has any bearing on the real world, and everybody you talk to is performing an act.
In the real world, you can actually witness your gay boss walking past his black admin assistant who is eating chick-fil-a and not point a finger at her screaming "NNNNNNOOOOOOOOO!!!"
Upon witnessing this nonevent, I realized nobody actually gives a s%!& about any of the things they drama monger on the internet, they're just having little chimpanzee fights for dominance.
So the wall of political/glutein champion/rightleftlibertarianscommunists are satans children/antivaxxersvaccines are (for) idiots/abortionistsbiblethumpers are morans/veganmeateaters are satan spawn/crapola on your facebook history is best just ignored.Also, this Paizo place used to be really great, but it's kinda got melanoma now, and it has to wear a hat and long sleeves if it goes out in the sun.
Ah Gorilla Fights as I call them.
AND, if you get apathetic,.....well, my friend says on facebook who is 2 years younger than me has a slipped disk and is in chronic pain. Another good friend who is maybe 5 years or less older than me has lupus and has chronic pain.
Yet another friend has chronic pain, and now has breast cancer.
If you're not in chronic pain, be happy. Do some jumping jacks, and be thankful that you can.
To hell with it; if you've got your health, enjoy life. Your health is kinda not a given; it's on loan from the powers that be, be they holy or just random acts of nature. At least there's not a video camera pointed at you while you're kneeling handcuffed and some guy with a black face mask with weird writing on it is ululating and waving a machete.
Ah Gorilla Fights as I call them.
We're just real smart apes. It's in our nature.
That black face masked ululator is going to get you, and me, and everybody alive, just like he got Max Von Sydow in The Seventh Seal. He's gonna play chess with you, and then he's going to send you to heaven, hell, limbo, valhalla, nirvana, reincarnation as a blue footed boobie bird, or simple nonexistence, whatever the afterlife is.
Apathy schmapathy.....I just go read badwrongfunny crap. The internet's chock full of it, and it's mostly free.
Me? I generally presume that others I encounter believe the opposite that I do unless something they say indicates otherwise, thus I satay quite and then coat myself in a healthy layer of apathy.
How about you lot?
I just assume everyone other than me is a badly-coded AI ;)
Yup.
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Nothing on the internet really has any bearing on the real world, and everybody you talk to is performing an act.
In the real world, you can actually witness your gay boss walking past his black admin assistant who is eating chick-fil-a and not point a finger at her screaming "NNNNNNOOOOOOOOO!!!"
Upon witnessing this nonevent, I realized nobody actually gives a s$$! about any of the things they drama monger on the internet, they're just having little chimpanzee fights for dominance.
So the wall of political/glutein champion/rightleftlibertarianscommunists are satans children/antivaxxersvaccines are (for) idiots/abortionistsbiblethumpers are morans/veganmeateaters are satan spawn/crapola on your facebook history is best just ignored.Also, this Paizo place used to be really great, but it's kinda got melanoma now, and it has to wear a hat and long sleeves if it goes out in the sun.
In seriousness, this combined with healthy use of the Ignore Script and Hide Button.
Pretty much.
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Except for the OTD part.
Depends on where on the internet I am.
Facebook? I rarely say anything on it and now just use it to message family (especially my BiL who can't seem to be contacted through any other means up to and including carrier pigeons and telepathy)
Mini Painting sites? I'm the rapt student learning from the masters - occasionally offering what tiny bit of wisdom 20+ years of painting poorly have given me
Gaming Sites? I say whatever the hell I like and don't really care to argue about anything. Most gamers have vacuum sealed opinions that nothing can ever penetrate (myself included).
Work-related sites? Who ever goes to these? Unless I'm actually *at* work I ignore anything to do with work when I'm off the clock.
Other than online games and webcomics that's about it for internet surfing for me nowadays.
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I get by with a little help from my friends.
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I try to just hide threads that I know are hot-button topics. Doesn't always work, especially if I've had a bad day.
Also got rid of a lot of negative influences on facebook, including my late brother's racist ex-wife.
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Just remember that every time someone tells you we need a new World War to purge the world of People Like You, an angel gets its wings.
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I try to remind myself that even people who are rude, inconsiderate jerks on the Internet, are probably actually pretty decent in person. I've gotten in metaphorical messageboard knife fights with plenty of folks I'd buy a beer, game with, or have a civil face-to-face discussion with.
I also assume that anything I say will be interpreted in the worst possible way.
Finally, I avoid labels because they lead people to assume things about me that aren't true.
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I just assume everyone other than me is a badly-coded AI ;)
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I try to avoid taking things too seriously or personal. A lot of the actual message (particularly the metacommunicative aspects like tone and innuendo) is lost on the internet, so I try to assume people mean well.
At the same time, I understand some people will cry flood from a faulty spigot and can get easily carried away by heated debates, and that exaggeration and overreaction are everywhere, so I count to 10 before typing things I might regret later and generally just try to avoid getting myself worked up.
Not to say I'm immune to it or that I don't fall into the same group at times, but I try not to.
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I try to go by a few easy rules.
1) Internet is real life. You might not know the people you meet here, but that makes them no less real.
2) Just because I disagree with someone doesn't mean he is wrong. Last time I checked I wasn't omniscient.
3) Just because I don't like something, that doesn't mean it is bad, nor that nobody else has the right to like it.
4) If someone dislikes something I like, he is not necessarily a bad person, nor wrong.
5) I am not here to force-educate anyone. I may explain something that I feel needs to be explained, I may respectfully try to correct someone I think is wrong (if I am fairly sure I know enough about the matter at hand to do so), but I will not throw a fit because somebody doesn't listen to me.
6) I will not take for granted that every bit of information I somehow got my hands onto is right and everything contradicting it is wrong.
7) I know, I can log off at any time.
I lurk a lot. Paizo is the first forum community I have actually gotten involved in.
I just imagine that everyone else is sitting around in their underpants. Cause, it's the internet.
What else was the internet invented for, if not to allow us to perform all social interaction naked?
How do you get by on the internet?
Cheat codes.
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Alot like you too.
I stay away from some threads...or if I go in there I just make outlandish jokes. Though sometimes I get involved with debates I should not get involved in.
How about you lot?
Post whatever seems like a good idea at the time.
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I just write a story or two when bored, try to be witty when in discussion, keep away from meaninglessly heavy-handed or extremely subjective matters, and drown anything I can't ignore in a sea of overly verbose points, then walk away and play some vidya gaemz.
Oh, also having a circle of amazingly great friends to chat and hang out with online is a major plus. I don't think I'd be able to swallow the sheer magnitude of raw hatred I encounter often online otherwise.
Oh, also having a circle of amazingly great friends to chat and hang out with online is a major plus. I don't think I'd be able to swallow the sheer magnitude of raw hatred I encounter often online otherwise.
This really. This so much.
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Sarcasmancy!
Usually, with the stock internet app on my phone, it's a stripped down version of chrome.
I had actual chrome for awhile, but it caused problems.