Do You Get Riled Up Online?

[noxious.sunshine]

I know we all have at some point - me yeah, recently. And a couple of times. 1x here, another time somewhere else. Here, I just blew whatever way out of proportion when I shouldn't have. And I apologized. But anywho.

And yeah, while I've had the internet on and off since '96 and have grown to generally let people bother me or get under my skin over things that're said online, every once in awhile something will be said that manages to jerk my chain. I've made a blog post about the other time this happened. And people reminded me that it is, after all, the -internet- and the fact that I let someone get to me to the point where I actually wanted my account deleted was ludicrous and should instead make me want to be there even more. I've re-learned either way that while people can be jerks online, it's still nothing to get mad about or upset over and that you can either set them straight & kill 'em with kindness (assuming they don't choose to ignore you first), or ignore them and move on.

But I digress. Do you ever get upset over stuff that happens online? Even if it's just a little bit?

I debated on whether to put this here or over in EoEo, but ya know. Figgered this would be better.

[Jinx]

Only when people act like idiots.

[Pike]

I get really super defensive of the people that are closest to me. This usually means Huxley, and this is bad because he's a chronic debater so whenever people start hounding him in EoEO or whatever I get really buttsore on his behalf. It's kind of pathetic of me but

[Shorty]

Not anymore, other than if I'm participating in a debate in EoEo. It's not worth the effort.

[Denmark]

Only when people act like idiots.

[Shauna]

I try not to...

But people are sometimes wrong on the internet! Can't stand for it!

[escobert]

Not anymore, other than if I'm participating in a debate in EoEo. It's not worth the effort.

pretty much. so I stay out of EoEo for the most part

[Sephex]

Seems to me that there is a bunch of mad people up in this thread.

[Agent Proto]

Not really. I used to be, but I realized it's better to stop caring what others have to say. Of course, when they say something postivie, I get excited about that.

[~*~Celes~*~]

pretty much what proto said. back when this forum was my life, i would get upset about a lot of things. Now it's like meh, I have more important things to worry about

[Mahad]

I have had my share of. . .unfortunate events. A few times I simply exploded in rage and anger and had the bright idea of letting the world now. True, the vast cyberspace is filled with many such instances, however, when looking back, it was just a bad idea and ignorant in some points on my part. I learned from that.

[CimminyCricket]

I very rarely get butt hurt on the internet. If I feel myself get flustered I remember that I don't give a flying smurf and that I can just stop going where ever it was an incident took place. There are way more meaningful places for me to get mad, like when Jasmin beats me at Tekken after I've been playing for years longer than her and she just picks up the controller and mashes the buttons and is just generally an unsporting player.

[Del Murder]

I get riled down.

[Loony BoB]

I get really super defensive of the people that are closest to me. This usually means Huxley, and this is bad because he's a chronic debater so whenever people start hounding him in EoEO or whatever I get really buttsore on his behalf. It's kind of pathetic of me but

Yeah, the only way to genuinely rile me up is through those that I'm closest to. I'm massively protective of Danielle in particular, not that she tends to need any help from me when it comes to speaking her mind or anything. But if someone upsets her, smurf them.

[Shiny]

I have the tendency to skim over some people's posts because I have an inkling that it won't be worth reading. If I go back to read it all later I find most of the time I'm right. I rarely get riled up on the internet, but when I do I am already plotting how to effectively troll you. :shiny: