There's actual merit to being able to get along with other people and form positive relations, as opposed to acting like an Xbox deprived 13 yo flamer trying to take out their frustration on anyone vulnerable enough.
"Anyone vulnerable enough"?
Are you kidding?
Also really love the way you imply that I'm not able to get along with people and form positive relations, despite the fact I do actually have plenty of people I'm friends with both on and off the forum.
It doesn't matter what the OP's intended idea was, if you acted more mean than others, or provoking in some way, some people noticed it and pointed it out, maybe showing their preference for a different kind of behaviour.
Well I guess we're back to square one:
It's pretty plain that certain things are allowed in certain contexts. Do we vilify George Carlin for his List of People Who Ought To be Killed? No we don't, because it's fucking satire and in the context the rant isn't to be taken as something designed to incite or express hatred or spite - it's satire appropriate to the context of who George Carlin is and what he does.
If you went to a George Carlin show and got offended by that, the only correct response to your outrage would be: "what the fuck are you doing at a George Carlin show?"
Likewise, if you're going to enter a thread titled, "how big of a piece of shit am i" where the OP makes a bunch of satirical/dark humoured posts, clearly going out of their way to provoke and incite responses - don't have a fucking whinge about the lack of decorum if the thread's not to your liking.
The only sane responses to such an outrage are, "why the fuck are you reading the thread?" or, "obviously it's a fucking joke."
"Oh hey guys I'm going to enter this thread titled, 'how big of a piece of shit am i' where the OP does everything they can to demonstrate how big of a piece of shit they are, and then I'm going to complain about people telling OP that they're a big piece of shit!! My Tumblr followers would be proud!! =D=DDD=+DD==DDD"
You can't deny others their preference and opinions on the situation when you've just used the same argument to defend your case. I don't really get it, if you're looking for entertainment maybe stop involving people unwilling to participate and play actual video games or start an arena thread.
Are you serious right now?
Who am I involving that's unwilling? Please do tell me who. I made a post to the OP in a thread where OP wanted people to respond to him. He was CLEARLY trolling and fishing for responses.
Simple breakdown #2:
- OP made a thread soliciting responses
- I and a bunch of other responded
- Sinny then saw fit to make some moral argument, passing judgment on a bunch of thread participants and involving them whether unwilling or not in HER moral argument
- I being one of these participants decided to respond to Sinny. Since she had now involved me, I decided to respond.
- Despite the fact that I was responding to Sinny, the herd (Grayman, Kuu, Dalyth, Blarraun so far) decided to now continue to involve me in THEIR moral arguments
- At no point have I denied anyone their preference or opinions on a situation. The only people who continue to do so are those insisting on some moral code basically summed up as "don't be meanies" to people who're posting in a
really fucking obviously meant to be troll thread.
- I already have a couple of Arena threads, people are welcome to enter them.
Simply put if someone allows you to do whatever you want and you end up insulting them then there's a strong indication that you indulge in this kind of behaviour.
How is this suddenly about what kind of behaviour I, "indulge" in? Are we really going to sink into character slandering here? Seems to be going that way.
Also, I didn't like the way you use the logical high ground as an opportunity to disrespect Sinny and lash out at Kuu (even if in jest). If you end up acting like the kind of hateful inconsiderate brat you've parodied here, then it's perfectly normal for others to think you have a preference or tendency for this jerky behaviour.
You make it sound like I just randomly, "lashed out" at Kuu. He's the one asking pointed questions like, "are you 13? Having life problems?" and so on. Oh right, but that doesn't count as, "lashing out" because it's disguised by being a question, right?
I'll have to remember that one. Next time I think of calling someone an idiot, I'll just disguise it by asking, "are you a bit frustrated because of your low IQ?" or, "were you dropped on your head as a child?" and if they respond negatively, I'll be safe in the knowledge that I didn't really call them any names so that means I'm being more mature. They're just, "lashing out" if they respond negatively.
The way you fall back into that angry teenage parody here looks to me like you feel totally unrestrained and as if you don't need to consider other's reaction as long as you feel in the "right".
I consider other people's reactions, but it's not the impetus for how I respond on this forum. As in, just because someone might dislike something doesn't mean I'm going to refrain from saying things that I want to say. I'm sure as hell not going to refrain from making crass jokes in threads like this one just because Sinny and the PC police apply some arbitrary level of "niceness" to how we should all act regardless of context.
Don't go to a George Carlin show if you don't want to hear crass satire.