It is hardly black and white. I probably call 10 people a day an idiot to their face and nobody takes offence, ever, but if you even suggest something like that here, everyone acts like you kicked their dog. That's because I live in the world of adults, people capable of taking criticism on board, learning from it and growing, while around here people act like the kinds of children who cry when they drop their ice cream onto the footpath. They seem to have no coping skills whatsoever, like this is some kind of sheltered workshop. That, quite rightly, is their problem and the Mods should not turn it back on someone who is not acting unreasonably, simply because someone is upset.Vortifex wrote: Mon Jun 15, 2020 11:44 amThis is usually the language of people who lack social skills, and of bullies who won't accept the consequences of their actions. They will criticise objection to their behaviour, as if they are blameless and everyone else is at fault. Low emotional intelligence types who complain about 'snowflakes' and who tell depressed people to cheer up. It's good to try and not be that kind of person.
I got suspended from a another forum for calling someone who was very clearly trolling a troll. Apparently I should have reported him (he also got banned for trolling). It's like they want you to behave like pre-teens because it makes you easier to control.wagtunes wrote: Mon Jun 15, 2020 11:32 am You know what I find ironic? I was suspended 7 days for "paranoia" and derailing a thread calling someone a spammer. Apparently, had I threatened to stab the guy with a knife I would have been okay.
People around here definitely need to grow up. Someone could threaten to go around to my house and kill my entire extended family and it would never occur to me to report them, even if it sounded like they meant it. It is so completely childish.
