Drake1 Nightfire Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 Why do people take things far too seriously? An emoji, a question, a reply, all of it is so meaningless in the grand scheme of life yet some take them as personal affronts. Do they really have egos that fragile? 2 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derekmate Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 ? 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fionalein Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 (edited) No idea, but they sometimes do... some for understandable reasons some not. Keep in mind it can happen, try to avoid the obvious pitfalls but don't bother to make it right for everyone. Edited August 21, 2018 by Fionalein Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resi Pfeffer Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 15 minutes ago, Drake1 Nightfire said: Why do people take things far too seriously? An emoji, a question, a reply, all of it is so meaningless in the grand scheme of life yet some take them as personal affronts. Do they really have egos that fragile? I just gave you a disturbed smiley to see how you react 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anna Nova Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 31 minutes ago, Drake1 Nightfire said: Why do people take things far too seriously? An emoji, a question, a reply, all of it is so meaningless in the grand scheme of life yet some take them as personal affronts. Do they really have egos that fragile? Perhaps, just bear in mind that the conversation that they are having with you might not be the only one going on in their life right at that moment. It's especially true of virtual life, which by definition is one of at least two life-threads. The other life may be in one of it's more serious phases. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resi Pfeffer Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 How can you dare? Im going to block you!!! ? ?? 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drake1 Nightfire Posted August 21, 2018 Author Share Posted August 21, 2018 13 minutes ago, Resi Pfeffer said: I just gave you a disturbed smiley to see how you react Just so you know, that is a confused smiley, not a disturbed one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lara Aulder Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 (edited) To really make someone understand something, use logic. Who cares about your emotional revelations with superficial internet tools? ? Edited August 21, 2018 by Lara Aulder 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callum Meriman Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 ?️♀️ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cindy Evanier Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 1 hour ago, Drake1 Nightfire said: Why do people take things far too seriously? An emoji, a question, a reply, all of it is so meaningless in the grand scheme of life yet some take them as personal affronts. Do they really have egos that fragile? I am with you on that one. I put it down to people just not getting my sense of humour and I "try" to hold back my natural sarcasm. It's the ones who don't get everyone rushing to agree with them, immediately boosting their ego that take it as a personal affront I have no time for that. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lucagrabacr Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 No one is born wise and many people never had the opportunity or desire to learn how to be. And sometimes natural emotional impulses are just hard to cope or resist as they were hardwired to our brain through evolution as survival mechanism, which had no reason to make us naturally civilized as our current concept of a civilized society and socio-cultural understanding are mostly a human creation and an acquired knowledge respectively, and only the social bit of it came naturally, as far as I understand. Or, as some people mentioned in their replies, maybe they are just going through something. What seem trivial to some people might mean the world to some others. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garnet Psaltery Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 I'm offended by this thread. ? 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skell Dagger Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 I try (not always successfully, mind) to look at things like that in a broader context, because context is really bloody important when it comes to people's moods and emotions. If that person always flies off the handle at the slightest thing, taking everything as a personal affront and finding fault in even the most innocuous statements (and there are a couple of people here who do that on a regular basis) then I know those people are beyond any kind words that I might be able to offer. Those people are the drama-loving, drama-fostering, drama-needing queens of Second Life. They can't live without it; even the ones who state in their profiles that they hate drama. (Hell, especially those that have those profile statements.) However, if a person generally comes across as (mostly) stable and non-reactionary and then one day they react poorly to some perceived slight, I will err on the side of compassion and assume that Real Life is treating them badly that day. With those people I'm 99% certain that - after a day or two - life will be kind to them again and their equilibrium will be restored. Sure, the 'always flies off the handle' person might be having a bad life instead of a bad day, but if a person needs their misery to be validated by constant proof that Everybody On An Internet Forum Hates Them then they should probably be seeking help elsewhere, and not on said internet forum. 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talligurl Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 All to often we take the trivial seriously while ignoring the truly serious 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arduenn Schwartzman Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 (edited) Edited August 21, 2018 by Arduenn Schwartzman 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akasha Sternberg Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 it´s a mix I guess... Life´s usually a mis.. it´s dramaqueens, insecure people, instable people, mental illnesses, bad days... and sometimes it´s people being rude and then go "oh hahahahahah it´s all a joke don´t take everything so personal" everytime you just don´t find their stuff funny and they were clearly intentional insulting... cos there´s quite the bunch of D´s out there, too, being insensitive and just rude (damn it´s really hard for me to type it without harsh language.... XD) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pamela Galli Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 5 hours ago, Skell Dagger said: if a person needs their misery to be validated by constant proof that Everybody On An Internet Forum Hates Them then they should probably be seeking help elsewhere, and not on said internet forum It has recently become alarmingly clear that there is a significant contingent of people who bear a perpetual grudge against anyone who does not agree with them and /or follow their example in all things. IOW Anyone who is different from them in any way. Any problems they have, they blame on these groups. Nothing is ever their own fault. In SL it’s Griefers, Scammers, Hackers, Avatars Doing Disapproved Things, etc. An endless list. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sirhc DeSantis Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 Agree with Galli but would add that this has become a place for a few. A miniscule few compared to the SL user base. List those that post..compare to logged in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pamela Galli Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 (edited) 8 minutes ago, sirhc DeSantis said: Agree with Galli but would add that this has become a place for a few. A miniscule few compared to the SL user base. List those that post..compare to logged in. Not sure I understand but by significant contingent I mean globally. Let’s just call it authoritarianism in all its many forms. Edited August 21, 2018 by Pamela Galli 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhonda Huntress Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 15 hours ago, Drake1 Nightfire said: Do they really have egos that fragile? How can you say such a thing? Welcome to ignore, jerk. We're through. I want my records back! 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clover Jinx Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 1 minute ago, Rhonda Huntress said: I want my records back! What's a record? *ducks* *goes to dust off her 45s* 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhonda Huntress Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 Just now, Clover Jinx said: What's a record? *ducks* Analog CD's A CD is (other than a financial investment) a "Compact Disk." Originally called a worm drive (write once, readonly drive) it was the death of Floppys. A floppy is hat with a wide brim used to store data. Data is an android. Androids are iphone/ipad without Apple markups. And that's where babies come from! 3 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skell Dagger Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 54 minutes ago, Rhonda Huntress said: Androids are iphone/ipad without Apple markups. 2 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kathyparnes1 Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 1 hour ago, Rhonda Huntress said: And that's where babies come from! go to youtube and in their search type in... ABFAB having a baby im not posting the link here though lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callum Meriman Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 1 hour ago, Rhonda Huntress said: .. it was the death of Floppys... I remember those, unlike SL Boy Bits they shrunk over time... Which gives me a segue to post on the G rated SL forums - an eight inch floppy. 1 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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