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I'm saddened by the fact that apparently some people deem me too unapproachable to contact me directly. Instead they have to rely on talking behind someone's back with the risk of reinforcing an exaggerated or wrong image of said person. Gossiping only aggravates the problem. I wish that whoever had an issue with me that they approached me directly. Problems are made to be solved, and how can they be if they aren't faced head on? I am hurt when people of here gossip about me because they had enough of an impact for me to care about what they say. If it were unrelatable strangers I wouldn't care, but this is different. I am willing to seek a better mutual understanding and fix whatever unpleasantries may have occurred or that I have even caused personally, I really am, but that's not possible if there's a refusal to confront people directly, just sit down and actually talk. Before brushing off folks that may have made a poor impression on you, please at least speak to them first on a 1 on 1 conversation, just once (unless they did something really, REALLY terrible, like Stalin kind of terrible). Often times, people behave differently depending on whether the circumstances are public or private

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16 minutes ago, Amiir said:

I'm saddened by the fact that apparently some people deem me too unapproachable to contact me directly. Instead they have to rely on talking behind someone's back with the risk of reinforcing an exaggerated or wrong image of said person. Gossiping only aggravates the problem. I wish that whoever had a problem with me that they approached me directly. Problems are made to be solved, and how can they be if they aren't faced head on? I am hurt when people of here gossip about me because they had enough of an impact for me to care about what they say. If it were unrelatable strangers to say that I wouldn't care, but this is different. I am willing to seek a better mutual understanding and fix whatever unpleasantries may have occurred, I really am, but that's not possible if there's a refusal to confront people directly, just sit down and actually talk. Before brushing off folks that may have made a poor impression on you, please, at least speak to them first on a 1 on 1 conversation, just once (unless they did something really, REALLY terrible, like Stalin kind of terrible). Often times, people behave differently depending on whether the circumstances are public or private

To be honest, the last time I saw someone directly have a problem with you was Vae when you made sexual jokes about her without her consent or something like that. She was very direct and open about it. But you didn't handle it well.

EDIT: That's not to say people should talk about you on Discord, but if there's anything to go by when it comes to approaching you, that was a rather big situation.

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18 minutes ago, Amiir said:

I'm saddened by the fact that apparently some people deem me too unapproachable to contact me directly. Instead they have to rely on talking behind someone's back with the risk of reinforcing an exaggerated or wrong image of said person. Gossiping only aggravates the problem. I wish that whoever had an issue with me that they approached me directly. Problems are made to be solved, and how can they be if they aren't faced head on? I am hurt when people of here gossip about me because they had enough of an impact for me to care about what they say. If it were unrelatable strangers I wouldn't care, but this is different. I am willing to seek a better mutual understanding and fix whatever unpleasantries may have occurred or that I have even caused personally, I really am, but that's not possible if there's a refusal to confront people directly, just sit down and actually talk. Before brushing off folks that may have made a poor impression on you, please at least speak to them first on a 1 on 1 conversation, just once (unless they did something really, REALLY terrible, like Stalin kind of terrible). Often times, people behave differently depending on whether the circumstances are public or private

I call people out when I see them talking negatively about someone when theyre not around, thats something I wont tolerate.

I dont care that they hate them, I care that theyre talking shit without the person knowing, that leads to drama and a terrible image.

 

Talking good behind someones back, however, is something I always stand by

Shit like thats happened before on skype too

7 minutes ago, XoPachi said:

To be honest, the last time I saw someone directly have a problem with you was Vae when you made sexual jokes about her without her consent or something like that. She was very direct and open about it. But you didn't handle it well.

EDIT: That's not to say people should talk about you on Discord, but if there's anything to go by when it comes to approaching you, that was a rather big situation.

That was Mara, if I recall...

 

It wasnt a horrible situation and was handled alright

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4 minutes ago, WolfNightV4X1 said:

I call people out when I see them talking negatively about someone when theyre not around, thats something I wont tolerate.

I dont care that they hate them, I care that theyre talking shit without the person knowing, that leads to drama and a terrible image.

 

Talking good behind someones back, however, is something I always stand by

Shit like thats happened before on skype too

That was Mara, if I recall...

 

It wasnt a horrible situation and was handled alright

It was not Mara. It was Vae and Amiir.

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15 minutes ago, XoPachi said:

To be honest, the last time I saw someone directly have a problem with you was Vae when you made sexual jokes about her without her consent or something like that. She was very direct and open about it. But you didn't handle it well.

Not exactly: she made a joke once and I misinterpreted it as an attack, but it's true, I didn't handle that very well. On that occasion I attacked and belittled her on an extremely sensitive topic. I regret it but I understand if she doesn't want to have anything to do with me anymore. I don't blame her, she's justified. It's also true that I have personally caused unwarranted drama with other users for similar misinterpretations on my part in that same period. However, all this happened months ago: I believe I improved enough as a person now to not attack people for no good reason anymore and to be able to engage in constructive conversations. Little by little, I'm improving regardless of people noticing or not

15 minutes ago, XoPachi said:

EDIT: That's not to say people should talk about you on Discord, but if there's anything to go by when it comes to approaching you, that was a rather big situation.

Yes. That is true

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12 minutes ago, XoPachi said:

And that's great to hear!

Thank you. It's not all roses and flowers, there are some setbacks but I see some improvements here and there

Edit: Now let's just hope they see all this. Pretty sure they will

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21 minutes ago, Amiir said:

Not exactly: she made a joke once and I misinterpreted it as an attack, but it's true, I didn't handle that very well. On that occasion I attacked and belittled her on an extremely sensitive topic. I regret it but I understand if she doesn't want to have anything to do with me anymore. I don't blame her, she's justified. It's also true that I have personally caused unwarranted drama with other users for similar misinterpretations on my part in that same period. However, all this happened months ago: I believe I improved enough as a person now to not attack people for no good reason anymore and to be able to engage in constructive conversations. Little by little, I'm improving regardless of people noticing or not

Yes. That is true

> Admitting you have a problem
> Actually making efforts to fix it

You don't belong on the internet.

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People are saying that its better to talk shit on a public forum than behind people's bad, but would it not be even better to just not speak ill of others? To try and see the good in others? Note that I'm not saying you shouldn't tell someone off for acting dumb or being rude or doing something wrong, but its possible to do so without coming off as downright mean, and talking about people on a public forum can still be rather hurtful if not said directly to someone. I would encourage people to just try and politely explain when someone does something wrong without coming off as babying to help try and get and understanding between users and improve as people on the whole.

 

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1 hour ago, XoPachi said:

Regardless of what took place in Discord, Saxon couldn't handle what he dished out in the open. He frequently got in users faces when it wasn't warranted and criticized them. When it was returned he took the extreme route and vanished which leads me to assume he didn't expect opposition where he caused it. I don't hate him or wish him ill will, but I can't pity him. That was his choice.

Toshabi Rumor (98.10% accuracy rating)

Saxon got so upset over what one user said that he ate his hands and is unable to type on forums anymore.

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3 minutes ago, pothocket said:

> Admitting you have a problem
> Actually making efforts to fix it

You don't belong on the internet.

Thank you so much. Again, I try my best

4 minutes ago, Battlechili said:

People are saying that its better to talk shit on a public forum than behind people's bad, but would it not be even better to just not speak ill of others? To try and see the good in others? Note that I'm not saying you shouldn't tell someone off for acting dumb or being rude or doing something wrong, but its possible to do so without coming off as downright mean, and talking about people on a public forum can still be rather hurtful if not said directly to someone. I would encourage people to just try and politely explain when someone does something wrong without coming off as babying to help try and get and understanding between users and improve as people on the whole.

I struggle with the politeness thing myself at times, but I agree. What you said would be the ideal thing to do

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3 minutes ago, Toshabi said:

Toshabi Rumor (98.10% accuracy rating)

Saxon got so upset over what one user said that he ate his hands and is unable to type on forums anymore.

I'm sure his neighbors would love to hear him yelling at furries via speech recognition. 

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I struggle with the politeness thing myself at times, but I agree. What you said would be the ideal thing to do

The politeness thing is really important; people don't like to listen to each other if the opposing party is acting like a dick. Its hard to talk to and listen to someone that speaks rudely to you and insults you or any number of things. This closes off communication and makes it harder for people to grow and better themselves, so its extremely important that people be polite when confronting each other about their problems.

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1 minute ago, Battlechili said:

The politeness thing is really important; people don't like to listen to each other if the opposing party is acting like a dick. Its hard to talk to and listen to someone that speaks rudely to you and insults you or any number of things. This closes off communication and makes it harder for people to grow and better themselves, so its extremely important that people be polite when confronting each other about their problems.

Sooooo many threads in site discussion either start off or quickly devolve into very scathing, hostile judgement of character towards the moderation as if they're paid or should be 100% perfect. And so beautiful people like Clove are pushed away because of what I would honestly label as needless abuse.

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1 minute ago, XoPachi said:

Sooooo many threads in site discussion either start off or quickly devolve into very scathing, hostile judgement of character towards the moderation as if they're paid or should be 100% perfect. And so beautiful people like Clove are pushed away because of what I would honestly label as needless abuse.

Multiple choice. Are the mods:

A. Human, with human feelings

B. Volunteers

C. Occasionally prone to error

D. All of the above

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1 minute ago, Eggdodger said:

Multiple choice. Are the mods:

A. Human, with human feelings

B. Volunteers

C. Occasionally prone to error

D. All of the above

E. Out to destroy the community that they hold so dear

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2 minutes ago, Amiir said:

Holy words. Nobody likes patronizing tones either

Sorry, I didn't mean to sound that way. I wasn't trying to say that you aren't trying to do that. I just wanted to emphasize its importance.

I was just remembering something someone else told me. I used to use Tumblr a lot and whenever a major event would happen people would use it to attack anyone who wasn't particularly interested in the event. That anyone who didn't care was the enemy. A friend of mine decided to take the time to very carefully explain why people care and was really patient with me, and he told me that generally speaking people have an easier time learning from others if they're treated with respect and politefully explained to, rather than just rude words and attacks. So I took that to heart, and was just regurgitating what I remembered. I don't mean to come off as patronizing. :(

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7 minutes ago, Battlechili said:

Sorry, I didn't mean to sound that way. I wasn't trying to say that you aren't trying to do that. I just wanted to emphasize its importance.

No no no! I didn't mean you yourself were patronizing, just that assuming a patronizing tone is another way to turn a discussion into a fight basically. It wasn't aimed at you fam, you weren't being patronizing at all

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4 minutes ago, Amiir said:

No no no! I didn't mean you yourself were patronizing, just that assuming a patronizing tone is another way to turn a discussion into a fight basically. It wasn't aimed at you fam, you weren't being patronizing at all

Isn't Chili adorable?

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7 minutes ago, Amiir said:

No no no! I didn't mean you yourself were patronizing, just that assuming a patronizing tone is another way to turn a discussion into a fight basically. It wasn't aimed at you fam, you weren't being patronizing at all

Woops, my bad. Just being extra careful. I don't wanna come off as preachy.

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But yeah, you're right. Its important to not be patronizing. Make everyone feel like they're on the same playing field, so to speak.

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1 minute ago, DevilBear said:

So that happened. Anyhow.

 

Wyoming is a pretty state. I enjoy coming out here. My dog has been so patient with the 13 hour drive. I know he's bored.

I would be too if I had to drive 13 hours while my master slept in the back seat.

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