Posting anything in here makes me feel like Ray Liotta in Goodfellas. No matter how innocuous my comment, there's always a Joe Pesci waiting in the wings with a hostile "what did you mean by that?"
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It's more disheartening for me when someone posts, I comment in (what I believe is) solidarity, and they come back "WHAT DID YOU MEAN BY THAT? WHY DID YOU SAY THAT??" 😕
I love the folks who, in their reading of a comment they decide to take offense to, ELIDE OUT the parts of the comment that directly rebut the claim of offense they are making.
"I can't be bothered to fully read and consider what you've said, so YOU'RE the asshole!"
Are you saying Joe Pesci is stalking you? "Waiting in the wings"? You seriously believe that? Like a major motion picture star has nothing better to do? Is that what you're saying?
I once said I didn’t like steak (I don’t) and this girl genuinely acted like it was a personal attack against her I don’t understand the people on this site
I've seen this expressed back in the Twitter days as the "10k follower line" where once you pass it, nearly anything you post is going to get some bizarre response from some joyless asshole.
It's not something the people who encounter it seem to love about social media. 😕
Would you rather not know if you’ve posted something that is unclear, ambiguous, out of context or not what you meant to say (perhaps because of punctuation, a Freudian slip, autocorrect or voice recognition failure)? They may not be hostile: They may be clumsily trying to help.
I do know the feeling because it seems that way on all the so-called social sites. Like when I hear this:
Let me understand this. Maybe it's me, but I'm funny how, I mean funny like I'm a clown, I amuse you? I make you laugh, I'm here to amuse you? What do you mean funny, funny how? How am I funny?
Whaddya' you mean "what did you mean by that?" Do you think I can't understand you? That I'm not capable of understanding the written word? I'm just some guy you gotta' explain everything to?
I thought you were going a different place with that. I respect where you took it but thought I’d share the Ray Liotta I most associate with posting in public
I've not been on here long but was on Twitter for years previously and this place is just full of whingy nerds, its amazing. It's like spending years in prison then being made to sit with the Magic the Gathering guys who are all trying to one up each other.
That's the beauty of blocking, hiding, muting or just as I see some do disabling replies...I like feedback but there are some angry folks out there who in their constant (understandable)rage don't get nuances. Then there are trolls, lol.
Inside out 3 with Joe Pesci as insecurity saying, “what? Do you think, I am funny? Am I a clown?” And that clown from inside out 2 appears. Anger’s best friend
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"I can't be bothered to fully read and consider what you've said, so YOU'RE the asshole!"
NOW who's "hostile"? 😡 Hm?
wait I mean Pier, shit.
It's not something the people who encounter it seem to love about social media. 😕
Let me understand this. Maybe it's me, but I'm funny how, I mean funny like I'm a clown, I amuse you? I make you laugh, I'm here to amuse you? What do you mean funny, funny how? How am I funny?
😉♥️
They fish around looking to be triggered
(Real opinion but not worth bashing clams for. Clams are still rad)