Oh you’re *so* brave

Hi. In case you weren’t sure: putting asterisks around a word implies sarcasm.

Welcome to another installment! Today we talk about people who roam the internet. Those anonymous bastards who feel so safe and secure in front of their monitors, in a dark room, in their underpants that there is no filter to their speech. At all.
In fact, boys and girls, they are completely at ease with being a complete tool and disregarding all logic in their mind set and reasoning. The internet has given them the power to say whatever they want (in most countries) and where there’s power there’s corruption.
Internet moderators, for example.
What kind of expertise do you need for a job like that in a basic forum?
None. Just the ability to be judgmental and willing to abuse power.
I got a thread locked today because it was deemed “useless”. It was asking the opinions of others that share my interest. Isn’t that what a forum is for? To discuss opinions?
Apparently. Because this jack-wagon’s opinion was that it was “useless” to ask people’s opinion on a topic. (It was a video game forum, if you much know).
Oh and don’t make any kind of claim to your *own* opinion, average forum spelunker. God forbid people *disagree* with you.

On a more specific note, I posted a blog on a different website (THE NERVE! haha) and I used the wrong you’re/your. I was getting comments left and right that had to do with the subject of my post (none of which even mentioned my awful grammar mistake except for one who jokingly said “yes I *am* opinion lol”) . But then I received this comment:
“you’re=/=your”
In my opinion (which, of course, you don’t care about) this was a pretty abrupt way to inform me. I was embarrassed at my mistake and edited the entry. Then I deleted the comment. My logic was: the comment served only to point out my mistake. It did its job. Why keep it there, distracting from the subject manner at hand? So I deleted it. They got me to edit my post. No harm done right?

Wrong.
“Try not to delete someone else’s comment next time you’re embarrassed about making a grammar mistake. It’s rude.”
Excuse me? Going out of your way to comment on my post about my grammatical error, ignoring what I wrote about in the first place, and wasting my time is not exactly warm and compassionate. At least the other guy poked fun and then answered my inquiry. *You* on the other hand are only concerned with making other people seem smaller, less intelligent, less informed, and less important than you. Oh how brave you are! Lashing out at a complete stranger on the internet.
I held my anger back and replied as such:  “I edited the post therefore the comment was no longer needed.”
Because it was true. I did not delete the comment out of spite.
Then I get this: “Irrelevant. Still rude. Also: “Do not remove the comment feature from entries, as you will either have your entry deleted or you will be banned. This applies for comment deletion, also.”"
Awh, look at you using big words. Do you know what irrelevant means? I was simply explaining that I meant no harm by my actions. So….it wasn’t rude. Also, if there’s a rule against comment deletion in the community I obviously wasn’t aware otherwise I wouldn’t have done it. Or do you think I’m completely retarded? And that it’s your job to take my hand and lead me through the internet and share your wisdom and arrogance?
I’m human. I didn’t realize there was a bloody rule against deleting comments. I won’t do it again. I didn’t realize I hurt your little baby feelings. Go ask you mom for a hug.
Get off your high horse.

I did not reply after that one because I had better things to do that argue with someone who’s only gratification in life is to be condescending and petty and arrogant.

I understand that, to an extent, I am doing almost the same thing by complaining on this blog. BUT it is doubtful that the person I’m speaking of will even find this. I held myself back to *them* because I knew that lowering myself to their level would get me no where.
No one reads this bloody thing anyways.
It’s just a rant. And you know what? I feel better.

Use the internet responsibly. Don’t be an asshole.

CP, out.

~ by findingherforte on August 20, 2010.