"What's Upsetting You Right Now?"

[Dantonumanoa Ongdolota Amycronicon]

It's the Internet, it's not supposed to be a place with sophisticated and understanding people.  It may seem like it's supposed to be but it's actually a hell hole filled to the brim with irrational people, like real life. 

The only difference here is that people are more honest and open with each other so the feel that they can get away with anything.  This leads to some people acting stupid and feeling like they own the place when they don't and people feel even more defensive when they are online because they feel they have the freedom to do whatever they want. People here are still very immature because they don't think that rules or etiquette apply on the Internet, but honestly people in real life can be just as bad.  The best thing you can do is just ignore it and let them learn their own.

Oh, no. I'm not even asking for some kind of oligarchic, intelligentsia-ruled utopia. I just want to see some common sense, but apparently that's too much to ask.

[Sakura Leic]

Common sense died before Mankind was born.  That's why it's not common anymore.

[Dantonumanoa Ongdolota Amycronicon]

Common sense died before Mankind was born.

OHH GOOOOOD NO DON'T SAY THAT

[Sakura Leic]

You know it's true, I learned that 5 years ago when I first got here.

[Amatiramisu]

I don't really believe that. I think common sense died when reality shows started being a thing. But that's just me.

[Acid]

years ago when I first got here.

... five years?

Whoa

[Dantonumanoa Ongdolota Amycronicon]

... five years?

Whoa

Yeah, talk about seniority. Some people here certainly have it.

[Acid]

Oh well

I'm young at heart.

[Jericho]

... five years?

Whoa

Literally did a double take until I remember that it was about late 2007 when I got here too.

[Fxeni]

That makes me feel old.

Also, nonsense at work is quite annoying.

[Sakura Leic]

... five years?

Whoa

Here's another mind bomb, I'm turning 20 next month.

[Acid]

Literally did a double take until I remember that it was about late 2007 when I got here too.

Hah you came here when I started Uni.

Here's another mind bomb, I'm turning 20 next month.

So how is it? Did those five years on RPM corrupt your mind or did you manage to stay sane?

[Sakura Leic]

I say a bit of column A and a bit of column B.  I certainly don't regret it, I learned a lot about the world and people here that I wouldn't otherwise.

[Acid]

Hey, as long as you don't regret it everything's alright!

[Mirby]

late 2007 early 2008 myself. i remember the crash happenin' cause i had just posted a thread i wanted everyone to see. then when i went to check how it was going BAM crash

i was pissed

[Sakura Leic]

You know I keep talking about my age and how long I've been here for the past few months.  Now I feel like a old man or something.....or I'm trying convince myself I am turning 20.

[Dantonumanoa Ongdolota Amycronicon]

Right now, I hate Arkanoid.

[VixyNyan]

I kinda stopped playing it for a while myself.

[Joseph Collins]

[spoiler=Re Vixy]I totally missed the "it for a" in that thought.  And misread "while" as "with".[/spoiler]

Right now, I'm pissed off that I bit inside my cheek last week.  Because it still.  [tornado fang]ing.  Hurts.  All day.  Every day.  It's probably infected.  My mouth is a god damn toxic waste dump.

It'll heal.  It always does.  It just takes a lot longer than I'd think it would.

[Dantonumanoa Ongdolota Amycronicon]

I kinda stopped playing it for a while myself.

Episode 2

What is this [parasitic bomb]

Anyway, I just got to "DIMENSION-CONTROLLING FORT "DOH"" and find that his sprite is missing, so I get a jumble in his place and it now fires deleterious half-capsules instead.

[Quickman]

Marry me.

Get in line.

[Joseph Collins]

Aww.  *pout*

Posted on: 2012-12-11, 19:18:30I know this is "Facebook [parasitic bomb]", but willingly backing out of a toxic friendship is one of the hardest things I have ever done.  I'll probably be over it by morning, though.  I'm just having regrets, at the moment.  Like... "Why did I take her up on that offer when she wanted to send me her porn roleplays?"

But seriously, I'm going to miss her.  She was a good friend when she wasn't being indifferent.  ... which happened 90% of the time.  ... and only toward me.  I saw the signs.  I just chose to ignore them for two months...  -_-

[Protoman Blues]

Backing out of bad friendships is something I excel at!

[Sakura Leic]

Reminds me of when I broke up with my boy friend.  My mom forced me to do it, but looking at the facts and after what I found out after the fact it was the best decision ever.  Seriously that guy was a jerk.

[Joseph Collins]

Well... I was the jerk in this friendship.  I gave her more attention in more ways than she wanted, not to mention using her to constant vent my every little frustration.  She eventually got tired of it and started giving me the cold shoulder more often than not.  The friendship falling apart had been building for a while.
I eventually got my [parasitic bomb] together and started (mostly) treating her right, but the damage was already done.  She wanted nothing to do with me, and told me so the last time we had a serious discussion about our friendship.  But she added, "If there's any chance you can change, then I'll stay friends."  So we stayed friends.  But like I said, too little, too late.  She still treated me like a nothing.

I think I finally just got tired of being treated like that yesterday when her reaction to the nine-page story I wrote partially for her was "It was okay."  Nobody [tornado fang]ing tells me something I worked so hard on is just "okay".  Especially not their one of their characters is involved.

That wasn't the primary reason I finally called it off, but that was definitely the straw that broke the camel's back.  It wasn't even a creepy story or anything.  The characters acted and reacted naturally.  I can't imagine she hated me so much that the very idea of her extremely neglected character together with my own would revolt her that much.  But I guess it did.  So, whatever...