• bloc said on Aug 18, 2007....

  I agree with you. I don't really care what some stranger at a keyboard has to say if they're retarded. I also don't have any problems once I block someone. Usually the annoyance goes away at that point.

• silverwhisper said on Aug 18, 2007....

  i've said it before and i'll say it again: other people's words have only as much power to hurt as we grant them.
  
  ed

• quietone said on Aug 19, 2007....

  I agree with ed.  true, so true. 

• gingersoul said on Aug 19, 2007....

  I can't care less. Truly, deeply.

  If some post or some people annoy me.....i just ignore them.  Simple like breathing.

  And less than less i will give them the satisfaction of telling them so.

  I dont do free advertising for them. I let them boil in their own broth.   .

• moonstone said on Aug 19, 2007....

  I just have to ask you...will you even read this comment since you said you post stuff like this and ignore it? lol I'll answer anyway though because I like talking to myself sometimes. It's therapeutic! Just like blogging. I haven't been here long enough for anyone to annoy me yet. But I find that harsh words, whether spoken out loud from a friend, or typed words from a stranger, have the power to hurt.
  
  I used to write fan fiction stories and put them up on my website (which I no longer have). But I knew I was opening myself up to criticism because no matter how good I thought I was at writing, someone would inevitably tell me I sucked. And they did. Thankfully not many though! I would get a ton of email telling me my stories were wonderful and that I was a great writer. Talk about an ego boost! But then I'd get a handful of emails saying I was totally boring and my punctuation was wrong in places. Or that my stories were too sappy and unbelievable.
  
  Let me just tell you, it stung! If positive feedback was powerful enough to put a big smile on my face, how could I not let the negative feedback affect me as well? Words can be powerful.
  
  
  

• evil_twin said on Aug 19, 2007....

  You make a very good point with this post. Maybe it is a bit ridiculous to let the words of some dork at a keyboard get the best of you. Some people can totally shrug that crap off and just keep on going. But as someone who was also recently hurt by some of the more annoying people here, I really couldn't help but let it affect me. That's just the kind of person I am.
  
  Like the person said above me, words can be powerful. I know that when I'm feeling down or confused, and I post about it, and get encouragement from people, I feel good. It makes me happy when someone gives me a compliment. So by that token, it hurts me when someone insults me too. It doesn't matter if I've never met the person.
  
  I'm not going to let the annoyances drive me away though. I got over it. But I can't say that it didn't bother me. But I gotta say, I like your attitude. I could learn from your 'don't give a shit' perspective. :-P It might help me out in the future!
  
  -evil_twin LA
  
  
  
  
  

• lfbno7 said on Aug 19, 2007....

  I react like this when someone disagrees with me in a way I find offensive or annoying - I think the person is really stupid.  I don't internalize it.  I don't consider for one moment that the person may have a valid point.  100% of me reacts by thinking the person is a moron.  So my only real question is whether I want to tell him so or just ignore him.  Either way is fine.
  
  It may have something to do with the kind of confidence I have in myself.  Someone once told me that people have different kinds of confidence.  For example, I don't have confidence in my appearance.  But I do have confidence in my intelligence.
  
  Actually both of those statements are understatements.  I think I look much worse than I do, and I won't face a mirror in a restaurant, I'll change my seat.  On the other hand, I think I am the single most intelligent person on Earth, an idea that was planted in me from the time I was a baby, getting the astronomical IQ scores and all, so I always had confidence in that.  And when a mere mortal starts telling me where I went wrong in an argument, I instantly pick his argument apart and toss it in the nearest garbage, and just walk away thinking what a dope.  So I'm untouchable, above it all, with absolute confidence that the guy is an idiot not worth listening to.
  
  It's a stuck up way to be, I know, and it isn't complimentary to admit to it, but I'll just put the truth out there because I think truth is a really good thing.  The truth is, I have that much confidence in my intelligence, so I'm stuck up in that way I guess, and maybe that is an unattractive characteristic to have, but I have it.
  

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