the truth behind "toxic", "negativity", "putting people on tilt", "flaming", reporting

Blunzor·9/3/2015, 5:36:10 AM·3 votes·639 views

this simple scenario explains exactly what anyone who uses these phrases does:

i'm holding a knife. you take it from my hand, stab yourself with it, then say it's my fault. and what's worse is that i was bringing it to you so that you could use it to cut your food

the reality is that no matter what you find in life, it is never what you use but how you use it. not only do people who use these phrases choose to use what is in front of them terribly, but they also completely ignore how other people are trying to use them due to their tunnel vision. if you took the time to listen to what other people were saying instead of immediately jumping on the defensive, you would realize that there is much more to it. you are all fooling yourselves if you think people who shit talk you are just trying to put you down.

every report you've ever done, those are all things you can no longer take back. they are evils you have done to other people to hurt them out of spite, and only hurt them. for no valid reason. you have accomplished nothing but try to hurt them.

i don't expect this thread to get anywhere considering this whole community is full of people who would rather complain about every little curve ball thrown their way than try to understand the things around them, but i thought it was right to let you know that you need to snap out of it and remember the essence of what being a human being consists of. your own bitterness towards other people is what is holding you down; that is the reality.

19 Comments

redniwediS9/3/2015, 5:57:13 AM8 votes

Actually your analogy should be more like this:

I'm holding a knife. I stab you with it, and when you say it's my fault I say "well you should have moved out of the way".

People don't get to decide whether or not they are offended by something. They get to decide whether or not they publicly react to it, but privately it is out of their control. There is literally no good reason to shit talk when you can instead use constructive criticism.

To put it simply people who react defensively to criticism and people who shit talk both need to rethink how they are handling social interaction.

Jubbinaut9/3/2015, 5:53:29 AM3 votes

So... I just want to be sure I have this right... you're comparing insulting someone to that person stabbing themselves?

Archon X9/3/2015, 5:42:21 AM2 votes

this is precisely how I feel when I comment on someone's build and they get offended.

LordGeovanni9/5/2015, 1:47:01 AM1 votes

i think you are right up until the point where you say what the essence of being a human being is because humans naturally blame others and work to destroy those they dont like but civilization is what brings people to work together to achieve what couldn't be achieved alone