And some of this guy's posts have made me facepalm.

You do realise that quoting a post, asserting that it's proving your point and then implying that the poster was upset by your comments is trolling 101?

See, here's the thing dude and let me perfectly honest with you here, but before that let me answer your question. No, I did not realise that, cause everybody who's been following my forum posts know that I didn't even know what trolling means until a short time ago, because let me tell you, I haven't spend a lot of times chatting in online communities before this, bro. This is a learning experience for me as much as it's for you, man. That being said, let me get back to the topic. The fact of the matter is that I didn't want to have a confrontation or an argument with you about my statement to begin with. I threw out my own opinion, as a man who knows a thing or two about social dynamics, to the general public who can in fact look at it a little bit more objectively.

You're not having an argument with me, man. Welcome to communicating on the internet, by the way...but you haven't upset me with what, to be quite honest with you, looked like an attempt to do so. If it wasn't, I'd advise that you read your posts before making them and consider their tone. Just a little tip for the future

If you're going to claim to know a thing or two about social dynamics, you are sure to understand that coming into a conversation which you are not a part of and immediately asserting that one of the participants lacks social skills before suggesting that your own are very well developed... is pretty much not done.

So! I presumed the transgression intentional, an attempt at baiting, but instead it was just considered kind of adorable. Almost naively charming. Have no fear about having caused offence, though. We're as cool as we were before you entered the thread.

Now, Mithri, your situation is a little bit different though, as you don't wish to take this **** from the community cause it insults you, no big deal. I understand where you're coming from, bro. What I was trying to say though, is that you can't expect people to like you just because you're a great guy or because it's irrational for people to give you **** because you're associated with a certain group. Well the fact of the matter is that you'll be treated like you're the most moronic person in the group you've associated yourself with.

Don't get me wrong. I don't have any expectation that stamping my feet and crying "why won't you all just be nicer to me" is a reasonable course of action, even if people were hostile towards me. They generally aren't, to be honest, in the thread SoTa quoted to start this one I was using my own membership within this group to highlight the fact that applying a blanket rule to the entire alliance is folly.

I haven't found myself treated like the most moronic person in the group. What I was responding to was a blanket rage thread at the IMP tag, not anything targeted at me. My interaction with this community has largely remained unchanged by my affiliation with this group. It's best to read the OP as somewhat tongue in cheek.

I became so accustomed to the people I was communicating with being familiar with this history that I didn't think to explain it, but I see how you could have gathered the impression that I was legitimately having a tantrum about not being treated right. It ain't so, brother... and if it were, asking people to be nice because it's the rational course of action would not be my response.

In that case, man, everything seems to be all fine and dandy to me!

Well you know what, guys, and I don't know about you but to me this Mithri dude reminds me of Forrest Gump and I'm gonna tell you guys exactly why he reminds me of Forrest Gump. he's lacking just enough in the social department for a guy like me to notice And Mithri if you're reading this, dude, take this in the wrong way, bro, what I'm talking about here Is the community being rational for giving him **** because of the corp he's in You see people are expecting you to be the most moronic person. Asking for people to be friendly to you, just because you are a great guy? I mean c'mon, man, let's be realistic here: It's not gonna happen.

I haven't read this thread past the first page. But honestly this whole forum community is one of the most hostile, needlessly antagonistic and frankly assholeish communities I've been a part of. It's rubbed off on me a bit too and I'm slightly worse of a human being from being a part of it.

But it's fun and it kills time at work. So yeah. Plus a good villian is fun. Imps are like the Miami heat. Good but whiney and unlikable.

I haven't read this thread past the first page. But honestly this whole forum community is one of the most hostile, needlessly antagonistic and frankly assholeish communities I've been a part of. It's rubbed off on me a bit too and I'm slightly worse of a human being from being a part of it.

But it's fun and it kills time at work. So yeah. Plus a good villian is fun. Imps are like the Miami heat. Good but whiney and unlikable.

I haven't read this thread past the first page. But honestly this whole forum community is one of the most hostile, needlessly antagonistic and frankly assholeish communities I've been a part of. It's rubbed off on me a bit too and I'm slightly worse of a human being from being a part of it.

But it's fun and it kills time at work. So yeah. Plus a good villian is fun. Imps are like the Miami heat. Good but whiney and unlikable.

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