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I'm going to preface this by saying that I am clearly not talking about Gnet.
Okay, here we go.
I fucking hate message boards. I couldn't stand clique shit in junior high, high school, or college and I didn't put up with it. It's like I'm reliving those days every time I set proverbial foot in any forum, sans like one.
It truly boggles my mind that these kinds of attitudes are still prevalent in adult people. Why are you so stunted? Was there a traumatic event that brought this out? What's the matter with you?
Also, a lot of people have this obnoxious ability to be both above the trivialities of internet social interaction, while also being highly aggressive and quick to anger due to the fact that you're not speaking face to face.
It's been one bad bullshit time after another when it comes to forums, and that's why I stopped using them. I was just tired of seeing people being ganged up on or excluded from certain situations because they're not part of "the group".
I once had a horrible time in some random pagan website because I mentioned that I didn't eat honey when somebody asked me if I liked mead. Immediate shitshow occurs, during which I am shouted at for "preaching". This was the beginning of the end.
I started to get back into it recently on other sites and it's just been fucked. Perhaps I just don't get the rules, or I'm not good at trying to ease myself into people's good graces, I dunno. I'm there to fucking talk and have opinions and say stuff and sometimes you don't agree with me and sometimes I don't agree with you and that's the whole fucking point. No need to start name calling or being overly abrasive.
I'm mad at myself that I even give a shit, but I do. Maybe I'm too old and I just don't know how to internet anymore. What are the rules? Is there a seminar for me or something?
/Rant
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