Ok. This thread isnt pointing out anyone in particular, but if you feel it applies to you then it probably does. The title Sticks and Stones I will use because it completely applies here.
Remember when we were all little kids and we got picked on ( happens to EVERYONE, we all know this) what was it that our parents or teachers always said?
Sticks and Stones may break my bones, but words can never hurt me.
This is like old advice guys, my grandparents still say this. So why is it, that we take what everyone says, ONLINE of all places, so seriously? Why do some of us allow other people that we dont even know, say things and give their words the power to get under our skin? You dont know these people. What they say, they think, they feel, their opinions, none of this have any affect on you or your life.
My neice is in 4th grade and like a typical kid, called someone in her class a butt-head. We get a note sent home, saying that she has to write a page long apology letter because this other kids feeling were hurt, and hurt feelings at such a young age can lead to all kinds of problems later in life, and is the number one cause of teenage depression and suicide.
ARE YOU SERIOUS!?!
This is what the kids in our society have been reduced to. No wonder the world is so fucked.
That was in real life. This here is the internet. That means that you are so mentally screwed up, that you are going to let what someone on a keyboard 3000 miles away or what ever the case may be, determine your emotional well being? People who get offended so deeply by such an insignificant thing are truly sad little people, and deserve our pity.
So do all of us, and most importantly yourself a favor. When people call you a name, whether it be stupid, gay, blueberry, ugly, fat, reject, any type of racial slur, follow these basic rules:
1. Stop
2. Think- Are you REALLY what this person is calling you?
If the answer is yes, then how can you be mad? You cant be mad at someone for saying the truth, no matter how much it hurts. If the answer is no, then say to yourself, this person is obviously wrong, and therefore not worthy of my attention.
Thats all! Amazing isnt it?!?!
Then you just let it go. If you feel obligated to respond to whoever it is that is baiting you, have you ever stopped to think, you are giving that person EXACTLY what they wanted? A reaction. Some people get off on this. The best way to get them to shut up is to ignore them, and deny them the pleasure they get from making someone else as miserable as they are. That is if your life is not so sad that you simply cannot bear it if someone makes any threat to your internet reputation. We all know that would bring on the end of the world if that happened.
Bottom Line: You do not know these people. What they think does not affect you in the real world. Do not be such a pitiful human being that you allow yourself to take what anyone online thinks to heart.
Remember when we were all little kids and we got picked on ( happens to EVERYONE, we all know this) what was it that our parents or teachers always said?
Sticks and Stones may break my bones, but words can never hurt me.
This is like old advice guys, my grandparents still say this. So why is it, that we take what everyone says, ONLINE of all places, so seriously? Why do some of us allow other people that we dont even know, say things and give their words the power to get under our skin? You dont know these people. What they say, they think, they feel, their opinions, none of this have any affect on you or your life.
My neice is in 4th grade and like a typical kid, called someone in her class a butt-head. We get a note sent home, saying that she has to write a page long apology letter because this other kids feeling were hurt, and hurt feelings at such a young age can lead to all kinds of problems later in life, and is the number one cause of teenage depression and suicide.
ARE YOU SERIOUS!?!
This is what the kids in our society have been reduced to. No wonder the world is so fucked.
That was in real life. This here is the internet. That means that you are so mentally screwed up, that you are going to let what someone on a keyboard 3000 miles away or what ever the case may be, determine your emotional well being? People who get offended so deeply by such an insignificant thing are truly sad little people, and deserve our pity.
So do all of us, and most importantly yourself a favor. When people call you a name, whether it be stupid, gay, blueberry, ugly, fat, reject, any type of racial slur, follow these basic rules:
1. Stop
2. Think- Are you REALLY what this person is calling you?
If the answer is yes, then how can you be mad? You cant be mad at someone for saying the truth, no matter how much it hurts. If the answer is no, then say to yourself, this person is obviously wrong, and therefore not worthy of my attention.
Thats all! Amazing isnt it?!?!
Then you just let it go. If you feel obligated to respond to whoever it is that is baiting you, have you ever stopped to think, you are giving that person EXACTLY what they wanted? A reaction. Some people get off on this. The best way to get them to shut up is to ignore them, and deny them the pleasure they get from making someone else as miserable as they are. That is if your life is not so sad that you simply cannot bear it if someone makes any threat to your internet reputation. We all know that would bring on the end of the world if that happened.
Bottom Line: You do not know these people. What they think does not affect you in the real world. Do not be such a pitiful human being that you allow yourself to take what anyone online thinks to heart.
