I’m aware that I in many situations seem like this really uptight know-it-all bitch that just waits for someone to say the wrong (or right, depending on how you see it) things so I can throw myself over them and point out what dumbfucks I think they are.
Well, you’re partially right. The levels of human stupidity never seizes to annoy the hell out of me, and for some reason whenever I see it I just can’t keep my mouth shut. Partially my fault, I admit it.
- So if you’re posting at a forum being excited about being pregnant at 18-21 having no education, no health insurance, no steady job with decent pay, a crappy relationship with (what we hope is) the father of the baby and no place to live, pardon me for not cheering with you. I find it sad.
Birth control, might want to give it a try?
- Or if you’re posting about how you have “bad luck” on the internet and forums because you’re being “bullied” and no one likes, yet you keep resigning up at forums that originally ban you and then later abuse whatever power you can get your hands on.
Honey, 50 forums don’t ban you because they’re bored. They ban you because you’re not welcome. And when you’re not welcome, you don’t resign up at the forums. Take a friggin’ hint.
- Or when you act like you’re the ultimate hero of the Internet and needs to constantly educate us how IE is the only right way and Firefox is something completely lameass and crossbrowser compatibility is something we shouldn’t even bother with (not to forget how you think “opensource sucks”), then don’t expect me to consider you an intelligent person and treat you thereafter. If you try so hard to seem like an idiot, I will treat you like one.
Granted. I use neither browsers. I’m an Opera-user. Not that doesn’t mean I shove my choice of browser down everybody else’s throat the minute we discuss our personal preferences
- Or when the only time you IM me is to start the conversation with; “I broke something again. Can you please take leniancy upon my incompetence and fix it yet AGAIN. Even though you’ve told me so incredibly many times not to try and do this stuff on my own because we both know my skills in this area are close to non-existent.”
(This is btw not a specific person, but multiple people I’ve dealt with for quite some time.)
- Or when you constantly BOTHER me on IM (nag, whine, yell, disturb whenever you feel like it, etc) about your sucky forums and how you *must have them up and running again for the third time because you or your server manager is too dumbass to secure the server properly leaving me the dirty work of repairs. And no, just because I have to do it ALL OVER AGAIN, won’t make it cheaper! It makes it more expensive!
Leaving me insulting messages with words not even fit to show my mother because you’re drunk wasn’t such a good idea, now was it?
- Or when you IM me when my sn is set as ‘away’ and think I still want to talk to you. “But you’re there” is not a valid reason to talk to me anyway. I want to be left alone!! Hell, even if I’m set as ‘online’ it doesn’t mean I want to talk to you, dammit!!
Starting your conversation with “I’ll pay you money if you answer my question” is just insulting to me.
- Or when I check my referrals and find a post at a forum how someone calls me “sour”. Yeah.. no wonder I’m “sour”.
Considering you constantly butt in on things not your business, bother me with messages such as “omg, forum is hacked again” when it’s not even my forum (what exactly do you want me to do about it?? wave my magic wand? sorry, left it at mr. F’s.), order a template for a forum and cancel it a few days later because you “figured it out by yourself” and yet bothered me every single day after the order to check on “progress” even though I told you I have to finish up other people’s stuff first who are infront of the damn line.
Thank you for wasting my time!
- Or the idiots at Blink who’s only purpose in life is to point out how low the state of evolution has gone when it comes to humans. I blame supermarkets. If it weren’t for them making it easy for everybody to get food, these nuckleheads wouldn’t even have come this far in the breeding process.
No, I don’t want to give you my msn! And I definitely don’t want you to see me on webcam!!
So why is Maja so cranky? Because she’s online with everybody else.
Heh, yeah, the internet is full of idiots. I swear if I listed all the things that made me cranky, the post would be that long.. people would get bored reading and not visit my site again.
Or when someone who considers herself a “friend” of yours lurks on your website day-in and day-out but never comments.
Damn I hate stupid people!
Let’s face it, Maja my dear, the internet is the one place you shouldn’t go if stupid people is what you want to avoid. Every corner of the internet has one…hell, even I’ve been guilty of stupidity numerous times. Although they bug the hell out of us, you have to admit they’re a lot of fun to piss off.
Oh my, I get the “I’ll pay you money if you answer my question” thing too sometimes, and Im not even near a webdesign person with REAL skills, Im just one step above newbie…
I also get other questions like: “Where do you get your images from?”, “How do I get visitors to my site?”. And, when I get cranky they wonder why. GDMFSOAB!
If you are cranky, then you have been given good reasons to be cranky about.
There are some really daft and insensitive people online and it’s like they keep multiplying like frisky rabbits over time.
The internet is full of stupid people indeed.
Well said
First one so true and they are all so happy about being 16 and pregnant with some random bloke!
I swear I could have written this! The internet is full of dumb, morotic people who shouldn’t be allowed access to it, expecially on forums. It’s sad you find a really good community and then you get people who are banned or should be banned spamming it and ruining it for everyone else.
Exactly why I don’t help those people anymore. People are trying to use you as their free fixer people. If they want help, they can go and use a forum instead of hacking at you in some instant messaging system just because it’s “instant.”
I say they call the Geek Squad (whatever they’re for…) instead.
Hmmm. I wonder where you ‘met’ Mr. Grace Saunders. *sigh*
I’ve been MIA in action on IM lately, so I can sleep easy knowing (hoping?!) that none of those annoyances can be pinned to me.
You’re not sour. You rock. It’s just that, like me, you’re choosy about who you befriend online. I don’t know why people assume that just cos you share a little space online that you’re best buddies forever - I don’t strike up conversations and friendships with random people on the street, so why on earth it’s expected that I should online staggers me!
Take care, my lovely!
V xx
I don’t blame you for being cranky when you have to deal with that amount of idiots. I love computers and all, but they give morons a path onto the internet and that’s definitely a very bad thing.
I’m constantly being hassled by people on MSN even when I have an away message up that states I’m playing a game/not at home/in the middle of something important. Why people can’t grasp the concept of NOT TYPING when you have such a message up - especially when you told them last time they pulled the same crap that it’s pointless trying to get a response - will be one of life’s unanswerable questions for many years to come.
lol, you’ve summed it all up pretty well. =)
Excuse me, but who the fuck are you people? Second, Vixx is a lying whore. She got me banned from Luminescence and Silent Hill Heaven. Not to mention she’s part of this stupid Ronin group that continues to harass me on multiple boards and sends me rude emails here and there.
Yes, it’s all a conspiracy.. Watch out for government officials while you’re at it. You never know…
The next time you decide to mention me on a blog, please have some proof to back up these assumptions at least. Yes I’ve been to hundreds of forums and been banned countless times, yet very few people seem to care about my topics.
It doesn’t really bother me. People are sad. Such is life. But I couldn’t care less. You’re always going to run into idiots online due to the anonymous nature of the Internet.
what anonymous nature? anyone deluding themselves into thinking they’re anonymous online is an incompetent idiot that shouldn’t be online in the first place
I love that. Totally.
Could I steal the
idea (with credit)
for my own blog? XD
Knock yourself out.
Excellent article!
I can’t help but nod at several of the points raised.