swisshh said:
So, overall, back to point #1. Don't take it to heart. I come from a writing background, I face criticism all the time and I'm use to it and understand its usefulness. Other people aren't always like this. Such memes like "haters gonna hate" and "you don't know me" are products of a generation not use to having to defend themselves or their points. Any criticism, even to things they like and not to the person themselves, creates a new and frightening experience that they haven't learned how to react to. They take the short route and call you a troll, but again, it's not because of you. Post-irony is a beeyoch.
I don't want to belabor this point, but, yeah, there's always a but. But I think this statement is too much of a generalization. And conveniently, you seem to put yourself above the fray. Now I don't blame you for that. I certainly wouldn't want to be a part of the picture you painted. But not knowing your mind, I may be. This statement also comes across as just a wee bit condesending. You may not have intended to be, but thats how it struck me. Having had my share of literary misunderstandings, I'm willing to give you the benefit of the doubt.
I may have been a tad harsh in my response to his posts. And I'll admit that I don't have much patience for posters that are playing games. I'm 68 years old and I played most of these games myself a long time ago. And when I look back on myself from a long time ago, I realize that I was an idiot. And to be fair, he's certainly entitled to have his time to be an idiot as well. Just not with me. Been there and done that. There's a saying, and its true. Or at least its true for me. "You will reach a point in your life where you will no longer suffer fools". Unfortunately for him, or perhaps not, I've reached that point.
Perhaps because its at that same point in your life when you see your mortality. You realize that your time left might be shorter than planned. So you try to advoid filling it with nonsense. So you see, its not about disagreement with me. Its not about the team losing, and that losing affecting my mental approach to other posters. I'm actually quite happy with the team and the path its on. And at the same time, I realize that there are those that are more impatient than I'am. Or just think the path is the wrong path. And while I might disagree, I respect their opinion. I have been known to be wrong. Just ask my wife..
No, it comes down to nonsense. I tried to take said poster seriously at the beginning and respond to his posts accordingly. But after a while, it became apparent to me, that either he wasn't hearing what I was saying, not literally of course, or he had an agenda. Because his posts made no sense. They were the equivilent of me running out into the street and shouting that the world was going to end tomorrow, but offering no proof. No facts, other than the Mayans said so. Who knows they might be right.
Now he may not be a troll. But he does a very good immation of one. If he's not one, then I apologize to him. But if he is one, then he's despicable.