Trolling? Are you serious?

hmmmm?

Eh well I thank all of you for posting your comments :). I am glad to have at least a few people who understand what I am saying. You all bring up good points. Yes the term trolling has only, just recently in the few years, come around. It has always been around in other terms.

True it used to be humor but over the years it has gone from humor to purposefull accusations and rude comments that can both emotionally and mentally affect other people. Victim right here a few years back.

While I like to be open-minded, I just don't agree with trolling at all.

ElvenPrinceLegolas, I admire that you never stooped to the trolls level and you sound stronger for it too.

I struggle to understand how people can become emotionally affected by a chat board. It is your puppet talking to other puppets. It is like a video game. It is not you and it is them. Your puppet can be at war, in love, a hero, a hooker or a grandmaster... Turn off when you get tired and buy another game or go to a disco with some friends.

Some of us try to be genuine and be ourselves when we post. So, when we are insulted or attacked it can feel personal.

Well then you are seriously disadvantaged against those that keep their distance and see this as the theater that it is. Really girls, this is not real. I could be a murderer in jail, a jihadist, bluebeard or whatever.. I have seen people on here change from dictator to boyscout to schoolgirl.

But I refuse to stoop to their level and will always try to keep connecting with people, make people laugh if possible, and I refuse to become cold and cynical and well...trollish!

Well, I wouldn't have made the true friendships I have made here, which I treasure. I guess it's a trade-off but I'm happy with my choice.

Sure, everybody hides behind a picture. This is an imaginary world and pokemons called dowdy the fifh are not real.

No, I honestly have some absolutely true blue friends on here whom I trust. Maybe not all of my friends fall into that category but quite a few do.

Sure, I might be disappointed by some but I have already been surprised in a good way by many on here. No risk, no reward. ;)

Very much agree 

But that's like in real life, Kay. The difference is you can be much more easily tricked here. But there's people who you can trust.

Thank you very much, I really appreciate it. But what I mean is: can you imagine anybody, friend or enemy, thinking of you (and some others) being dishonest? That's what matters to me, not only our friendship.

Well, I'm actually quite fond of the softer side of you, Kay. I'd like to see it more often. ;)

Well, I like that you still seem to be yourself, despite the negativity. Keep fighting the good fight. :)

You all bring up some good points. Yes, some people tend to get upset more than others might. Some people might have, in the past, been bullied and ridiculed and or abused emotionally, mentally, or physically and they might be very cautious to befriend people or to trust people.

While others might just let the rain flow off the walls and under the bridge on such matters. While I tend to attempt to let the rain fall off my walls without stopping me, there are some things that I just don't forget.

2 years ago, in high school. I had a close friend who was like a brother to me. He was literally a part of my family. We went from being as thick as thieves (no pun intended ;D) to bickering over petty discussions. He was, however, addicted to violent things. Games, movies, tv shows, etc... He one day told me that he would have to sacrifice me in order to achieve his goals.

I don't know what he meant by that but after all of that, he started to bully me and such. Him and his friend who treated me like total crap and garbage. They both hurt me so much by doing this that it left me emotionally scarred and hurt. I would cry my eyes out for hours because of it for about 2 months this pain happened. I will say that I did turn dark for about a year. I did not do bad things but I started to wear black all the time. I would listen to sad piano music all the time and such because I had no other choice. That was what made me feel better to listen to that music.

I have forgiven him at least 7 different times and yet he would turn his back on me and troll me over the phone by making prank calls and making up lies that would cause me stress.

That is the main reason why I am writing this forum. So I can bring attention to the fact that it needs to stop. Trolling needs to be taken into more consideration than it is already. I do agree that people do tend to use fake pictures like mine on the internet and that stops them from getting into trouble.

I will put on a real picture of myself for a few hours so you may see who I am. I must ask you though to please not copy this picture and put it on anything else. Please do not put it onto your phones. I enjoy my privacy in real life XD. I am just wanting you guys to see who I really am.

Also. I feel that everyone here should know that I am a 20 year old man who has Autism. Everyday is a bit of a struggle for me. Anyways, let's keep this discussion going :). I enjoy this.

Eh well push comes with the shove is what I always say. Thank you though Dowdy. I posted this forum with the realization and the preparation that I might be poked fun at. While that has not happened yet, thankfully, it might happen eventually and when it does, I am going to be prepared to back up my argument properly as such. I hold no hard feelings to those who have treated me badly because they are also going through things and I just hope that eventually they will see the better angels of their nature and they will come to their senses.

I shall be waiting when that day finally arrives. Kayknight. You are a cool guy from what I have heard and I do enjoy hearing your comments on here. I enjoy listening to everyones comments on my forum. I just pray that in this forum I have started, everybody can speak freely with their comments. I do allow respectful discussions as long as we don't start making comments that would harm others.

We have not made those types of comments yet so let us hope and pray things will stay bright and cheerful eh? :).

Very true. Maybe I'll make a forum with calming music that I have on my favorites to help people relax more. Eh, its an idea XD lol.