Why are trolls online so mean?

[Cecily]

That's 100% what the field is. It's chasing correlations and connecting bullshit with bullshit jargon in an attempt to pathologize normal human behavior. If you stick enough bullshit together, it sounds pretty darn profound. People behave differently in a social setting that has no consequences. Shocker.

[magnetaress]

butt on the upside there is a light at the end of the tunnel because even tho i have the psyche of a jeffery dhammer i am pretty cool and happy 90% of the time and not a stupid retarded asshole most of the time and i can keep terminator self (which isn't even the dhammernature) its a whole nother layer of coping on top of all that.

Terminator is efficiency and excellence all wrapped into one with zero inhibitions except seeking thy primary goal. (which has been survival and safety in the past)

[magnetaress]

i have no idea what online games played a part in that or violent video games maybe also a positive outlet for those feelings and moods butt also trolling ppl and being trolled has taught me some how to be less of a troll butt that is a miracle and by g-ds grace i don't think just online activity alone can achieve that you need a healthy supportive environment outside of the troll forums and to develop empathy outside of that and to face death/suicide/death of ones ego ones self without fucking up and actually harming yourself or others (more of g-d's grace)

good luck and g-d bless

[magnetaress]

Originally Posted by magnetaress [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

i have no idea what online games played a part in that or violent video games maybe also a positive outlet for those feelings and moods butt also trolling ppl and being trolled has taught me some how to be less of a troll butt that is a miracle and by g-ds grace i don't think just online activity alone can achieve that you need a healthy supportive environment outside of the troll forums and to develop empathy outside of that and to face death/suicide/death of ones ego ones self without fucking up and actually harming yourself or others (more of g-d's grace)

good luck and g-d bless

so good and bad in all of this there is no black and white here except that 99.9% of ppl will not be able to rehabilitate themselves in a vacuum and even with help 98.325% of them still fuck it up and never crawl out of the cave into the sunlight to bask in G-d's eternal glory. And of those few that do crawl out a lot of them choose the fire instead because they are in a lot of pain.

[magnetaress]

or broken bodies

[magnetaress]

lets call that force satan because that is what it is

satan hates g-d and desires power, dominance, and vengeance and destruction of man and to rule without freedumb and so desires to entrap beings through their desires and needs and fears

when u succumb to the temptation to troll ppl online you are succumbing to a fear or desire to control just like satan and therefore turning away from G-d almighty

[unsunghero]

Originally Posted by magnetaress [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

lets call that force satan because that is what it is

To kind of go along with this idea a bit, minus the faith aspect (I greatly respect yours, just wanted to come with a non-faith-based approach myself), what I wanted to mention that sort of muddies the waters a little bit is how widely-used the term "troll" is for online behavior

It's really impossible to attempt to generalize a "troll" because the term encompasses such a wide range of actions

When I was mentioning the "worst of the worst" trolls before, maybe someone was picturing the meanest poster here, or something. But one example I was thinking of was....there was a teenage girl who died in a car accident, and somehow photos of her horribly mangled body got leaked to the internet. And somehow some complete and utter degenerates had tracked down who her parents were, and sent texts and emails saying things like "Dad, it's [her_name]", which when they opened was the pic of her body. I remember hearing about that in a documentary

The type of person to do something like that, versus someone who says sassy things on a P99 forum, are night and day different in my opinion. But yet, in both cases these people are called "online trolls". Same as the people who use VoIP (which seems to be one of the scourges of the modern age) to SWAT people or harass them or their families

So anyway, I wanted to mention that because the same term applies to such a widely different spectrum of behavior, that's probably why some people have very different opinions of it than others. And my last point is that I do agree that psych in general has far too much pathologizing of human behavior

[magnetaress]

Originally Posted by unsunghero [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

To kind of go along with this idea a bit, minus the faith aspect (I greatly respect yours, just wanted to come with a non-faith-based approach myself), what I wanted to mention that sort of muddies the waters a little bit is how widely-used the term "troll" is for online behavior

It's really impossible to attempt to generalize a "troll" because the term encompasses such a wide range of actions

When I was mentioning the "worst of the worst" trolls before, maybe someone was picturing the meanest poster here, or something. But one example I was thinking of was....there was a teenage girl who died in a car accident, and somehow photos of her horribly mangled body got leaked to the internet. And somehow some complete and utter degenerates had tracked down who her parents were, and sent texts and emails saying things like "Dad, it's [her_name]", which when they opened was the pic of her body. I remember hearing about that in a documentary

The type of person to do something like that, versus someone who says sassy things on a P99 forum, are night and day different in my opinion. But yet, in both cases these people are called "online trolls". Same as the people who use VoIP (which seems to be one of the scourges of the modern age) to SWAT people or harass them or their families

So anyway, I wanted to mention that because the same term applies to such a widely different spectrum of behavior, that's probably why some people have very different opinions of it than others. And my last point is that I do agree that psych in general has far too much pathologizing of human behavior

ya good point

[magnetaress]

and by troll i mean "HURT" without effecitively solving or changing anything because hurting ppl is what it is about trolling is not an effective means to an end or a means of defense its sole purpose is to hurt someone else (ironically u just hurtin urselfs)

when someone takes merciful and effective action to protect G-d's flock it is a different case even if it involves force as long as it respects free will and choice and the glory of g-d's creation aka the person getting nuked has a choice to behave and be kind on their own without being 'forced' the force is just neccissary because they are hurting everyone and everything including themselves

[magnetaress]

anyway thats my hot take for today i'm done !