EpicGamer12
Senior Member
As I was gone for a timeout for my harsh words in the last 4 days I've ventured in my mind to the Nabata Desert to find ancient tactics for succeeding no matter how stupid you may be.
1) After you are considered a member of society, you can never be rejected for your opinion, only for how you choose to present it.
Growing up in the church my whole life I've seen a lot of people with incredibly stupid opinions that contradict the foundation of Christianity. Why do we have to value the opinions of these people? We don't, but unless you want the whole world mad at you for "bias" you have to be listened to and accepted into a community if you present your opinion in a civilized manner and have a hair of evidence to back up your point. This does not mean people will like you in the community or treat you kindly, but you will be accepted.
2) Never insult someone no matter how much they deserve it.
From personal experience and the way I was raised I believe criticism, no matter how harsh, is useful in any situation (as long as you are trying to prove a point and not just insulting someone because you do not like them). Unfortunately, people are entitled and believe that life should be fair for them (although they disregard others' situations anyway). As soccer moms being the number one advocate of "life should be fair for everyone involved" (subtext pls let my non athletically inclined son play on the competitive team because it's not fair), they will often go irrationally far to make things fair. If I see something like this happen I hold my tongue to calling them stupid and hope they realize on their own that no one likes that kind of person. If I were to insult someone in that manner to help prove a point I would look arrogant and unfit to society because happy happy joy joy morals. To bring this full circle, when I insulted someone after they made a thread about losing 1 TBT bell, I was banned and I regret not being kind. Whomever made that thread 1) would have made the TBT bells back from posting once anyway, 2) was complaining about something intangible that doesn't matter and has no significance and 3) shouldn't have made a thread in Brewster's Cafe about it when, if they were really that concerned, could have PMed any of our lovely moderating team. But none of that matters. No matter how stupid the situation, people will read you incorrectly and not like you if you don't treat everyone like your best friend.
3) Drop arguments as soon as they start unless they are essential to future conduct, in which case you carefully go over your thoughts with the other person.
This one is pretty straight forward, as arguing does not get you anywhere as most people get caught up in the fact that they want their point proven and heard. If a situation is worth arguing about it's likely going to yield better results by calmly discussing. If you want to argue go play Mario Party with your friends.
Thanks for listening to my advice, although most of you probably won't accept my opinions as I am feather-kin and have probably insulted all of you before. I doubt any of you actually read this whole thing though. GLHF GG
1) After you are considered a member of society, you can never be rejected for your opinion, only for how you choose to present it.
Growing up in the church my whole life I've seen a lot of people with incredibly stupid opinions that contradict the foundation of Christianity. Why do we have to value the opinions of these people? We don't, but unless you want the whole world mad at you for "bias" you have to be listened to and accepted into a community if you present your opinion in a civilized manner and have a hair of evidence to back up your point. This does not mean people will like you in the community or treat you kindly, but you will be accepted.
2) Never insult someone no matter how much they deserve it.
From personal experience and the way I was raised I believe criticism, no matter how harsh, is useful in any situation (as long as you are trying to prove a point and not just insulting someone because you do not like them). Unfortunately, people are entitled and believe that life should be fair for them (although they disregard others' situations anyway). As soccer moms being the number one advocate of "life should be fair for everyone involved" (subtext pls let my non athletically inclined son play on the competitive team because it's not fair), they will often go irrationally far to make things fair. If I see something like this happen I hold my tongue to calling them stupid and hope they realize on their own that no one likes that kind of person. If I were to insult someone in that manner to help prove a point I would look arrogant and unfit to society because happy happy joy joy morals. To bring this full circle, when I insulted someone after they made a thread about losing 1 TBT bell, I was banned and I regret not being kind. Whomever made that thread 1) would have made the TBT bells back from posting once anyway, 2) was complaining about something intangible that doesn't matter and has no significance and 3) shouldn't have made a thread in Brewster's Cafe about it when, if they were really that concerned, could have PMed any of our lovely moderating team. But none of that matters. No matter how stupid the situation, people will read you incorrectly and not like you if you don't treat everyone like your best friend.
3) Drop arguments as soon as they start unless they are essential to future conduct, in which case you carefully go over your thoughts with the other person.
This one is pretty straight forward, as arguing does not get you anywhere as most people get caught up in the fact that they want their point proven and heard. If a situation is worth arguing about it's likely going to yield better results by calmly discussing. If you want to argue go play Mario Party with your friends.
Thanks for listening to my advice, although most of you probably won't accept my opinions as I am feather-kin and have probably insulted all of you before. I doubt any of you actually read this whole thing though. GLHF GG
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