User:Briar/Trolls and the trollable

Original thought
Paranoia is an ugly thing. When you've become convinced that everyones out to get you it can easily feel like your being attacked on all fronts by every sarcastic comment or pale flimsy joke. The important thing to remember is to relax. Its the internet. And much like everything written by everyone who's ever written anything, its subjective.

Branching Ideas
Some people don't mind being attacked on all fronts. I for one find it fun. Its like a challenging video game. Because I can always turn it off and walk away whenever I feel the need. In the meantime I enjoy all manner of insulting people. From sophistacted psychological breakdowns to the classic "Your mama is fat". Its all fun to me. Even more so when considering the fact that I'm immune to it on nearly every level. Some people don't like it however. If you want advice you can find that here.


 * 1) stop being a dick. Its a simple idea, but difficult to execute. Its hard to suppress ones inner desires in favor of gaining public standing. But it can be worth it, depending on how much you value public opinion.
 * 2) Before you say to yourself, "I'm not a dick" Yes. You are. Accept it. Subjectivity works for everyone. That includes people who disagree with you. In fact thats petty much the point of it. Their idea of assholish and your idea of assholish can and probably will differ. Thus, in someones eyes, you are an asshole. And probably for good reason. Move on from that.
 * 3) most important of all is to relax. Its not like its a close personal group of friends. Its the internet. With people you've most likely never (and most likely never will) met in person. If they don't like you, so what? I'm sure that if you're neurotic enough to be reading this page with anything more than a mild interest than you're probably a very polite and well mannered person in real life and have plenty of real life friends to grab a beer and hit the titty bar with. Don't worry about it because in reality its technically non-existent. Its virtual, and thus, not important.

As for people who are just flat out paranoid, read step three again. Its the internet. Theres no reason to panic.