Came up with the question after an interaction that happened a few weeks ago. Long story short I said circumcision is bad but female genital mutilation is traditionally much worse. A user went through my comment history. They replied to one stating that I was as evil as the BTK killer and champion child abuse.

  • Admiral Patrick@dubvee.orgEnglish
    221·
    1 day ago

    Two in the same vein:

    1. Someone once assumed that I used a code prettier by asking for my .prettierrc. Nope. I just write pretty code and was legit offended at that.
    2. Multiple times I’ve been called an AI because I (checks notes) write out my thoughts in full sentences.

    There’s been worse, but I’m quick to block, and I don’t dwell on things. It’s actually pretty easy when you step back and think about the kind of person who would go online make personal attacks like that. Once you have that mental image, you quickly realize you don’t give a flying fuck what that person has to say about anything.

      • yermaw@sh.itjust.works
        6·
        1 day ago

        If youre on voyager (or maybe some others idk) you can tag other users. You can still see the crazy but you already have them marked.

        Helps to understand whether you’ve maybe crossed a line, or have got something wrong, or if its just that guy again.