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Anyone else feel like being nasty on here to others is kinda bad for the soul?

Posted on 2/12/26 at 1:07 pm
Posted by _Hurricane_
Somewhere
Member since Feb 2016
7503 posts
Posted on 2/12/26 at 1:07 pm
I had a realization today that I talk entirely too much crap on this website that I would never think to say to others if I wasn’t online and anonymous. Calling others retards or trying to constantly dunk on other posters I disagree with. Just years of this shite. I don’t think it’s good for people.

I know it sounds over the top or dumb, but I was reading my Bible earlier and it dawned on me today that I’m engaging with other humans here and I have no clue if the guy I just called a retard is dealing with his mother dying, or a divorce, or any other number of things. But the anonymity makes it all feel fake. It might seem silly to say Christ will account for your TD history, but…..

Anyways, sorry for being too serious on the OT
This post was edited on 2/12/26 at 1:07 pm
Posted by FearTheFish
Member since Dec 2007
4373 posts
Posted on 2/12/26 at 1:07 pm to
tl;dr
Posted by MobileJosh
On the go
Member since May 2018
1248 posts
Posted on 2/12/26 at 1:08 pm to
frick no
Posted by BluegrassBelle
RIP Hefty Lefty - 1981-2019
Member since Nov 2010
106929 posts
Posted on 2/12/26 at 1:08 pm to
Nah. frick Tennessee fans (mostly).
Posted by Gifman
Member since Jan 2021
18306 posts
Posted on 2/12/26 at 1:08 pm to
It’s doesn’t count on TD
Posted by TDsngumbo
Member since Oct 2011
49784 posts
Posted on 2/12/26 at 1:08 pm to
It's kinda our thing on this board.

I suspect half or more of us are nowhere near the way we are here in real life. I know I'm not. I'm 100% opposite of how I am here, and a big reason for that is to try to conceal my identity.
Posted by MyRockstarComplex
The airport
Member since Nov 2009
4974 posts
Posted on 2/12/26 at 1:10 pm to
This website has made me a worse person
Posted by fightin tigers
Downtown Prairieville
Member since Mar 2008
77128 posts
Posted on 2/12/26 at 1:10 pm to
Always like when you can tell someone is going through some shite and they take it out on the board.

Probably means a kid isn't getting beat.
Posted by SallysHuman
Lady Palmetto Bug
Member since Jan 2025
17392 posts
Posted on 2/12/26 at 1:10 pm to
quote:

It might seem silly to say Christ will account for your TD history, but…..


I was hacked. That's my story and I'm stickin to it.
Posted by Ingeniero
Baton Rouge
Member since Dec 2013
22554 posts
Posted on 2/12/26 at 1:11 pm to
I have to go to church so much BECAUSE y'all are such retards and it tests my patience
Posted by JiminyCricket
Member since Jun 2017
6134 posts
Posted on 2/12/26 at 1:11 pm to
It's something I think we all fail at sometimes and something we should all do a better job of keeping in the front of our minds. To your point, we don't know what others are going through and it's good to be graceful.

The anonymous nature of the internet or even the sense of security of simply being behind a keyboard has 100% led to people saying things they would NEVER say in real life.
Posted by facher08
Baton Rouge
Member since Aug 2011
5760 posts
Posted on 2/12/26 at 1:17 pm to
It depends on the post's subject matter for me. If it's a silly topic, I like to fk around.

quote:

Calling others retards or trying to constantly dunk on other posters I disagree with.


These posters are soft.
This post was edited on 2/12/26 at 1:18 pm
Posted by slidingstop
Member since Jan 2025
1926 posts
Posted on 2/12/26 at 1:18 pm to
quote:

This website has made me a worse person


you're worse cause you choose to be worse. Blaming the website removes all personal accountability. And thats a load of shite.
Posted by Radio One
On the banks of the Wabash
Member since Sep 2023
5852 posts
Posted on 2/12/26 at 1:20 pm to
I think one mitigating factor (especially in regards to the Rant) is that if you spend any time at all trying to get a handle on the board before diving in, you realize it really is completely rough and tumble and essentially anything goes.

Just some stupid example, but were I contributor to a hair metal forum ( ) I read, I might disagree with others but would never resort to the straight up abusive language I have no qualms (I guess) about using here.

What that says about the state of my soul, however, I too sometimes wonder.
Posted by Warfox
B.R. Native (now in MA)
Member since Apr 2017
3787 posts
Posted on 2/12/26 at 1:20 pm to
Love your neighbor as you love yourself: it’s THE most important teaching of Jesus.

Yes I fail at it at times, but I’m trying.
Posted by slidingstop
Member since Jan 2025
1926 posts
Posted on 2/12/26 at 1:23 pm to
quote:

sorry for being too serious on the OT


this is the bigger issue. This place is for entertainment. Yes, we can discuss serious topics, but do so with irreverence and frivolity. Nothing discussed here is going to change anything. The problem isn't the board, its those who take it too seriously.

Dunking on people can be cathartic, if its done in jest.
Posted by Havoc
Member since Nov 2015
38407 posts
Posted on 2/12/26 at 1:29 pm to
Like all things, there’s a line of reasonableness. A lot of people live way on the bad side of it on here.
Posted by Epic Cajun
Lafayette, LA
Member since Feb 2013
36713 posts
Posted on 2/12/26 at 1:30 pm to
I bust my friends balls in real life, so I wouldn’t I do the same on here?

I guess I don’t feel like I’m genuinely “mean” to anyone on here.
Posted by TigerAllNightLong
Member since Jul 2023
1059 posts
Posted on 2/12/26 at 1:30 pm to
You went full retard.
Never go full retard.
Posted by epbart
new york city
Member since Mar 2005
3267 posts
Posted on 2/12/26 at 1:33 pm to
quote:

I had a realization today that I talk entirely too much crap on this website that I would never think to say to others if I wasn’t online and anonymous. Calling others retards or trying to constantly dunk on other posters I disagree with. Just years of this shite. I don’t think it’s good for people.


If you would say the same thing in person is actually not a bad barometer for evaluating the appropriateness of your comments. If you're negative too often, it definitely etches a negative pattern within you... it doesn't mean you're bad, but it can become a bad habit.

I'm rarely outright mean or overly insulting... though I did call VOR an idiot on the poliboard recently. And I'm certainly not above making a bad pun in a thread discussing someone dying... though some people find this distasteful.

There is a wide array of shite-talking on here-- sometimes mean-spirited, but sometimes playful. It's interesting to me that sometimes those who shite-talk a good bit end up being genuinely kind and encouraging in other threads when someone needs help.

You never know.

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