I feel vindicated.

TBH|Jeromy wrote: I think this thread is one sided sure the common troller is of teen age but the worst are the adults first off some adults get drunk and come on world chat like rat tat tat I like the guy but he was a drunk so as I said this thread is one siided

Hey Jeromy,

I'm not sure what you are referring to about his being "one sided". I don't think that people are only blaming teens for the trolling.

I'm sorry to say that in my 44+ years I have realized that many of the people who were jerks as teens "grow up" to be older versions of the same jerks. Sure, some will grow into their brains and realize that some behaviors are pointless and counter productive to having a good life. Others will take their age as license to do whatever they wish regardless of what it does to anyone else. Perhaps the greatest difference that has come with age is having the ability to be more selective about who I associate with. In school years you are thrown into a great cross section of society. In later years, due to choices of work, career, religion, pastimes, etc... You tend to congregate with more like-minded people.

Unfortunately, there always seem to be a few real life trolls who manage to get to you. Teen trolls are the easiest to see coming because it's not so unreasonable for a young hormone driven person to be a jerk. When it's someone older there is a greater expectation that they will have come to an understanding that the world is what we all make of it and that we all do better when we all do better. Substance abuse often slows the ability of people to reach this understanding. In fact, many addicted people seem to become more bitter toward everyone else and will even try to ruin everyone else's experiences. "Misery loves company"?

As I write this, I am waiting for my scheduled court appointment to file a restraining order against a 48 year old real life troll with substance abuse and gambling issues who has a history of armed breaking and entering. She got into my family's life when we took in her abused daughter. This petty dogfight drama does not make me feel the need to keep weapons at the ready and to check the doors and windows of my family home several times through the night.

The internet is a perfect playground for cowardly bullys. They can be anonymous and mess with people without fear of retribution. The thing is that, for the most part, they can only mess with people who let them do it. Ignore them. When they can't have any effect they will go away. Trying to "win" an agreement with them by flaming is ludicrous. If you feel the need to respond use their worst fears against them: logic and reason.

I know you have heard this before, but very well stated McFate. I often wonder how a person can live for so long (I'm speaking of adults here) and still possess that troll/bully mentality. At some point I would think you would gain more "noble" traits (for lack of a better word) and draw the conclusions about the world and what they make of it which you so eloquently stated above. I do think the addicted/substance abuser people are just showing a level of immaturity, still acting like they did when they were young, thus explaining their overall demeanor and behavior: childish.

You know what they say, never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level and beat you with experience.

Is all I'm saying is everyone is drgging down good teens with the bad ones and lately on forum I have seen some of the worst language ever from adults look at some of the threads that are calling at whiplash than u will know what I'm saying adults get worse than kids but u can find kids more commonly trolling

[M]FOX#1 wrote:

McFate wrote: Just for the record:

WTF? = Why the fuss?

STFU = Southern Tennant Farmers Union.

I had accidentally shot a blue in a ctc game.
I said "sorry"

But he said NP!

NP !

I've never been called a

Nincom Poop!

That is what NP means right?
Lol

when someone shoots me down by mistake I write np is means no problem. it is used a lot in normal chats too. so I don't think he was calling you names.

McFate wrote: Just for the record:

WTF? = Why the fuss?

STFU = Southern Tennant Farmers Union.

Sry Mcfate but I have to disagree with u WTF Means Where's the Food.

Lol jkjk.
Thx for this thread Becken. I have the same problem sometimes. I don't tell my friends about this game sometimes because some people on here can talk like sailors. No offense to any Navy men or women, couldn't think of a different saying.

So they can say "bulkhead" instead of wall, "deck" instead of floor, "head" instead of bathroom, and know what the "smoking lamp" is?

100% on watch! Go Navy!