Scary4Eva on 25 February 2013
| Chunli said: My two cents on this topic is that the forum has been going downhill ever since the announcement of the PS4. Why this forum is amazing is because it brings us gamers together regardless of which console we prefer. We all come from different backgrounds, different countries. So why not celebrate our love of gaming together instead of having the need to bash people's opinions and their choice of consoles. Yes drama = entertainment. But do we want entertainment at the expense of other people's suffering? And these people that you might have offended due to your harsh words is very much a person like you. With feelings. We're not just someone from the internet. We're real people. And that that person who you bullied might just have had the worst day of his/her life. Perhaps he/she lost his job, or lost a family member, quarreled with a loved one. And the nasty things you said just made that person feel worse. Some of you may think "Oh I am only nasty to people on the internet. I am actually nice in person". How you treat people, even on the internet is a clear reflection of what kind of person you REALLY are. THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS AN ONLINE AND OFFLINE PERSONA. It is the same with people who say "Oh I'm the office tyrant at work and all my workers fear me. But at home, I'm really nice." What is the point of being nice only at home? Why are you only nice "in real life"? All of our actions leaves footprints in other people's hearts. Eventually all of us will die. Some of us will live to a hundred, some of us might get into an accident and die tomorrow, some of us are on borrowed time. How do you want to be remembered as a person over here should you die? How do you want to be remembered as a person amongst your friends and family? What kind of footprints did you leave on people's hearts after your life on earth is over? It is always easy to be nasty to others. It doesn't take effort. How many of you shouted at your family today? What about the past week/month? When you're nasty to others, you're just being a coward. You're taking the easy way out. Because being nasty is the easy way out when dealing with problems and differing opinions. Being good is hard mode. That's why we have to struggle everyday to do good. To learn to accept and appreciate that people are different from us is hard. But that's what we have to do if we want to stop the Vicious Cycle. Alot of people say "Ahhh...I'm trapped in this vicious cycle...screw it I'm just going to be nasty to everyone". And things don't change. Things never improve because people think that they can't beat the vicious cycle because they are just ONE person. But all it takes is just one person's effort to change things for the better. A kind word. A smile. Hugs. Saying I Love You. I understand. I appreciate. I accept. I FORGIVE. I respect. I trust. These are the actions and words that the world is really lacking off. |
I completely agree with Chunli. I do my best to avoid drama online and offline. I'm not into fighting or arguing. I stand up for myself, or what I believe in when the need arises, but I'm not mean to people. I believe you can express your opinion without offending anyone, or being mean.
And I think when it comes to online, people just say what they want because they don't think it matters. I think some forget that behind these usernames and avatars are real people, with real feelings. It might just be words, but they can hurt. I always try to choose my words carefully online and offline.
