Porcupine_I on 26 February 2013
Marucha said:
Porcupine_I said:
i actually like reading through the forums, wondering what is behind some posts, what makes people act like they do here.
I am also thinking about what causes this behavior, it can not only be found about games or on the Internet, but rather everywhere and about everything, be it movies, or cars, or religion, everybody seems to be constantly compelled to justify to themselves and others their decisions in life.
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Yeah I went through that stage when I was still trying to understand it all. It took a while, but I got over it. It's just cyclical trying to understand certain people's actions. My own personal thought on this...I think some people do not want to be understood. That's the whole basis of their 'identity' online... they want to make up some person they can't actually fully become/realize in real life. You will eventually understand there is a problem... but they won't get beyond it to show you the actual person because they won't make it available for you. I used to find that fascinating, because empathic side told me... oh this person, maybe they had some issue or thought process that made them this way. Maybe there was history involved. I've seen there is a difference. So no, for me now, they are the least interesting... they throw up the wall on purpose, to distract you. They do not want to be understood.
But I can definitely see why you feel the way you do. I do my psychological brainstorming through online articles and science journals now. It's just so much easier... to see the different facets and psychologies involved. People are so complex... but yet I feel like certain people end up making it to be the most base. They have no other incentive but to act out on you whatever they're feeling... it's like they use you to hide what they don't want you to see. It's frustrating when you realize they actually have nothing of worth to share with you. I've been participating in communities, moderating, and even administrating since my very early teens... I feel like I've seen enough of peculiar human behavior to care anymore. It just gets wearying trying to understand people who don't have anything to offer but to want to bring you into their personal complexes.
I appreciate your thoughts. Thank you for coming to share.
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In the end it is less about understanding other people but understanding myself.
“It appeared that there had even been demonstrations to thank Big Brother for raising the chocolate ration to twenty grams a week. And only yesterday, he reflected, it had been announced that the ration was to be reduced to twenty grams a week. Was it possible that they could swallow that, after only twenty-four hours? Yes, they swallowed it.”
- George Orwell, ‘1984’
