messydom said: Spite is like greed. Western civilization historically fails to act as if either trait were a failing. Yet no matter how much you spitefully do harm to people you perceive as "enemies" (more often than not, people who actually know little and care even less about you) it is never enough. The satisfaction is always hollow and short-lived. Unlike some sort of actual achievement, even the most successful act of non-military hostility lacks any core of authentic gratification. Thus the trolls only enjoy a momentary respite from the misery of their misanthropic existence before the urge to harm surfaces once more.

That said, surely it is a small number of people with the required unholy combination of unlimited free time, minds too badly broken to even contemplate the pursuit of a psychiatric remedy (they almost certainly imagine their sickness to be a sign of greatness), and a vendetta against this community. Over 99% of people who pass through here behave at least as well as middle school students -- sailing easily over the low bar of basic human decency required to participate here. We are dealing with a handful of people too cowardly to face the truth about just how fucked up they are. Instead they project, imagining everyone here must be fucked up while they alone possess mental clarity and moral integrity. One might find the time to pity them if they could only manage something thousands upon thousands of us find to be the easiest of achievements -- showing respect for human beings whom are not ourselves.

Regards,
messydom

messydom said: Spite is like greed. Western civilization historically fails to act as if either trait were a failing. Yet no matter how much you spitefully do harm to people you perceive as "enemies" (more often than not, people who actually know little and care even less about you) it is never enough. The satisfaction is always hollow and short-lived. Unlike some sort of actual achievement, even the most successful act of non-military hostility lacks any core of authentic gratification. Thus the trolls only enjoy a momentary respite from the misery of their misanthropic existence before the urge to harm surfaces once more.

That said, surely it is a small number of people with the required unholy combination of unlimited free time, minds too badly broken to even contemplate the pursuit of a psychiatric remedy (they almost certainly imagine their sickness to be a sign of greatness), and a vendetta against this community. Over 99% of people who pass through here behave at least as well as middle school students -- sailing easily over the low bar of basic human decency required to participate here. We are dealing with a handful of people too cowardly to face the truth about just how fucked up they are. Instead they project, imagining everyone here must be fucked up while they alone possess mental clarity and moral integrity. One might find the time to pity them if they could only manage something thousands upon thousands of us find to be the easiest of achievements -- showing respect for human beings whom are not ourselves.

Regards,
messydom

Regisblb said: Goddammit.

These YT clips used to get archived in the Vid Archive (via iWam, somehow), but evidently not now ... any chance MM could fire that up again, since it's more needed now than ever?