Interestingly enough, despite this being a somewhat of an older thread, I've had my first experience with someone who was pretty rude today. Normally I'm a lurker (though not so much recently), I tend to remember certain people by their posts, avatars, and sometimes signatures. I usually judge people by the content their posts, and I have respected and maybe even admired some by the way they present themselves through their posts, as well as how intelligent or insightful they may seem.
I was really disappointed today when someone who've I've seen around pretty often, not to mention seemed intelligent enough as well, proceeded to call everyone in the thread "idiots" for no reason. It's kind of hard to not say anything when someone insults you to your face, so I replied, saying that it was uncalled for. I don't even think I've even done anything that would warrant such a impression. Instead of even apologizing, I was simply told that they "hated everyone equally". rolleyes
I was kindly asked to butt out, which I found odd, since well... It was a thread, everyone can see it and everyone can post in it.
I ended up just leaving it alone, because it was easier to ignore such a small issue. Honestly, I had bigger things to worry about.
I know it's really not a big deal, but it was, you know, like a "...Really?" moment. (Seriously, so much disappointment.)
(TL;DR) I mean, with the anonymity of the internet, just because you can be rude/mean/whatever without any real consequence, doesn't mean you should. neutral
I guess you guys can tell from this that I can be pretty sensitive. I find that I'll occasionally put someone on ignore, but then later I can't remember the reason, so I eventually take them off. I guess it's just more pleasant for me not to deal with it for a while. After a while passes, it'll be easier for me to look back and laugh, thinking how stupid it was to react over that.