Hurt Feelings

Just a reminder to people.

If you don't like what someone is talking about/saying. Chances are you can ask them to stop and low and behold- they will! It's amazing, I know.

There is always the option of placing them on ignore if they continue. There's no need to storm off-line or get into arguments or get your feelings hurt or hurt someone else's.

Remember people, we're all big kids here. 90% of problems can be handled by just say, in a respectful and polite way, that there is a problem in the first place.

Not taking up anyone's slack or picking up reigns here. Felt I'd be informative since this seems to have been forgotten.

My two cents,

Yes, maybe the term "big kids" can be used sometimes. Truly, that is what we become when adult conversation fails. Of course there is always kibitzing around (joking around), but we all have to ask ourselves "where is the fine line between a joke, and pure seriousness?".

Often, something may be mistaken for a simple joke or horsing around until it is made purely clear how seriously it was meant. Utterly ridiculous. Such things result in pure asshatery that honestly shouldn't have to be accepted by anyone.

I agree, 90% of all problems can be solved in a polite, civilised manner, but this has to come from both sides. The moment one side drops from the civilised niveau down to asshatery, then there is no more possibility for discussion. You need two adults to discuss a matter in a civilised fashion, not one adult and an asshat (for lack of a better term).

Again this isnt to point any fingers, but if we are going to talk about people being adults, then lets admit it... we all have our own ups and downs. Even adults sometimes result to childish behavior, however, the question is, what do they do to make up for it when the time comes that they realise what happened? Are they adult enough to correct their behavior, or do they try to sweep it under the rug and continue with a smug expression, pretending they did right?

I am sure if everyone did their part, things would work out just fine. Remember, the question should not be "what can I do to make things easier for myself".... but "what can I do to make things easier for others" when when communicating with other people.

That was my two cents....

Johnny