Not Really Good At These... Looking For Friends I Guess.

**NotoriousBIG420** · 07-14-2012, 11:33 AM

Hey welcome to the forums!

Jackie Chan Drunken Master is one of my favorite Kung-Fu flicks.

Thundercats intro is the greatest intro for any cartoon ever.

Real question: Who is your favorite Wu-Tang clan member?

Also,

**smurfee_mcgee** · 07-16-2012, 05:47 PM

WELCOME.
X-men cartoon is best.

**Shinx** · 07-20-2012, 08:47 AM

I'm not a fan of rap so the only person I know would be Method Man.

Thank you everybody. I appreciate all the kind welcomes =)

**Huntertony** · 07-20-2012, 08:50 AM

Welcome to the forums Shinx!

**Simon Strange** · 07-21-2012, 02:30 AM

Originally Posted by Shinx

I usually take abuse online somewhat badly e.g. when somebody tells me to go die I start feeling bad about myself and become a little upset. I know it's really stupid and I should ignore it because it's probably just some young kid being pissy, but eh.. that's just how I am.

Hello, I'm new around here too! I thought I'd respond to this specific bit since I, too, struggle with thin skin. In the meat-world I've learned to rely on thoughtful honesty, transparency, and compassion to work around it. Unfortunately none of those things seem to do the trick online. People who are anonymously cruel to strangers are just hard to take - and for those of us with more exposed nerves, it can be very hard.

Here's a trick which helps me in the long-term, though it's not much comfort in the moment: remember that irrational acts can't be figured out - because they are irrational! When people have different worldviews or debat the best way to solve a mutual problem - that's reason at work. People employing reason are people you can talk to & build relationships with. Embrace those people even if you have a healthy disagreement with them.

But when people act irrationally - there's just nothing you can do. You can't fight irrationality, you can't reason with it, you can't plan for it. You have to let it go. And though that doesn't fix the bad feelings you might get in the moment - you'll eventually feel good about learning to take the high road.