Sorry If This Hurts

[Connemmara]

Does everybody on AB like everybody - why do so many personalities clash when they don't know them in real life. It is after all "black ink on a white page"???

[ummmm]

Does everybody on AB like everybody - NO

why do so many personalities clash when they don't know them in real life - because it's not that different from real life.

It's clearly more than 'black ink on a white page' going by your Title..

[sherrardk]

Some people are quite neutral, some just wear their hearts on their sleeves. With me WYSIWYG.

[Mamyalynne]

Like everybody ? Absolutely not - some irk and irritate so I avoid, though give everyone a fair chance.

I try not to clash but hate what I see as injustice so sometimes step in.

Even 'black ink on a white screen' can hurt though.

[Sharingan]

Sometimes people post things that I think are lovely, kind, or heartwarming and offer encouragement to people who are in need of it. That makes me like them. sometimes they post things which are cruel, hurtful, untrue and degrade each other, that makes me not like them. Sometimes I bother to answer, in which case that person then either finds I agree with them or not and that adds to their opinion ( good or bad) of me, and so it goes on. I must say that there are far more nice people than nasty ones on here though, but there is the occasional surprise with people.

[DJHawkes]

I find that each day i come on AB I've forgotten who people are and who they get on with and who knows what so and so is on about, i forget what i've learnt about people, for some reason i can't keep thngs in my head about AB and so i never really understand what is being said about who or what, mainly. Like a sort of groundhog day almost as every day i need to refresh it.

[Mamyalynne]

Groundgnome day sounds good Dottie.

[woofgang]

Well how can I like everybody? I don't know everybody, and even the ones I do feel that I know, for the most part, I only know them by what they post on here, what they "allow" me to see of themselves. There are a few exceptions who I feel I know well and, yes, those people are my friends. For the rest, we are strangers who chat on a forum.

[Connemmara]

but do you not think - when a person is "hurt/wounded" with a reply - it deters them to carry on!!!

[Mamyalynne]

No not really

[ummmm]

Do you want people to pretend and not answer honestly?

[Baldric]

Why would it conne, after all 'It is after all "black ink on a white page"

[woofgang]

sorry Conne, can't understand your last post.

[ummmm]

Woof - and there lies the problem.

[Answerprancer]

From my POV, I can only go on what I see here. I could name a small bunch of posters that I know I've clashed with but no matter what they say or what I say it's nothing personal and I'm sure that we could find common ground. I bear no (permanent) ill will.

[Answerprancer]

(...though I often wonder if they do)

[ummmm]

Of course they do you hand wringing, yogurt knitting, lefty liberal :-)

[Answerprancer]

;-) They just need to come and have a group hug. I'm happy to lay down the Guardian and drop my yoghurt (oo err!) but I'd expect them to peel off the jackboots and lay down the EDL banners, then we can have a mass love in :-)

[ummmm]

Wouldn't that be nice :-)

[Answerprancer]

Wooden tit!

[ummmm]

*Gigglesplurt*