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> Your parents deserve credit here for that great response. Well, half a great response No way I would tell my kids to take up with some a-hole online that is
by raverbashing 4y ago
> Your parents deserve credit here for that great response.
Well, half a great response
No way I would tell my kids to take up with some a-hole online that is more interested in trolling than anything else
- alias_neo 4y agoI don't know that trolling was what it is now; I don't remember trolls so much in those years (mid 90s-early 00s for me), and they might have just thought that this person could be reasoned with, though depending on how old my children were, I'd certainly be keeping an eye on that conversation.
- cpach 4y agoOh, there was no shortage of troll those days…
- orbital223 4y ago> No way I would tell my kids to take up with some a-hole online That was my first instinct as well. But thinking about it, the second interaction seems to have solidified to him that the person didn't have any actual argument against his participation, that it was just an asshat being unpleasant.
- LocalH 4y agoWhat's the inverse of rose-colored glasses? Looking at the past through the lens of today? That's kinda what this comment suggests. The internet of the 90s was much safer than the internet of today is.
- watwut 4y agoThis has nothing to do with internet. There were assholes long before the internet who would bully whoever looks weaker. They would do it in person, on meetings, in friends group, against students if they were teachers, against waiters and other service staff. This guy definitely seems like one. Plus, that assessment turned out right.