Okay, seriously? · 5:08pm Mar 14th, 2017
Okay, normally I don't do this, but I ran across a story today that has incest in it, and I don't like that, and I did say to the author, in a non rude way mind you, that I wasn't going to read the story because of that, and then get called a wimp by another user and then another user tells me to get off my high horse and go fuck myself. Really? REALLY? Honestly, that says more about the user doing the insulting than the one being insulted. All I was doing was expressing my opinion and saying that it wasn't my type of story.
4455908 Probably should have in hindsight...
Yes, why was it important to let the author know you wouldn't read their work? Why did you need to say anything at all?
4455910 Okay, I admit, it wasn't needed as such, but really, those responses were needessly rude.
Okay I'm with but I'm not at the same time they were being rude but did you have to say something?
4455929 Probably not no, But incest is one of those topics that just... riles me up. Me being a southerner, it's a popular stereotype and I don't like the jokes thrown around about it.
4455940 eh i just roll with it but i stop at underage not saying i like it
I can understand not liking it (it's disgusting), but I don't think you really had to respond, unless maybe they were asking you to read their story and wanted your opinion or something.
4455957 I think it was more along the lines, he had been reading the story for a while up to that point, and when that element was introduced he wanted to explain to the author why he wouldn't be coming back anymore.
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Right, gotcha.
People will do stuff like that sadly. It's not cool, I don't know what your original comment was, if the people who replied were just being jerks for no reason or if they legitimately thought you were being a jerk. People want to defend stuff they like, I don't know if they're supporters of that, or if they're just okay with it being in works of fiction, or if they just really liked the author's stories and wanted to defend them, but they were still rude from the sound of it. I'm sure you did nothing wrong but it's the past, try to let it go.
Are you feeling any better?
4456153 Yeah, hell of a lot better now that I've been away from those fools for a few hours.
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4455957 Okay, posted a public apology to Draconic and the people who told me off, and gave my reasoning, and then criticized the story on it's ACTUAL problems. Feeling much better now with myself.
4456758 now good karma will come to you