Reply #155: Instead of adults, we have victims. [View All]

[woo me with science]

I get tired of seeing DU discussed in schoolyard terminology, so that everyone is either a bully or a victim. There is good discourse on DU if you choose to find it, read it, or even participate. Nobody is forcing you to interact with anyone you dislike.

Part of being an adult is choosing where you want to interact and invest your energies. All this whining that others are mean to you is the result of your choosing to ignore the substantive responses you receive and invest energy in responses you could simply ignore.

The internet is an amazing place where everyone can come and be a part, but that also means you are thrown in with people you probably would not choose to socialize with if you were actually at a party, standing in the room. Just choose a different conversational partner. If you are incapable of ignoring a post on your own, use the "ignore" function, which has so generously been provided for you.