Ever Wish You Had a Block Button...

You can make tomorrow good hon, rest well knowing there are stupid, lazy and greedy people from all around the world. We have some here, you have some there too, but we also have some dang good ones all around us as well. As far as attacking an opinion, yes it does ruffle my feathers too, but I tell myself to just put my big girl panties on and suck it up. Hard some times I tell you. Take Care and sleep well.

Been there, done that, bought the T-shirt and wore it proudly! You, dear Twoey, are dealing with a forum troll (or several, I do no know). According to the Urban Dictionary, "troll" can be defined many ways, but this definition for myLot Trolls is my personal favorite: "Any person who is so miserable and lacking self worth that said person makes his/her lifes goal of pissing others off and generally being a lamer." http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=troll&page=2 Don't let them drive you away from mylot. If you ignore them, as hard as it will be to do that, they will eventually go away. Stay at peace within, Twoey. Disturbing your peace is like the beloved crumbs from the trodden carpet to trolls...in other words, don't feed the little bastiges.

I do tend to ignore a lot of responses in here, and because I have been in a few arguments in my free forum I want to keep this one as a place where I can chill out and not get into too much controversary although I will be honest with comments that I do make, I have found with a few things I have said in here have been taken out of context and I have had a rather curt answer but I am not biting in here, I come in here to relax.... :) keep your chin up...

I too have wanted a block feature. And it annoys me to know end that people who don't live here seem to think they know everything about our country, and they feel free to criticize it. After repeated attacks, I tried to focus my attention on discussions that were softer and less controversial. I'll still jump into a discussion if I feel I need to, but crazy and rude posters will always be out there. They make it easy to get disillusioned of this place. But then there are many more who make being here worth it. And YOU are one of those posters. : )

I have been misconstrued as being nasty in the past. I just have strong opinions, but that doens't mean I am being angry. People can invoke their own emotions into words when they can't hear my tone of voice, or see my body language. That being said, if someone is snarky or immature with me, I don't respond to them. Don't feed the sharks, I guess.

I know what you mean ,you answer a discussion and then someone pops up and Attacts you.I had that happen to me a while back..This person ask our opinion and when we gave her advice she went to cursing me and a few others that did not agree with her,then her B/f got on and ripped us apart again..Thats what mylot is about and everyone is welcome to give their opinion if asked.We did not attack this person we just answered what she ask..Anyway i try not to get upset over what these people say,there is enough stress in life without adding mylot to it..But i do understand what you are sayng,but i just don;t care i suppose.If i ask for advice and someone gives it to me,then i don't get mad if they disagree,if they do not want answers then they can not ask for them thats the way i see it..Now that you have vented i do hope you feel better.Sometimes we just have to let off some steam.i am sorry though that you were treated this way but you know there are all kinds of folks out there..I hope tommorro is a better day,try not to let it bother you none and i do hope you get a peaceful nights sleep....

I have had a couple of people like that. I've even had people argue with things I haven't said and one who decided I was trying to argue with them when I hadn't even disagreed. I had not put a complete honest opinion specifically because I didn't want that kind of argument so I'd put my opinion as part of, what I thought was, a reasonable statement but someone still argued with it! I wish you could block some people altogether. Of course most people are entitled to their opinion, well, everyone is entitled to their opinion but some people really shouldn't be allowed to voice theirs.

Well there has been many a time I had that Button lol Just ignore them I have had my fair share of these childish People yes I got angry and upset at it turned into someone stalking me on here I hope that it is better for you the next Day Sweetie I know it can get to much and get you down

Oh no, I am a sucker for them and I have no patients for them. I am still peeved over one nut starting a Mylot bashing trap then stalking me over it. I had no clue she was going to bash Mylot, I thought she was asking a true question, however after I posted an answer she replies with these complaints about this site. Then she stalks my other posts as well as create a couple about me. I went off! People like this need to be out of here. First off if the site is that darn bad, leave and go on to a happier place. Why do they feel they can't unless they have a group with them or a lynch mob? Anyway, I am learning and trying oh so hard, not to bite and just report them. Mylot will delete their posts, but it does take a day or two and that drives me crazy.

hi twoey, yes there were times I wished it but then I dropped it. some people are like that, don't let them spoil your day. if they don't want to let go then just let them do what they want, there are other people you can share your story and opinion with. I met plenty of people like that in real life and what I did was kept trying until the time came to let it go. There are other things worth fighting or worrying for. Don't waste your time and especially lose sleep over what matters not. Sweet dreams!

I think Destiny said it all in her response twoey! I couldn't have put it any better myself. I really don't know why some people feel the need to be abusive in their replies to certain discussions; why don't they keep their opinions to themselves? We all see things differently, so we are not always going to agree, but there is no need for abuse. I would just ignore it - it doesn't deserve an answer, so why waste your time on people like this? Let it go in one ear and out the other my friend. Hope you can calm down, and have a restful night. Tomorrow is another day!

One guy made me really mad once because he made a really rude comment to one of my responses to someone else's discussion. From what he wrote, I could see that he didn't even read my response, but commented on what he assumed. I didn't bother correcting him, but gave him a negative mark. It's probably the only negative I've ever given. I didn't feel it was worth wasting my time on him to do anything more. Those who don't agree with you and then go on and attack are not what mylot is about, in my opinion. I like it that everyone has a different opinion.

I really felt I needed to respond here, and perhaps apologize?? I can't help thinking that I might be one of the people you might want to block...hope not. I can't help thinking you might be reacting to my discussion about declawing cats. I really do apologize..It is a VERY heated issue with me and I am in contact with pet rescuers who share my feelings about the issue. As for the "other" person who attacked you in that discussion...She once attacked me as well..It had to do with a discussion about a MyLotter that had two dogs but because she was moving could only take one--uh, don't ask the attacks I got for my response and the person was attacking every one else's response as well. I would hope you would realize that I wasn't being nasty at all against you...so much different from the other person who wasn't only attacking me, but so downright nasty that I and several other MyLotters reported her as abusive to the original poster and to all of us who responded. So please accept my apologies..

Boy do I. I've only had it happen to me twice. But the first time was really insulting. Basically they asked me a question, I answered it for them in a nice, calm manner...but yet to the point. lol Some people have nothing better to do with their time than cause controvery and try to make people mad. Hang in there...hopefully it doesn't continue getting worse!!

I know what you mean Ive seen people respond to boyfriend troubles "boo whoo" its pathetic really that those people would actually come onto this site which is suppose to be a supportive and bad mouth people that are feeling blue. I think they just cant pin point or are denying their own problems so its a lot easier for them to react to people that seem like they have it more together. But there definetely should be a button to report them, I usually just - their responces and laugh that someone is that caught up in your life. Its your perogative to be able to come to us for support and which you have mastered, so dont even care you are great.

I have been on the receiving end of a lot of abuse many time on myLot and I used to let it get to me but not any more. I just let it go because I realize that if I retaliate then I am just playing into their hands as that is what they want. So I just sat the hell with it and move on.

I also hate people who insult Americans. I am a Canadian and I love America and if it were possible, would move there. I have had someone insult me because I did not agree with their opinion (and for good reason). I also find that some people are so afraid of defending their beliefs, that they go the other way and compromise. Usually if the conversation gets too much under the collar, I leave. But I figure these are only words on the computer, I will not run into that person in the street and we probably would not know each other anyway. So why let it bother me? Time will tell and it is usually the fool who goes on and on.

well i must admit that i havent had that happen to me so far. course i havent started very many discussions yet either. but i do get mad when im reading a discussion that somebody has done that. makes me want to say something to them, but at the same time i know that doing so will just add fuel to the flame under their a$$. try to ingore them. lol easily said right? yeah i know, but you have to, otherwise, like you said, you'll spend the whole night fuming about it when there really isnt anything that can be done about them. pity the jerks LOL. maybe they just dont know that they are jerks for that matter.

Its better that you got that rant out here instead of holding it in. But don't worry about those who want to post in the negative. They are negative people who don't know how to do anything else. You should take a look at one of the profiles of these negative people. You will probably find that they have very few posts, none of good quality, and only minimal responses to them. If they continue being negative, they will not enjoy their experience here.

I have so far been lucky in that I have not offended any ones small mind. It is a good thing that MyLot is full of others that can appreciate the importance of point of view and opinion. I say do not dwell over hitting someones raw nerve but be glad you have an opinion and a fluency that can create a discussion and a lively one at that. Do not let these people get to you as you have obviously got to them, they are the ones that are getting heated at a point you have made therefore, you are going to imprint more on them than they on you.