Poll of the Day > what draws so many trans people to gaming?

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TheNobleWoodApe
04/14/21 9:09:53 PM
#101:


DirtBasedSoap posted...
what part of walking away from the bullies lets you continue to get bullied?


IronBornCorps posted...
Well most of my bullies went on to prosperous careers in the meth and heroin industries, meanwhile I'm a programmer. If I saw one of their strung out asses by my car, I would probably be afraid yeah.


Still afraid years later. That's what "walking away" accomplished. Literally in fear of a strung out junkie years later while stone cold sober.

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TheNobleWoodApe
04/14/21 9:11:25 PM
#102:


IronBornCorps posted...
It's Brian (AKA Whiskey)

My real name isn't Brian. There are 5 posters that know my real name. You ain't one of them.

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ReturnOfFa
04/14/21 9:11:55 PM
#103:


It's Brain.

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JigsawTDC
04/14/21 9:13:21 PM
#104:


Whiskey literally tells teenagers on the Internet to go kill themselves when they express depressive tendencies and suicidal ideation. And when those same teenagers don't take his bullshit as adults, he cries victim ("ooh boohoo let's all attack meanie Whiskey"). Whiskey was probably a bully in his youth, just like he's a cyberbully now. All the "bullying" he faced was probably just people not putting up with a fragile asshole.
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TheNobleWoodApe
04/14/21 9:16:58 PM
#105:


shadowsword87 posted...
You're 100% acting like a bully though.
Being shitty, and expecting other people to be shitty back at you to toughen them up is bullying. You can think it's for a good reason, but you're not acting any better than they are.

And where did flinching and snivelling get the ones that were bullied? Still afraid of their bullies in passing years later. Don't misdirect the pent up anger at your own bullies on to me because I had the balls to stand up to them and y'all didn't.

You know what happened the last time I saw one of my former bullies in real life? I looked him in the eye like a grown man, shook his hand, and handed him a check for fixing the transmission on my Jeep.

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DirtBasedSoap
04/14/21 9:17:56 PM
#106:


TheNobleWoodApe posted...
You know what happened the last time I saw one of my former bullies in real life? I looked him in the eye like a grown man, shook his hand, and handed him a check for fixing the transmission on my Jeep.
and everyone clapped

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SunWuKung420
04/14/21 9:18:25 PM
#107:


Probably because gaming is a fun hobby enjoyed by many.

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IronBornCorps
04/14/21 9:18:27 PM
#108:


TheNobleWoodApe posted...
My real name isn't Brian. There are 5 posters that know my real name. You ain't one of them.

We both know you would never admit your real name in open forum Brian.
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ReturnOfFa
04/14/21 9:18:30 PM
#109:


TheNobleWoodApe posted...
And where did flinching and snivelling get the ones that were bullied? Still afraid of their bullies in passing years later. Don't misdirect the pent up anger at your own bullies on to me because I had the balls to stand up to them and y'all didn't.

You know what happened the last time I saw one of my former bullies in real life? I looked him in the eye like a grown man, shook his hand, and handed him a check for fixing the transmission on my Jeep.
Even people who did not flinch nor snivel can tell people that wasted their time to **** off.

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DirtBasedSoap
04/14/21 9:19:12 PM
#110:


TheNobleWoodApe posted...
Still afraid years later. That's what "walking away" accomplished. Literally in fear of a strung out junkie years later while stone cold sober.
you moved the goalpost so far its insane

wow how dare she be scared of methheads and heroin users in a hypothetical situation

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DirtBasedSoap
04/14/21 9:20:17 PM
#111:


ReturnOfFa posted...
Even people who did not flinch nor snivel can tell people that wasted their time to **** off.
nope thats spineless and weak and is letting the bullies win

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TheNobleWoodApe
04/14/21 9:20:36 PM
#112:


ReturnOfFa posted...
It's Brain.

Now that I think about it, 6 posters know my real name.

Knives, Redwingsbabe14, Leo's_Axe, Enzo, Zersch, and Phazon know my real name. Kriem might too, I'm not 100% sure there.

Call me Brian all you want, but you are wrong.

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ReturnOfFa
04/14/21 9:21:07 PM
#113:


TheNobleWoodApe posted...


Now that I think about it, 6 posters know my real name.

Knives, Redwingsbabe14, Leo's_Axe, Enzo, Zersch, and Phazon know my real name. Kriem might too, I'm not 100% sure there.

Call me Brian all you want, but you are wrong.
but I said it's Brain

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DirtBasedSoap
04/14/21 9:21:26 PM
#114:


you fried your brian

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JigsawTDC
04/14/21 9:21:34 PM
#115:


TheNobleWoodApe posted...
You know what happened the last time I saw one of my former bullies in real life? I looked him in the eye like a grown man, shook his hand, and handed him a check for fixing the transmission on my Jeep.

Oh wow. One of my friend's bullies kicked him in the face with steel toed boots, causing a fissure and permanent neurological and nerve damage. This bully later got a Swastika tattoo on his foot and went out in a murder-suicide, taking his girlfriend along with him. We unfortunately never got the chance to have him fix the transmission on one of our cars! Bummer!
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ReturnOfFa
04/14/21 9:21:57 PM
#116:


DirtBasedSoap posted...
nope thats spineless and weak and is letting the bullies win
Why?

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LinkPizza
04/14/21 9:21:59 PM
#117:


Aculo posted...
You know nothing about everything, ok?

And it's somehow still more than you...
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DirtBasedSoap
04/14/21 9:22:07 PM
#118:


JigsawTDC posted...
One of my friend's bullies kicked him in the face with steel toed bits, causing a fissure and permanent neurological and nerve damage.
spineless and weak af

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DirtBasedSoap
04/14/21 9:22:36 PM
#119:


ReturnOfFa posted...
Why?
Im joking, thats what whiskey (noble ape) has been trying to say in here.

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wwinterj25
04/14/21 9:22:50 PM
#120:


TheNobleWoodApe posted...
You know what happened the last time I saw one of my former bullies in real life? I looked him in the eye like a grown man, shook his hand, and handed him a check for fixing the transmission on my Jeep.

In general I would rather I never saw my bullies at school again and I certainly wouldn't go out of my way to be around them. With that said one guy bullied me a little at school but he's since grown up and turned his life around. I've had a beer with him on several occasions so I'm not against the idea of forgiveness.

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TheNobleWoodApe
04/14/21 9:23:26 PM
#121:


IronBornCorps posted...
We both know you would never admit your real name in open forum Brian.

Oh, if you actually guessed it I probably would but I've been very careful to not let my real name be known to anyone that didn't actually need to know.

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ReturnOfFa
04/14/21 9:23:34 PM
#122:


DirtBasedSoap posted...
Im joking, thats what whiskey (noble ape) has been trying to say in here.
Oh hella. I was like 'hmmm I usually like that there feller!'

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PunishedOni
04/14/21 9:32:38 PM
#123:


its very important that anyone can manipulate me into having a public freakout by being an asshole. to do otherwise would mean letting the bullies win.

can you imagine a world where nobody paid attention to assholes
https://external-preview.redd.it/IZW_8Zm-7ixy6f6GqQd0tL5ZHYYPPVUsbwjE-3Bb9Fw.jpg?auto=webp&s=4e808f3a0b3906639a23e586b96bcdd396172d1d


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ReturnOfFa
04/14/21 9:36:15 PM
#124:


PunishedOni posted...
its very important that anyone can manipulate me into having a public freakout by being an asshole. to do otherwise would mean letting the bullies win.

can you imagine a world where nobody paid attention to assholes
https://external-preview.redd.it/IZW_8Zm-7ixy6f6GqQd0tL5ZHYYPPVUsbwjE-3Bb9Fw.jpg?auto=webp&s=4e808f3a0b3906639a23e586b96bcdd396172d1d
Just ignorreee the bullies! lmao a little tough if you're already getting kicked in the face. this is blind idealism combined with shifting the onus onto the abused. I'll tell people that have screwed me around to **** off and have a nice day.

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HornedLion
04/14/21 9:38:16 PM
#125:


Revelation34 posted...
No you haven't.



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TheNobleWoodApe
04/14/21 9:39:56 PM
#126:


ReturnOfFa posted...
Just ignorreee the bullies! lmao a little tough if you're already getting kicked in the face. this is blind idealism combined with shifting the onus onto the abused. I'll tell people that have screwed me around to **** off and have a nice day.

If you're on the ground getting kicked in the face, did you go down swinging, or did you just fold to begin with?

Big difference between the two.

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IronBornCorps
04/14/21 9:40:32 PM
#127:


maybe big deal for personal pride
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TheNobleWoodApe
04/14/21 9:43:02 PM
#128:


IronBornCorps posted...
maybe big deal for personal pride

Now you're almost starting to understand where I'm coming from ICall.

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JigsawTDC
04/14/21 9:44:08 PM
#129:


you know fun fact: Pride is personified as a child in Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood.
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IronBornCorps
04/14/21 9:45:09 PM
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PunishedOni
04/14/21 9:45:48 PM
#131:


ReturnOfFa posted...
Just ignorreee the bullies! lmao a little tough if you're already getting kicked in the face. this is blind idealism combined with shifting the onus onto the abused. I'll tell people that have screwed me around to **** off and have a nice day.

i think i gave the wrong impression lol. i just meant like, trying to fight the bully or argue iwth them or whatever whiskey is trying to say is useless. what i want is more like excommunicating the bullies, not the one person getting bullied acting like its not happening

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TheNobleWoodApe
04/14/21 9:51:49 PM
#132:


IronBornCorps posted...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1q2PitIM9w

You know, out of the 7 deadly sins, Pride is the one I'll fully admit to without hesitation.

But it's funny as fuck to me that you would throw a clip at me about a fighter throwing a fight when this entire argument here is about your unwillingness to fight for yourself while trying to use it as some cudgel against my pride.

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GunslingerGunsl
04/14/21 9:53:38 PM
#133:


Why are you so angry Whiskey? Like all the time.
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JigsawTDC
04/14/21 9:55:19 PM
#134:


TheNobleWoodApe posted...
You know, out of the 7 deadly sins, Pride is the one I'll fully admit to without hesitation.

Dude, we can all see the Wrath you spread here like every day. And most of us have seen your Reddit profile, so no point in denying your Lust either.
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IronBornCorps
04/14/21 9:58:13 PM
#135:


You really think I never fought back, or threw punches of my own in all those beatings? My life wasn't some after school special where I fought back and was left alone all happy ever after. They just came back harder. At some point it became more about just getting through it in one piece over getting my shots in. That's why I say fuck pride.
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TheNobleWoodApe
04/14/21 9:59:08 PM
#136:


GunslingerGunsl posted...
Why are you so angry Whiskey? Like all the time.

You don't have the time for that answer Chris, and frankly, I'm not typing out my autobiography here dude.

I'll give you a cryptically short answer in truth since you've been around for so long.

My kindness has far too often been mistaken for weakness. People that I think are worth a damn have found I'm a valuable ally and fiercely loyal.

I'm not a violent man, but God has no use for a coward.

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JigsawTDC
04/14/21 10:01:09 PM
#137:


TheNobleWoodApe posted...
You don't have the time for that answer Chris, and frankly, I'm not typing out my autobiography here dude.

I'll give you a cryptically short answer in truth since you've been around for so long.

My kindness has far too often been mistaken for weakness. People that I think are worth a damn have found I'm a valuable ally and fiercely loyal.

I'm not a violent man, but God has no use for a coward.

https://youtu.be/-0bOH8ABpco
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GunslingerGunsl
04/14/21 10:03:41 PM
#138:


TheNobleWoodApe posted...
You don't have the time for that answer Chris, and frankly, I'm not typing out my autobiography here dude.

I'll give you a cryptically short answer in truth since you've been around for so long.

My kindness has far too often been mistaken for weakness. People that I think are worth a damn have found I'm a valuable ally and fiercely loyal.

I'm not a violent man, but God has no use for a coward.
I understand how being taken advantage of can make one reluctant to make themselves vulnerable again, but I really question how being so callous can be helpful for you. It just seems like it leads to continuous conflict.
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TheNobleWoodApe
04/14/21 10:09:45 PM
#139:


IronBornCorps posted...
You really think I never fought back, or threw punches of my own in all those beatings? My life wasn't some after school special where I fought back and was left alone all happy ever after. They just came back harder. At some point it became more about just getting through it in one piece over getting my shots in. That's why I say fuck pride.

Then let's just say we've had vastly different experiences where fights are concerned. I'm prideful because I earned my pride. There's something to be said for being a 5' 9" 185lb seething ball of rage held together by a thin veneer of civility. I had a rough childhood and grew up surrounded by a very rough crowd with some genuine psychopaths. My primal rage is my sword and shield. I have no shame. I have no problem owning who I am. I have no problem with kicking someone's ass or getting my ass kicked. I give as good as I get and that's how I've survived 42 years and counting.

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JigsawTDC
04/14/21 10:14:09 PM
#140:


TheNobleWoodApe posted...
My primal rage is my sword and shield. I have no shame. I have no problem owning who I am.

You say stuff like this so much though that it comes off as a queen doth protest too much sort of situation. Are you genuinely happy being a spiteful bundle of rage? You're proud of that, really? Why so defensive all of the time instead of brushing things off? Maybe that therapy you derided earlier would do you some good.
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TheNobleWoodApe
04/14/21 10:14:43 PM
#141:


GunslingerGunsl posted...
I understand being how being taken advantage of can make one reluctant to make themselves vulnerable again, but I really question how being so callous can be helpful for you. It just seems like it leads to continuous conflict.

I pick and choose my battles IRL. Where there are real stakes. I've been in the middle of some shit you could never comprehend.

Ever stop by a spot on the way home from work for some weed and some coke for the weekend only to leave empty handed with a gun drawn in one hand and dragging a friend by his collar with the other because they didn't tell you they owed this dude like $5000 before you walked in? That's the sort of shit I used to deal with on the regular. A pregnant female friend is sick of getting beat up by her man and scrambles to move out if her apartment while the dude is at work? An on and off ex that got hooked on heroin and started stripping showing up in your doorstep like a stray cat for years.. schizophrenic and off her meds...how about burying a dozen people your own age in a dozen years the first 12 years out if high school? We're not even getting into my childhood.

Here, online? Pfft. 6 of you know me. I've met 3 of you IRL. 3 of you I've done business with. Other than that, you're all just a username.

As to continuous conflict...what world do you live in where there isn't conflict and we're all just hugging it out?

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JigsawTDC
04/14/21 10:16:12 PM
#142:


TheNobleWoodApe posted...
I pick and choose my battles IRL.

But other people are weak when they do this! It's always easy to come out on top when you hold double standards for yourself.
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IronBornCorps
04/14/21 10:16:34 PM
#143:


yeah, I take no pride in the things I have done for survival.
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JigsawTDC
04/14/21 10:19:38 PM
#144:


Whiskey is always bragging about how he's been through "shit you can't even comprehend" as if he's been a POW in a North Korean concentration camp or something, but has never said anything ever that makes his life seem harder than a typical lower-class middle America upbringing. He loves putting himself on a pedestal and then cries when we tell him the pedestal is made out of trash.
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GunslingerGunsl
04/14/21 10:20:54 PM
#145:


TheNobleWoodApe posted...
I pick and choose my battles IRL. Where there are real stakes. I've been in the middle of some shit you could never comprehend.

Here, online? Pfft. 6 of you know me. I've met 3 of you IRL. 3 of you I've done business with. Other than that, you're all just a username.

As to continuous conflict...what world do you live in where there isn't conflict and we're all just hugging it out?
I'm not saying there's never conflict. I'm saying that there are some personalities that invite it. I'm questioning the utility that has for your mental health. I just find it interesting that some people can thrive in conflict. IRL I get along with pretty much everyone and am usually the mediator in conflict at places like work, especially since I have a leadership role. I see you constantly butting heads with people on PotD and even though it is just an online forum, I always wonder "lol why?" ...actually maybe even more so because it's an internet forum.
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TheNobleWoodApe
04/14/21 10:28:38 PM
#146:


GunslingerGunsl posted...
actually maybe even more so because it's an internet forum.

Frankly, I have permanent scars and other damage from battles IRL.

There's little risk here. I've seen what many of you look like. I'd fight 99% of you doughy, dour sods IRL with zero reservations if it came down to it.

Jack might be the one person here that I'd worry about fighting, but I also know he has the discipline to stop if he gets the upper hand because he's probably the only one that has fought more than I have.

And I'm not talking about some shenti fight me in a walmart parking lot shit.

I'm just speaking as someone that has been no stranger to violence for too many years.

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GunslingerGunsl
04/14/21 10:30:30 PM
#147:


I feel like everything with you turns into some sort of display of dominance.
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Zareth
04/14/21 10:32:14 PM
#148:


DirtBasedSoap posted...
spineless and weak af
Obviously deserved it for not standing up, smh

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Zareth
04/14/21 10:34:44 PM
#149:


IronBornCorps posted...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1q2PitIM9w
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOf6HXPPeQ4

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GunslingerGunsl
04/14/21 10:35:23 PM
#150:


TheNobleWoodApe posted...
Ever stop by a spot on the way home from work for some weed and some coke for the weekend only to leave empty handed with a gun drawn in one hand and dragging a friend by his collar with the other because they didn't tell you they owed this dude like $5000 before you walked in? That's the sort of s*** I used to deal with on the regular. A pregnant female friend is sick of getting beat up by her man and scrambles to move out if her apartment while the dude is at work? An on and off ex that got hooked on heroin and started stripping showing up in your doorstep like a stray cat for years.. schizophrenic and off her meds...how about burying a dozen people your own age in a dozen years the first 12 years out if high school? We're not even getting into my childhood.
I just saw this edit. Maybe you should think about looking into some therapy. As an addictions counselor I have worked with many people that have experienced things like this plus more (not that I'm trying to minimize the significance of your experiences). It can help as long as you find the right therapist for you.
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