Really? Really?!


EerieIri's avatar
Pardon my language, but why are so many people such assholes?

I am not going to state names, nor am I going to quote exactly what was said.

An online acquaintence of mine drew a very cute picture of two characters from a popular kid's movie. Both the characters were of the same sex. This picture had three scenes in it.

Scene two had character a touching character b's arm.

Scene three had character a kissing character b on the cheek.

It was very cute, and sweet and frankly innocent enough that I wouldn't have minded if my nieces and nephews saw it. Their parents wouldn't have minded, there was nothing going on.

If I hadn't known that it was a pairing picture, I would have assumed it was a picture depicting these two characters as family.


Then I saw this one reviewer who was being a homophobic bigot about this picture, and accusing the artist of making it so they (the reviewer) couldn't see the movie in the same light again.

Really?

I mean seriously, from the thumbnail it was pretty obvious what was in the picture. This leads me to think that the reviewer clicked on the picture solely to be a dick to the artist.

Shakes head in irritation. My personal opinion? People like that should be blocked everytime they pop up.

But I do give credit to the artist. She was very polite in her response. I would have just hidden the comment and blocked that reviewer.

So kudos to her for having patience. And managing to stay polite to that jerk-off.
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MadrePappagallo's avatar
being an asshole is fun, that's why.
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Sol9000's avatar
That man was just a troll.

By posting this to the world, you've actually made the problem worse.

No worries, though.
EerieIri's avatar
Probably.

You and I are going to have to agree to disagree on that.

Have a good day!
Sol9000's avatar
well, okay then...

...

wait a minute, was that last one sarcastic?! I couldn't tell! T_T
EerieIri's avatar
No, I was being serious when I said have a good day.
zodiacgal's avatar
People are always jerks on the interweb. I just laugh at their stupidity :D
EerieIri's avatar
Mostly true sadly. I'm glad you can do that.
Buniis's avatar
They don't deserve to be blocked, they deserved a stern talking to.
EerieIri's avatar
Actually, as it turns out, this reviewer has been going around, doing what they did to the artist I know to a bunch of other artists.

If it was just one time, then yeah. Maybe a stern talking to would actually help. But since it's not, blocking is probably the best option.
Buniis's avatar
True, no sense in trying to straighten out idiots who never learn from their actions.
LBtheCC's avatar
Some people are too sensitive. So? Regardless of what kind of art it is, someone will dislike it on some grounds.

As to why so many people are such assholes, you could probably trace it to online disinhibition effect: [link]. It might be larger than that on an anthropological level... but that's beyond the scope of this forum, frankly.
EerieIri's avatar
True, that doesn't mean they should be cruel. That's my main thing.

No doubt.
LBtheCC's avatar
If someone commenting offhandedly that a picture has somehow altered their view of the characters is cruelty, then you haven't been around the internet long enough. There are worse comments. Meanwhile, some people have the idea that their opinion matters. They'll express it no matter what. Some people have little filter between how they feel and how they express it. Especially online where there are no consequences. True, people could learn better self control theoretically, and once they do, we could have things like world peace and whatnot. Sadly, that simply won't ever happen. Such is the way of things. Best you can do is, as Gandhi noted, be the change you wish to see in the world. Meanwhile a tougher hide might be an order.
EerieIri's avatar
This wasn't off-hand. There's no way it was, unless this person is a jerk of epic proportions. I've been around for a little while, I know exactly how mean, mean can get, sadly.

Very true.

My hide is tough enough, it's just I know the artist. She is kind and sweet, and she doesn't deserve to be attacked like that.
LBtheCC's avatar
:shrug: Must be the on-hand then. Or the under-hand?
But dA is set up for fly-by comments. The good comes with the bad.

Neither do bunnies but they're at the bottom of the food chain. Who's gonna tell a predator not to hunt?
EerieIri's avatar
Given that we're talking about humans and not animals, I will.
LBtheCC's avatar
Well good luck to you, then. Few change their stripes, fewer keep the new pattern. Worth a try though eh?
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bubblymaika's avatar
How do you know they just don't like that particular pairing or perhaps they saw the two in a non-romantic relationship?
EerieIri's avatar
They were being mean to the artist over the picture. I say homophobic because of some of the words they used and how they used said words.
Pinkmitten's avatar
I don't see how that's exactly homophobic though.