Horrible_Goblin

joined 8 months ago
[–] Horrible_Goblin@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I think I understand? Thanks for claring things up, and sorry if I accidentally distracted from the actual topic (although mentioning the bad faith trolling has probably done that more effectively... but whatever)

[–] Horrible_Goblin@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago (4 children)

if even after asking for an explanation your explanation is " try googling it" I'm going to assume you dont want to be understood.

If I'm trolling I'm definitely not doing it consciously. I know "I'm not a troll" is about the most suspicious thing on the internet, especially from a baby account, but sadly I cant be fucked to make a better point

[–] Horrible_Goblin@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

There's this interesting balance within my MTG group where some guys are happy to devote a fair part of their life to learning all the individual cards by heart. They can go on tangents that are just rows of card names describing a turn (think if the F6 to G8 takes rook babble of chess people). I can't be fucked, but I still love the hobby, so when we get together its trying to find the middle between all these levels of expertise that works. Overall that went well but there was one guy who flat out told me: "Maby if you would just dedicate a bigger part of your life to the game, we wouldn't have to bother talking around you so much." Yeah right. Not everyone makes their hobby into their profession.

That being said, its kinda heartbreaking so many people struggle with just letting their enthusiasm about a certain topic flow. If you'd rather not talk about something because you're afraid you can't reel it in, that sucks :(

[–] Horrible_Goblin@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago (6 children)

What's bad faith trolling? I tried to google it, but struggle to understand

[–] Horrible_Goblin@lemmy.world 79 points 7 months ago (13 children)

I have a fairly functional form of autism, but I sometimes struggle finding balance in points of interest I get enthusiastic about, and nobody really matches my enthusiasm, even though they try. It often feels like rejection, but this post really puts it in perspective for me. I'm not always reasonable/flexible when I'm like that. Thanks for sharing.

(To give an example related to this post; I wouldn't assault someone for having a different opinion, but I could definitely debate them with a passion that's a little out of place and not as reasonable as I'd like to believe it is. "Building with concrete blocks? What is even wrong with you, where you never thought proper construction? What do you mean cheap building costs? People who want to build cheap buildings shouldn't be allowed to build anyway".