Have you ever been upset by something said to you on MN?

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I’m a frequent name changer but I’ve been around for a few years. I deleted an earlier account after I somehow provoked a pile-on when I started a tongue-in-cheek thread about ketchup on roast dinners (of all things). Some of the comments were beyond brutal - I could laugh some of them off but others were really below the belt. Over ketchup!! 😂

In the end, I decided I was too thin skinned for the rigours of MN and I took a break until I decided to dip my toe back in MN waters again. I’m much more cautious now and tend to not start threads but I’m curious as to whether anyone else has felt upset at comments a stranger has posted at them online? Are you able to shrug it off or do you take it a bit more personally? This isn’t meant to be ‘oh, isn’t MN a horrible place’ discussion (I don’t think it is) but just me wondering if others get upset if you’re on the receiving end of spiky comments or if you’re able to just quickly dismiss it?

Never upset, no.

Annoyed, yes. Usually when someone latches onto a response I've made to another poster entirely, and they endlessly disagree with me like they are a dog with a bone that won't let go.

Under a different username, I was HOUNDED off a thread because I misunderstood the OP, I apologised about 4 times but the same poster kept kicking me when I was down saying it “wasn’t good enough” I hid the thread in the end, it’s about 3 years later and I still think “Oh, THIS bitch” when I see the username.

Yes. Often not on threads I started but when I see what some people think of people with depression.
Also remember being low and needing support. I wanted to ask for a hand hold, because even though it is all anonymous and virtual in some ways it feels emotionally tangible. Didn’t because I’d seen a thread about ridiculous that phrase, why not just ask for support.

No. I keep expecting to be flamed and am usually pleasantly surprised. Think I've a tough skin these days though so wouldn't take someone's opinion too personally anymore. Far cry from the old me. Received a comment on twitter more than 15 years ago where I was called a silly little girl for not knowing the difference between tyre and tire which for some ridiculous reason still pops into my brain uninvited every now and again 🙄

Someone accused me of lying once. It was in the context of whether an adopted child can be as loved as a biological child. The obnoxious person said that was impossible and if I said otherwise, I was lying. I should have just ignored such utter nonsense, but it upset me nonetheless.

More recently, I had a literal "How very dare you" reaction in response to one of my posts. That just made me laugh. 😂

I just shrug my shoulders and think it says far more about them than me. They are probably desperately unhappy people in real life. And a bit thick too, if they aren't capable of having a reasoned discussion but just bandy insults about!

I’m befuddled by the nastiness of people. I honestly don’t know why some are so nasty, judgemental and rude towards others when they don’t know any more than a random paragraph on a post. It really is astonishing. Its not a world I’ve experienced in real life.

I remember that one! People got enraged, especially if they didn't like the cardigan. it was insane

Years ago I posted when I was shaken because a child ran in front of my car. Well, you'd have thought I'd deliberately mown the kid down, the thread went on for 12 pages 🙄

Yes, me too. There’s a small handful of posters who seemingly rush to be the first to comment something hurtful. It’s almost as though there’s a prize to be the first. It’s very weird!

Me too! Because it was a decent brand?