Driving off someone from being online, as a troll, because it gives you a thrill.

This is an awfully specific flex, but it is a flex nonetheless, that people do feel to boast about. Because it’s just another form of a power-trip. Congratulations, you’ve driven away someone who could’ve been a contributory member of a community to make yourself feel better by orchestrating lies, performing witch hunts and huddling with your troll buddies in ways to figure out how to process this.

There’s nothing prideful about this to flex over.

  • sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone
    37·
    4 days ago

    As a kid I also hated the perfect attendance award because

    1. My mom was really into it and made me go to school when i was sick
    2. I was always the only one who was awarded it and the other kids already thought i was weird
    3. Not as great a reason, but my best friend in elementary school told me that sometimes his parents gave him a day off school so he could do something fun with them :/
    • emeralddawn45@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      22·
      4 days ago

      Number 3 is perfectly reasonable and healthy. If it’s not interfering with their education or progress, time off is a good thing now and then. And especially in a household where both parents work full-time that time together was likely way more valuable for the kids development than whatever he would’ve gotten from one day of classes.

      • pinball_wizard@lemmy.zip
        3·
        4 days ago

        Wow. Yes. Some of my favorite memories are when my Dad would turn what could have been a half hour away from school into a half day, to spend more time together away from school and work.