Are you a 'serious' DS poster or do you do it just for fun?

ollie1004 · 15/04/14 - 19:40

Which one do you fall under? I'm most definitely the latter! It's only words on a screen innit? The amount of what seem genuinely irate posts I see posted on here make me howl!

[Deleted User] · 15/04/14 - 19:43

Both (But mostly for fun)

yellowpark · 15/04/14 - 19:45

Surely it depends on what the thread or subject is about?

ollie1004 · 15/04/14 - 19:47

yellowpark wrote: »

Surely it depends on what the thread or subject is about?

Very good point YP! I just meant more generally, I'm not sure I could ever be truly offended by something I'd read on a screen. I find it alarming that so many posters genuinely "take offence" to things in here.

SJ_Mental · 15/04/14 - 19:49

I am always completely super cereal.

Mark39London · 15/04/14 - 19:50

Probably 50/50.

I try not to be bothered by what some anonymous person types, simply because I don't know anything about them. Everyone has an opinion at the end of the day.

There are plenty of funny threads that make me laugh and quite a few informative ones too.

It's only a forum

edEx · 15/04/14 - 19:51

Depends entirely on the mood I'm in.

butterworth · 15/04/14 - 19:58

Mostly fun. You soon get to learn that 'serious' just isn't worth it...

LightningIguana · 15/04/14 - 20:02

I try to be light and fun, but it depends on the situation. What I hate is when your trying not to take things too seriously in a not serious thread and someone takes a dig. Then I just get really down and have to go rage somewhere and swear violently at the screen

bornfree · 15/04/14 - 20:03

Depends. Sometimes I take things seriously and sometimes some threads are just so funny that I cant help posting on them.

IzzyS · 15/04/14 - 20:15

Very much serious, possibly a bit too much so at times, if possible. Ocassionally ill be more light hearted I suppose but then I usually include a smiley in such posts to indicate thats the case.

Bad Wolf 525 · 15/04/14 - 20:17

I'm here to have fun!! That's not to say I have never posted anything serious, because I have.

But I prefer to keep it lighthearted.

If something upsets me, I usually walk away from the keyboard

Pumping Iron · 15/04/14 - 20:18

Mostly non-serious. It's the internet, not real life. I never get upset or offended on DS and like to hear different people's points of view, or talk/read about topics I wouldn't encounter in everyday life.

[Deleted User] · 15/04/14 - 20:19

Serious all the time. There's no place for fun on these forums. Why would I want to spend any of my spare time having fun? No sir, every post a serious one from me.

*Sparkle* · 15/04/14 - 20:21

I come on here because I enjoy discussing different subjects, and if it made me miserable, I'd stop. That said, some of the subjects are serious, and needed to be treated with respect.

chris1978 · 15/04/14 - 21:01

A bit of both. And depends on if I've just been reading the daily mail

[Deleted User] · 15/04/14 - 21:26

Both. I post on serious topics but I don't take anything too seriously.

agrainofsand · 15/04/14 - 21:30

Totally, totally serial...

kitty86 · 15/04/14 - 21:32

I usually only post in the more fun, light hearted threads but if it's a subject I'm passionate about then I can become serious.

I just have to remind myself that thankfully some DS posters are not a reflection of the general population.

[Deleted User] · 15/04/14 - 21:46

I've got a far better chance of having my opinions printed on a forum than in the newspapers.

performingmonk · 15/04/14 - 21:48

Deadly serious. I am sitting at a computer posting on a forum. I am the centre of the universe, surrounded by gas giants. There's no room for levity or frivolity of any kind.

Fizix · 15/04/14 - 21:50

I switch depending on my mood from seriousness to sillyness. Same goes for any communities and social media where I do not know the people IRL or isn't in some professional environment.

I'm far more careful and reserved if I know people; if I upset or annoy someone online that I don't actually know, then they won't remember me and I won't remember them in 6 months time. So they don't matter. However if I know them (i.e. On Facebook) or its a professional forum then those people matter so I'm much more careful.

[Deleted User] · 15/04/14 - 21:52

Pumping Iron wrote: »

Mostly non-serious. It's the internet, not real life. I never get upset or offended on DS and like to hear different people's points of view, or talk/read about topics I wouldn't encounter in everyday life.

The Internet IS real life though. People meet their future partners online. People use social media to stay in touch with friends and loved ones.

This whole notion that the 'Internet isn't real' thing is a misnomer.

[Deleted User] · 15/04/14 - 21:53

A bit of both. I can be quite serious, but I can also be fun. I don't troll or make shit up though just for kicks - that's just daft.

Radiomaniac · 15/04/14 - 21:55

Both.

IzzyS · 15/04/14 - 21:56

Pumping Iron wrote: »

Mostly non-serious. It's the internet, not real life. I never get upset or offended on DS and like to hear different people's points of view, or talk/read about topics I wouldn't encounter in everyday life.

I never understand when people say that, it baffles me

thats as if to say that its robots that create the content, not genuine humans or something. Of course its real life - ok your behind a screen but its still real, its not as if your imagining the messages you read lol

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