Steve of MastodonMar 13
Ewen Bell 📸
Every so often I check the comments on the YouTube channel and there's usually at least one person who wanted to say thanks and I feel good.

Then there'll be one person every few weeks who just leaves a mean comment for the sake of being negative. I can't understand why some folks put their energy into bringing others down. Serves no purpose.

There's enough to bollocks happening in this world without being that kind of dude.
Mar 13 at 11:05amWeb
Show threadAndre LouisMar 13
@ewen Everything you just said. Get the same behaviour too. I don't get the point.
Show threadEwen Bell 📸Mar 13
@FreakyFwoof

I think it's extra shocking for those of us who spend all our time on here, and simply forget what the norms are like on other social media!
Show threadAndre LouisMar 13
@ewen There is such a thing as 'Not engaging' if people don't like a thing, but that seems to be a dying art. They want the last word or something.
Even people that don't like what you have to say have to announce that 'I'm blocking you now, bye'
Instead of just, you know, moving on with your life... Sigh.
Show threadEwen Bell 📸Mar 13
@FreakyFwoof

That's totally it. Thanks for letting me vent tonight :)
Show threadAndre LouisMar 13
@ewen you are seen. You are recognised and I stand with you.
Show threadSibylleMar 13
@ewen theres bollocks happening BECAUSE of this kind of people...
Show threadEwen Bell 📸Mar 13
@sibylle

Yeah I immediately start to make assumptions about their voting tendencies!
Show threadFranz GrafMar 13

@ewen
💯. "Just keep your hate to yourself."

What's the point of insulting others.
Here on the Fediverse I see it less, but it's there,too

Show threadwobsMar 13

@ewen In these moments, I find myself thinking, "If you had time to tear down, you had time to create, and you made a choice there, bub, and your choice says a lot."

I appreciate all the work you put in here and greatly enjoy seeing you in my timeline!

Show threadEwen Bell 📸Mar 13
@wobs

🤍

Excellent words. Thankyou.
Show threadSteve of MastodonMar 13
@ewen 100% agree with your observation, with thanks! In a universe a long time ago, used to be at universities at least some 'critical' discussion around the concept of 'human development'. Mainstream social theory said humans developed by means of capitalist economic development. In practice, young men openly sought to emulate then the likes of trump, now the likes of Peter Thiel and Elon Musk, giving us "bollocks happening in this world" and "that kind of dude".
Show threadEwen Bell 📸Mar 13
@marsfield

When I was a teenager there were books about dysfunctional families and toxic masculinity. Eventually someone would tell you to go read one, and you could work out for yourself why you act like such a douche bag. Or maybe my schooling managed to sneak in a little "critical thinking" skills without me realising it. Who can say.

Today the signals are conflicting and scrambled and who even reads a book when there's 16 million YouTube channels telling you how to get rich by investing in alpaca spit.

I'm not sure humans will survive the internet.