Everything certainly went far out of kilter!
As best I can work out, he took your telling him to back off, or whatever words you used, about the CaptainBucky thing as pushing him around, and so felt justified (and apparently still does, but he's mistaken) telling you to GF yourself. He's said before CaptainBucky was the first person here who befriended him, and felt he was defending his friend.
My instincts say he's for real.
As far as CaptainBucky, I'm not sure what to think. My first interpretation was he posted "lol" on your old apology thread (which I admired you at the time for posting, and still do) as laughing at the storm in a teacup, in hindsight, not that he was laughing at you for apologising. But if he PMed you to say you'd once called him a troll, and you never did, and he did that as some kind of joke?? And then on top of it *was* laughing at you for apologising? Well, then that sucks, and he should never have done it :(
Online stuff can be tricky. People can easily get suspicious due to what are really misunderstandings. But then, some people really do troll, so sometimes suspicions are warranted, to a degree.
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MissMargoChanning (6630)
7 years ago
What you say is pretty much what I first thought. Also, I couldn't agree more. online stuff certainly can be tricky. People can interpret something that is said, in a completely different way than what was intended.
We all seem to be suspicious of one person or another. Why? We really don't know the other people at the other end of the line, do we? I'd like to think that I do, but I am no different than anyone else. That sort of anonymity works for the troll. It doesn't always work for the honest people who want to be friends.
OK. I'm done babbling now. You all have a nice Easter. I hope that your storm problems are over. I hear that you had to evacuate! You certainly have had your share of troubles. Hopefully, it's smooth sailing the rest of this year!
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Catbookss (13664)
7 years ago
Yes, yes, all of what you said.
Misunderstandings and miscommunications are common enough OFF line, and that's where there isn't any anonymity, and you can read a person's face and body language. It's much harder online, and then there are trolls, who take advantage of this.
Then add to it people who are by nature suspicious, or worse, paranoid, and you've got the makings for some unfortunate situations!
The news says we're done with storms until next winter!! 5 evacuations was more than enough. Thank you, an you have a lovely Easter too 🐰🐤
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