Saturday, November 9, 2013

"This thing isn't up to my highest standard, ergo it SUCKS!"

THIS BLOG SUCKS!
There's one thing I can't stand on the internet today... No it's not the console wars, spoilers, trolls or dumb memes. The thing I'm sick of is when people overuse the phrase "it sucks". I hear it too much, "this isn't as good as that one, it sucks!", "I didn't like this feature, so it sucked!" and so on... 

Whatever happened to "I just don't like it", "could've been better" or just explaining the flaws from your perspective? I mean, when you've been on the internet for as long as most of us have you get used to it, but really, that's not helping. This mentality is what fuels most conflicts on the internet anyway, console wars? Would be a thing of the past of people could just stop dismissing everything they don't view as good, as crap. Newsflash, it can still be okay or even good even if you don't care much for it!

If you don't have the time or energy to give any critical argument except "it sucks" then you'll save you and many others problems that can so easily be avoided. I know there are trolls out there too and they're the ones that say stuff like that the most, they can too easily be ignored. I'm talking about the guy who wants good discussions on forums, or the rare guy who isn't looking for a fight on Youtube. Think before you write something, it's so rare these days but it doesn't have to stay that way.

Change start with a few, I've made my choice a long time ago, to not indulge simpletons who commit this sin on a regular basis. However there are always things that will get to you no matter how much you try, and this is one of them for me. Just remember, just because you don't like it doesn't mean it sucks, there's always someone who loves whatever you're trashing so just try to be more sensitive to that fact. If even one person who reads this takes this advice the internet will already become more pleasant.

Please note I'm not trying to be some moral police over here. I'm a morally depraved asshole just like anyone else on the internet, I'm just trying to make it a slightly more enjoyable place to be that morally depraved asshole.