Eh, sounds like he is just doing some harmless trolling, I dont think that’s disrespectful. Basically the internet equivalent of a prank
Comment on Anon's grandfather has been jerkin' some chains
SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 5 months agoAnon’s grandfather should know there’s a human at the other end of all internet interactions and they deserve some respect too.
GregorGizeh@lemmy.zip 5 months ago
herrcaptain@lemmy.ca 5 months ago
Yeah, this sounds like Ken M style pranking. Just playing the fool for some laughs. No one gets hurt, and some people might get a fun story out of it. This is what pranks are supposed to be.
brbposting@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
herrcaptain@lemmy.ca 5 months ago
refalo@programming.dev 5 months ago
No one gets hurt
Depending on what was said, misinformation can indeed cause harm, either directly or indirectly.
beardown@lemm.ee 5 months ago
Hall monitors are the most unlikable people on earth
Clent@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Yeah. Being an asshole is easy.
The first troll didn’t know the term troll. It’s not a unique idea.
Trolling to get a rise out of upsetting people has been linked to mental illness.
Some trolls are just shit communicators and are too stupid to recognize the wake of their discourse. Gramps doesn’t appear to be one of those.
SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 5 months ago
The internet could be so much nicer if we all just treated people the way we wanted to be treated.
refalo@programming.dev 5 months ago
except I like being trolled too. not everyone thinks the same
SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Some people like having their nuts stepped on but I’m not doing that to everyone I meet.
Yummers@lemmy.world 5 months ago
[deleted]Clent@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Are you assuming my emotional reaction to any of this?
Sounds like you’ve got a case of the stupids.
Skepticpunk@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Thanks, /u/SatansMaggotyCumFart.
ryven@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 months ago
This is a pretty common style of humor among older people IRL, I feel like? The problem isn’t that he isn’t thinking of them as people, the problem is that since they can’t see him laugh at their reaction they never get let in on the joke, which is an important part of the difference between joking and trolling.