Interacting with people who are probably mentally ill on the internet

Myrmidon · 2011-05-26 15:41:39

I never know how to react, and it's always really uncomfortable.

AHR · 2011-05-26 15:41:55

How mentally ill?

Bob · 2011-05-26 15:43:47

My apologies. But, I am not mentally ill.

Who are you talking about?

Myrmidon · 2011-05-26 15:46:37

Love Happiness and another person who I don't want to mention where he can hear me.

I'm not insulting either of them, I'm just saying that I'm mildly worried about them and I don't know what to say when we end up in the same thread.

GLORIOUSLeader · 2011-05-26 15:47:41

Just try to be nice?

Bob · 2011-05-26 15:48:17

I know who it is.

Just go with your gut. Obviously that doesn't count if your gut suggests you flame them.

^Also this.

ninjaclown · 2011-05-26 15:48:27

I'm not sure if LH is trolling or just stupid, but it never occurred to me he may have a mental illness. Are you sure you don't want to mention the other guy, he may be the same person I'm thinking about. (Does that guy know this forum exists?)

AHR · 2011-05-26 15:49:19

LH has improved, slowly but surely. At least he's an optimistic buggerhead.

Bob · 2011-05-26 15:49:22

^^I think the other person is on this forum.

Nyarly · 2011-05-26 15:52:11

I think it should be pretty obvious who this other guy is. But that's all I say about that.

Concerning Love Happiness, I think he actually mentioned that he is mentally ill, but I'm not exactly sure.

^^ Funny thing is, he didn't seem very optimistic in the optimism thread (I only saw the first page though). His name makes it even funnier.

AHR · 2011-05-26 15:55:47

Heh, well, optimistic compared to most of our oddballs.

Except Counterclock, but she's the awesome kind of oddball.

Myrmidon · 2011-05-26 16:02:57

There's a difference between oddball and mentally ill. Vorpy, Aliroz, and Counterclock all say weird things a lot, but I don't think any of them have serious mental issues.

Well maybe Vorpy.

AHR · 2011-05-26 16:03:28

Well, I guess you're not counting Aspergerness or Autism, right?

Bob · 2011-05-26 16:05:15

Wouldn't those count as mental illnesses, though? No offense meant to anyone who may have one, of course.

Myrmidon · 2011-05-26 16:27:40

Not really, no.

~~Because then I would have to count 80% of the posters on the fora~~

AHR · 2011-05-26 16:28:53

Ah. OK then. I do feel slightly uneasy interacting with people of this type as well, mostly because it's harder to appeal to common logic.

Vorpy · 2011-05-26 16:38:20

There's a difference between oddball and mentally ill. Vorpy, Aliroz,
and Counterclock all say weird things a lot, but I don't think any of
them have serious mental issues.

Well maybe Vorpy.

Counterclock is my sister at arms when it comes to weirdness, but she's on a "good" weird scale where she exists out side of the world and genrally doesn't harm anything. She tried to emulate me once a while ago but I told her to stop because there was nothing to be gained from it but attention, and she doesn't do too well with attention.

Me however, am a fish. Fish eat things. Therefore logically we should clone Hitler.

Myrmidon · 2011-05-26 16:48:14

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=hof4p2kfdch3qcol68ix5sbv&page=2909#72710

How is anybody supposed to respond to this?

GLORIOUSLeader · 2011-05-26 16:49:50

Exactly as you did.

Bob · 2011-05-26 16:52:14

What GL said. You seem to be doing a fine job responding to such comments to me.

vacasama · 2011-05-26 16:56:00

I just be apathetic and watch the fireworks.

snowbull · 2011-05-26 17:30:46

"I don't doubt the existence of some sort of external reality. What I do doubt is the existence of a self."

He doubts the existence of the only thing you can be fairly sure of?

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