Mod users in FFXIV are getting out of control

[Lynart]

It's just a weird stance to take in a forum for discussion. It's essentially the "you must be great at parties" argument, as in you feel personally offended by someone's opinion but don't have one to counter it and instead use social pressure to shame. The fact you brought up making more money in the workplace, as if that has anything to do with anything on a forum for a videogame, just tells me you're not looking to have a conversation, just put people down.

I can see how you may have taken it that way: let me give you another story so you understand why I'm not going into details.

I am a very proud motorcycle racer. I also lift extremely heavy and look ripped. The other day at lunch, a colleague told me I should participate in sports. I told the colleague "I do, I race motorcycles." The colleague said "that's not a sport! It takes no physical exertion."

My ego was hit. The motorcycle weighs 500lbs. I'm constantly swinging that beast back and forth. If I'm ever actually sitting down, I am fully tucked in, similar to a full squat, to avoid the wind from dragging against my body at 300km/h. My average heart rate during a session is 170bpm. My calves and quads both run into fatigue issues because of the constant leaning off. So I told them "I sweat a lot and my heart rate is very high."

One colleague responded with "that's because of your adrenaline", and another said "that's because you're in full leathers." At this point I shut up and changed topics: one colleague is morbidly obese, the other was scrawny. If we were to take a physical fitness test I would destroy both of them without any effort. But what is the point of verbalizing any of this? The best outcome is that I've educated them in their wrong view of motorcycle racing at the expense of their pride and ego (most people do not like to admit when they are wrong.) This gains me absolutely nothing except possibly creating animosity.

It's not an ego. I'm asking that people don't lie and don't make up fake news. Caffeine is a drug. And anyone who thinks it's not is just an idiot. You shouldn't coddle idiots who want to make up their own definitions for stuff. Don't encourage lying for the sake of your ego by keeping friends.

Here is the original post I could have responded to. I wanted to, but I don't see the need to. Even if I manage to convince JackHatchet that his attitude will cause him nothing but pain and suffering, and explained why people lie/make up fake news, I'll have to deal with constant back and forth rebuttals involving subjects I've been pounding my head against for the last five months. It'd be like a variation of the arguments I was having within myself, and everyone else that has the same attitude JackHatchet is displaying.

What the **** do I have to gain from that? His comments bugged me enough that I wrote a minimal effort response to, maybe, convince him to adjust his thinking style. And because of that, I'm now writing a god damn half essay. Lose lose situation.

[hydralus]

I can see how you may have taken it that way: let me give you another story so you understand why I'm not going into details.

Gonna be honest, I stopped reading at 'look ripped' because I'm pretty sure you're a troll. Bravo, you got me.