Quote Originally Posted by Sanctify View Post
Kids these days. When I was 13 I was playing vanilla WoW. Waaayyyyyy more provocative than this fairy tale. My advice, teach you kid to have tougher skin OR don't let your 13yr old play an online game.
It says a lot when the victim is the one being blamed.

Yes the child will have to learn to handle it. No it still isn't acceptable. No you should not quit online gaming entirely if rude behavior upsets you, even adults can have a temporary break down over a particularly bad pug run. I would quite freely bet a lot of gil that at least half the playerbase has felt like not playing due to rudeness at some point.

Threads like these spread awareness. There's nothing wrong with that. Sometimes players who might be nice people otherwise have stressful days, get frustrated in a shaky run and snap and lose their temper, unaware who the person behind the screen might be or what effect their words might have. It might make a few people think twice before throwing abuse in their next run and even that one gesture prevents someone elses day being ruined.