Absolute frustration at not being able to see my own DPS (ps4)

[Ryel]

THIS sort of attitude is where the problem lies, not in the parser itself. People like this is what gives parsers a bad reputation. A parser is simply a tool, people like this poster put that tool into a bad light by using it in a bad way. It has nothing to do with "getting thicker skin" no one should be made to feel uncomfortable or embarassed. "Calling someone out" does nothing to help a situation. People need to learn that not every human being is like them, I'm not gonna say that it bothers ME personally, because I tend to just laugh assholes off and get on with my day, but some people ARE inherently more fragile mentally, emotionally, and no one on the internet will change those people. It's called being human. Learn some damned compassion, the 'net will be a better place for it.

I don't want to dig into this too deeply because it's the fast track to 30 pages of derail so I'll keep it brief.

Life does not work this way.

Yes everyone is different, yes compassion is great, some will have it and some will not.

Everyone has varying levels of tolerance and understanding, learning how to deal with both sides of the spectrum is key when playing a game with 500+ thousand other players.

There are times when a thicker skin is going to be needed and no you cannot expect others to roll over and consider the feelings of every individual person in every scenario, just like you said yourself that you can laugh it off and recognize a jerk while others may not be able to.

This is the doorway to a semantics argument that will get nowhere fast.

I'm sure you're aware of this as well.

Both sides need to give a little as this can be applied to literally anything in game that involves more than one person not just parsers.