Board Thread:News and Announcements/@comment-794213-20160709195121/@comment-24466042-20160709210135

I see.

I've been largely desensitized to the stuff mentioned here, especially given my main wiki is pretty much solely this stuff, so I've never really noticed it being that prevalent.

In any case, I can see why people would take issue with such jokes and topics, and how it can be a serious issue. For the most part I think the internet in general has become a bit more of a toxic (maybe not the best word) place in recent times, the abundance of said topics and jokes being evidence of such.

One thing people often don't realize is that since the internet isn't face to face, we can't see what the other person is feeling or if they're going through anything at the time unless the person flat out says so. In many cases they could be going through some tragedies in life and we may never know that what we say makes things worse.

Though difficult, I suppose having a nicer community would be pleasant, this place would gain more activity in users from it, and this place would probably be happier. Though I do feel a good number of users will have to shift attitudes and behavior, as well as know what not to say/do, I know I likely will, given that this is a vastly different place than others I frequent.

As a slight bit of criticism here, I do think that perhaps the harshness could be toned down in some of the original post, as well. While it does help get the point across, I feel that bluntly telling and warning would have worked as well personally, but it's not a big deal really.

I'm rambling here, but all in all while this is different than what I'm accustomed to, I will make due and help try and make this a nicer place the once in a blue moon I decide to be active here.