Is it normal that this site makes you bitter and indifferent eventually?

Not really i just come on here to past the time at work.

As special message for the ist and ism hater.

IST ISM IST ISM IST ISM IST ISM IST ISM.

Me too - I was like that when I first joined several years ago! :D
It was so much fun!

In all honesty, I do get frustrated now and then with a few negative aspects of IIN. I've taken a several 'breaks' myself; either I lost interest for a while or I was avoiding being trolled. Taking breaks helps stave off bitterness. (:

A lot of the long time regulars (seniors) on this site have to put up with a ridiculous amount of trolling from attention-starved kids; therefore, I can understand why they would start commenting like they no longer cared. Why should they even stick around after tolerating it? Maybe they hope it will improve. Maybe they stay because they've made a few friends and don't want to abandon them. Then again, some good ones end up leaving, and they leave for good - which is always a shame.

Whenever a new member with articulate helpful advice comes along, we should try to do what we can to encourage them to stay and spread their wisdom. The more of them there are, the better this place becomes.

Please DO use -ists and -isms. Please use "race" in a context meaning skin colour/ethnicity. Please use textese as much as you want. And when you refer to a deity, feel free to be as specific or non-specific as you want :)

I catch myself becoming bitter at times and I think that I sometimes rush to judgement on some stories. I try to limit my comments and if I see a post that is overwhelmingly negative I'll try to make a positove comment. But it isn't always easy. I try to remember that the poster may be asking a genuine question.

The best solution is to take a break and remember this is only a small piece of what the world has to offer.

4 reasons

1.After years on the computer you wonder what you are doing with your life. It gets lonely.

2.A lot of arguing/confrontation goes on in this site and bullying.

3.People do ask the same stupid obvious questions over and over. A great example (I am 16 and dating my 40 year old teacher is it normal). Even for countries that this is illegal. Laws are made for a reason.

4.A lot of members do not respect the guidelines and rules set up for this website. Like "must be 18 and over".

EAT SHIT A DIE SCUMBAG!!!! RAWRRRR IM NOT A BITTER OLD MAN

now that that is out of the way. it all whatever. only thing that annoys me are the bad trolls and the dumb kids that wanna talk about JB or my little ponies, or some crap. Aint nobody got time for that

The way I use IIN seems very similar to this!:) I guess you could say I'm pretty indifferent to this place at the moment, although not entirely because of the posts or anything. I don't think I'm bitter, although I can be mean on here at times. I don't think many people are bitter here, although I think a lot of people are annoyed at certain types of users, as well as the repetition of posts.

I suppose I used to put more care into my comments, and was kinder in the past; now I'm just getting a bit apathetic, and I'm finding it hard to even talk to members here. Not sure why, because I still like the people here. I'm just not sure what to say to anyone, though. I feel out of touch with IIN. But I can't really speak for everyone, so I'm not sure how they feel.

And I don't think you should be scared about turning bitter. If it gets to that point, I think it's time to move on.

If you become obsessed with "this site," or anything else, you will end up bitter and indifferent.

This is why I took a break. I found myself getting angry and bitter, and that anger and bitterness was affecting my personal life. Hopefully things have changed :)

This is funny, I'm just back from an IIN break. It's funny how most users who commented here agree with the OP. Who are those bitter people then if they're none of the above?????

I've been here for a while now and Im pretty much the same way. I try not to leave mean comments but it happens when I'm angry about something else...which seems to be happening more frequently. I guess I just need to stay away.

Indifferent... kinda.
Bitter... Um, hopefully not.

I love this site but i'm a newcomer, i've been here for about 3 maby 3 and a half months and I still feel such empathy for some of the posters here and want to leave helpful replies and I still laugh like a madman at some of the replies and in turn get weird looks from my family, but recently a lot of the questions are things I have already tried to help with and a surprising amount of times someone has made the point I was going to make but conveyed the opinion better than I ever could. Plus i'm finding it harder to know what to take seriously now and I overanalyze my replies to people because I think I might sound distant or weird, also I have a problem with insomnia and that's when I'd mainly go on but i'm not doing that now as the last time I was a bit of an arse to someone then felt bad when I reread it. I do love IIN and a lot of the people here though

I spread it out with a bit of give a damn and a little indifference in every comment. This way, both of them should last a couple years.

I also try to just go to the posts I figure I'll care about. If I can't find much to care about I try to care about something different. If I still don't care, I take a short break.

I don't guess I've been here long enough to start feeling bitter, though.

I don't know that I've grown bitter quite yet but I certainly slowed down on commenting since I first got here.

I come here because I enjoy trying to give people advice. If I'm ever growing bitter, I won't have a reason to stay and will just take a break. It's happened once.

You've been here thrice as long as I have.

I was bitter when I started and yes, the indifference grows every time I log in.