Why does this feel like a manic episode
Sometimes you need to just let things go.
It's called "Main Character Syndrome."
I just want to say I like the new take on the meme format with the colors and face edits.
Thanks! I wasn't thinking it before, but what if it inspired a new take. That'd be cool :) nice to think positive.
I’m sorry, is this some sort of “terminally online” joke that I’m too active outside to understand?
I'm just an outsider, never posted in here before, but I saw the old post and thought nothing of it other than "wild idea". Now I see this community being dragged as unhelpful or mean to newbies when that was NOT at all what I saw in that thread. Sure, a few usual WTF or "you might wanna change your input" responses but that's just how the Internet responds to unusual things.
Seriously, I had to go back to see if I missed actual meanness but I had to hunt for the thread, now deleted perhaps from embarrassment? Still, overall it looks like great responses until OP starts getting chippy, fighting users and just overall snarky. But hey, it happens.
But now, a full day later, the same OP makes a meme that continues to paint the base in a negative light AND is totally clueless as to why, with multiple disclaimers saying "no, I'm cool, this is fun!". This is the epitome of JUST STOP. You goofed, you did not read the room correct at all and now it's time to disappear, not continue to explain yourself as some misunderstood person who means well. Please, for the sake of the Internet, we get it.
Tell me you're from Reddit, without telling me you're from Reddit
Hey you started out by suggesting something that at one point would have been pretty helpful for me. Maybe you got a bit riled up by some of the responses. Some people are always going to be mean on the Internet.
The original meme made me laugh, I love the idea that such a new take would rile everyone up (even if it didn't really). I imagine you suggest some duplicate keys and mothers are covering kid's ears, old church ladies are fainting, and the young men are wanting to fight. A religious leader gravely denounces the new heresy.
Then the edit to the meme format?! I love it.
That being said, it almost seems like you're blowing it all out of proportion. Rejection sensitivity is common, and easy to feel with online communities.
You're welcome to be here, I like your creativity and out of the box thinking. Maybe cool off, have a laugh, and I'm looking forward to seeing what other creative keyboard ideas you come up with.
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