[OOC] Let's Chat! - page 12986 - The Counter Chat

3 Jun 2025, 07:09

Joseph Sims wrote: 3 Jun 2025, 01:52
Aurelia Valentine wrote: 2 Jun 2025, 20:27
No matter how active I am, I did not really catch people calling him out for his behaviour. I thought, at least in his situation, everything was fine. He did not stop too - just continuing his life and glorifying himself whilst also interacting with others. I got this vibe that he must only be in his early teens, and I am not particularly ignorant with this type of behaviour as I am also unbearable at that stage of my life.

I was surprised when he confessed that he was scared - filling up his chats with bewares, reminders, and such - that he must be offending someone. I thought he was bluffing as I perceived him as someone who does not actually care about others' opinion, then he revealed that people were owling him left and right, calling him out, and even escalating the matters to staff.

I actually subconsciously thought that the situation aforementioned would happen one of those days but I was not happy about being right at the time. Calling him out for harmless jokes and threatening to ban him for it - I perceived this as something putting off his fire entirely. Pettely does not have to restrict the entirety of his personality in order to fit in. The fact that he fought hard to refrain himself from making such offensive jokes actually shows how much he did not want to leave the site entirely; making me wonder if he had any friends in real life.

I wonder if he became tired from treading on eggshells. This community is not supposed to scare off someone for being different. If he cannot wear a mask in order to fit in then we do not deserve to put him down like that. Sigh, I wish I interacted with him more; once he come back I am going to tell him how much I treasure my friendship with him - come to think of it, he must not have known this. I would not be thinking like this if I was not paranoid because of those abandoned accounts littering the Games Room.
Maybe... though I don't think it's the site that scared him off. He only left after everyone started warming up to him and coming to terms with his personality. But I guess it's still a possibility. It's still unfair though, how he was treated. He really shouldn't have to change his personality to fit the mold and be accepted. I wasn't too far off from him when I first joined the site. I feel I was just spared from the backlash cuz I got lucky and met the right people, forging the right connections. Sometimes I wonder whether people genuinely like my presence or think I'm a weirdo and just accept me cuz the rest of the community does.

I want to believe his cause for leaving isn't something so negative. Like I always say, he did mention he wanted to focus on his academic future and that he was getting increasingly concerned about his future. Maybe he left because he had other priorities and commitments to attend to. There comes a point in a life when one realizes they have limited time and have to weigh their commitments, before letting go of some. But yeah, I do hope he returns :< and hope he knows he does have friends here who value him.

I wish Pettely well with his future endeavours.

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