Friday, December 15, 2017

Hakuna Matata

Hakuna Matata is a phrase that I've been living by ever since I saw the movie as a kid. If you don't know what that means we can no longer be friends. It means "no worries". When it comes to the issue of trolling or just negative people online, I strongly believe in having no worries. Now people handle it in different ways so confronting works for some people and staying silent works too. For me in my opinion, I let them talk all they want, because the only one who can determine if they can progress further is me. I actually laugh and feel honored. You would take the time out of your possibly boring life to troll me. I thank you. I don't think life is like too short, I mean the saying is true when they say "life is too short", but to me it's like life it's going to keep going so why worry about other people. Another thing is, I don't know them. Even if I know them, I don't know what they are going through. Now at the same token it's not right for them to lash out on other people but sometimes these trolls are going through something. Like I said, it's not right but you don't know what is happening with their life. That is just my opinion. I also honestly believe things like this will never go away, that doesn't mean we can't do anything about it. I think Manjoo quoted Mr. Phillips of Humboldt State in saying that "trolls are just a symptom", the main sickness is human beings. However, humans are also the cure.

2 comments:

  1. I agree with you on how online trolls who say mean things are probably going through something in their lives, but like you said it shouldn’t be okay to lash out on people. Victims of trolls are also going through things in their own lives and don’t need unnecessary negativity added to it. Trolling is not okay whatsoever and we shouldn’t sit back and give trolls some slack because “they could just be having a bad day.”

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  2. Thinking about people taking their time to troll you is a great way to deal with the harassment people could be going through. If they have found the time to troll you then you can find time to sit back and laugh at how important you may be to them. It's as if their life is a boring video game where there are a million side quests you have to complete and trolling you is just a meaningless task you have to complete before finishing the game. This type of positive thinking could easily turn the trolling into a joke to the victim and could help them power through their day without spending any precious moment on any pathetic troll.

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