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So this is a bit of a thread. Been holding it in for a while, trying to work through it. But back in...I want to say May? I was bullied by a popular Twitch streamer, and it still hurts.
So basically, this streamer, who I will not name because a) it doesn& #39;t matter and b) they probably don& #39;t give a flying fuck if they hurt me, and c) they won& #39;t get any repercussions due to their status on Twitch. And even if none of that was true, I still wouldn& #39;t name them.
It wasn& #39;t even about something important. I mentioned a fun thing about my country, and they somehow took offense to that and started mocking me (with support from a mod) for half an hour. I tried to put up a good face, pretend like it didn& #39;t hurt...but it did. A lot.
See, here& #39;s the thing: triggers can be a lot of things. I was bullied a lot in my younger years. I was an overweight nerd who refused to be violent, so I had a target painted on my back (it& #39;s why I loathe the term "neckbeard", it& #39;s fatshaming assholery, and there& #39;s better words).
So to the streamer, it was just "good fun". But to me it was a return to the schoolyard, being called fat, loser, ugly, gross, being stabbed with a compass, being wrestled to the ground and beaten until bruised all over the face...and that& #39;s my trigger. And they don& #39;t care.
So I unfollowed that day. Kept subscribing because my personal issues shouldn& #39;t hurt them. But then I unsubbed too, because they& #39;re an asshole. A politically correct one who hurts the "right" targets (mostly), but I suspect they just enjoy hurting people.
And that& #39;s why I put up this thread, I guess. As a warning. A friendly warning. Beware the ones who take a little too much joy in it. The ones who grin like a devil while calling someone names. Doesn& #39;t matter if the one they& #39;re hurting is an asshole too.
I& #39;m not saying nobody should tell off assholes. Far from it. But going so far as to hold long, smug, snarky bully-rants disguised as "sass", far beyond what& #39;s needed to vent? For each and every one of them? That& #39;s a warning sign.
Because the kind of person who happily does that, laughing and cheering and grinning, will easily do it to someone who doesn& #39;t deserve it, over trifling nonsense matters. Like me.
