How do you react to hostility?

Started by s0nido April 12th, 2009 8:55 PM
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Cherrim

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I feign being unaffected and laugh it off. If it gets to me I tend to snap back a bit but I try my best to keep my cool. It's much easier on the internet because I can take a break and come back later when I've cleared my head and sometimes it doesn't even seem as hostile. But in real life, I might raise my voice a bit but I'm more likely to... well, do the same thing. Regardless, I do go on the defensive fairly easily. :x


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Age 29
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Seen March 17th, 2014
Posted March 7th, 2011
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It really depends on the person doing it. I usually hold my own but I don't get hostile back, usually. Sometimes I even get the shy type with others as well. Like I said, i really depends on the person.

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Morkula

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Virginia
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Posted March 4th, 2018
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I tend to get defensive pretty easily, but usually if I actually react it's with passive-aggressiveness rather than snapping back. Online I'm a bit more aggressive and prone to snapping back though, mainly because it's in the heat of the moment and there's really no time to think about it before I react.

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It really depends who it is. If it's my family I usually get really angry back, if it's someone else I usually just don't care at all but get rather annoyed that they're bothering me, if it's online I either find it hilarious or scary XD It really depends who. But with each situation I still get rather offended :/

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Age 30
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Posted January 9th, 2015
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14.3 Years
When people are hostile to me, I stay quiet until they go over the edge. Then all hell brakes loose. Well, verbally, that is.
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Depends on the person. If it's one of my brothers, I don't hesitate to get even madder at them. Yes. I know how to deal with those two. D<
If its someone outside my family, I apologize as much as possible and try to avoid any kind or argument, even if it wasn't my fault. I've always hated being involved in conflicts like that.
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Age 30
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Seen May 18th, 2010
Posted March 29th, 2010
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17.5 Years
It depends on why they are angry at me.

The other day, I was going on a "why-Stephenie-Meyer's-writing-is-not-good" rant. I was talking about how Bella is a Mary Sue self insert even though I like the plotline. And one of the 6th graders, who's a Twilight fanatic (there's a group of them in my school - they'd probably stab you if you said anything bad about Twilight), well here's the dialogue.

Jaycee: What are you talking about, her writing is amazing.
Savannah: Uhm, no. The plotline is all right. But her writing style is just not good. She needs to branch out more, use more adjectives and descriptions besides, "His voice is like velvet" and "His chest is like marble". I've been researching writing since I was seven, when I wrote my first book.
Jaycee: Have you ever published any of your books? Are any famous?
Savannah: They don't need to be famous yet. Besides, I'm only 16, and I'm working on a manuscript to send in right now. It's just luck of when a book gets published. See, when you're like you are, you'll think her writing is amazing. But when you research writing and understand what you're supposed to be writing like to make a good book and get a degree in Writing, then-
Jaycee: Then her writing is even MORE amazing.
Savannah: No! You think you know everything! You think Stephenie is like God or something. Well guess what? Vampires don't sparkle, they die in the sun. Whoopee, she made them sparkle. But Bella's an annoying, whiny girl who has everyone fall in love with her, and she tries to commit suicide because her boyfriend leaves her. The whole thing reeks of Mary-Sue self-insert-ness. You don't even listen to anyone who's opinion is different than yours. I'm sick of the Twilight obsession in this school. She is not a good writer. You're 11, you don't know what writing is. Okay?!

That's how I act when people get angry towards me for something that's clearly right.

On the other hand, if I did something wrong, I'd just go off and be on my own for a while.
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Posted July 14th, 2011
513 posts
14.1 Years
I usually stay cool with it, but if it were to get physical, THEN I would get mad. I'm not the type of person who just takes hits, and I've been going to karate for years.

It also matters what they are mad about.

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Age 27
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Spain
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Posted December 7th, 2017
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15.2 Years
I normally get pretty scared if someones being hostile to me... Then my face goes really red and I start screaming insults at the top of my lungs at them.
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Logan

Age 28
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Salisbury, England
Seen July 19th, 2022
Posted November 12th, 2021
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14.5 Years
In real life I stand in front of them and insult them too,
In my cyber life I just laugh and take the mick xD