Well.

[clauclauclaudia]

This will make me no friends but I've never before felt my age (or my gravitas or my whatever it is) while helping in support as when this all unfurled. It may all get deleted, who knows... it's there now.

Comments

[rmd.livejournal.com]

wow.

i feel old and stodgy just reading the first few layers of comments.

[bunyip.livejournal.com]

What a young idiot.

[clauclauclaudia]

And what a childish mob response.

Harassing a 14-year-old. Bravo.

[rmd.livejournal.com]

next up, SHOOTING PUPPIES IN A BARREL!

[bunyip.livejournal.com]

and the reaction gave the person the justification they may have wanted for their rant... attention.

[johnd.livejournal.com]

don't let andy read that you said that

[johnpalmer.livejournal.com]

Well, I always used "shooting fish in a barrel", so I'll stick with that, and my occasional addendum ("Big fish. Small barrel. Shotgun."), modified... "Moby Dick. Thimble. Wave Motion gun."

[jrs1980.livejournal.com]

Blinded...by..web design...

Need...to buy...miniature horse...

[clauclauclaudia]

Hee! Yes, I saw that. It has tiny sneakers on its hooves! Awwwww!

[davehogg.livejournal.com]

One of the finest traditions of the Internet ... beating up on an easy target. Nice to see it hasn't escaped LJ.

[fox1013.livejournal.com]

And now I feel old.

Old? I feel like I should be carrying a cane and calling everyone I meet "Sonny."

Damn.

[hammercock.livejournal.com]

Jeez. That's all pretty fucked up. I'm half-divided between "don't do the crime if you can't do the time" and "everyone just grow the fuck up already." I mean, yeah, she's 14, but IMHO that's old enough to realize that being an asshole is likely to get people to be assholes to you in return. OTOH, most of those responses to her are probably from folks up to and more than twice her age, and they should certainly be expected to know how to just walk away from obvious trolling like that.

*sigh* I hate watching people be sucky.

[browngirl.livejournal.com]

You're not old, you're wise.

A.
rolling her eyes. Yeah, she was rude, but she's also a kid; after the first scolding the next umpteen were rather unnecessary and probably counterproductive. Feeling ganged up on never made anyone change their mind.