Driving off someone from being online, as a troll, because it gives you a thrill.

This is an awfully specific flex, but it is a flex nonetheless, that people do feel to boast about. Because it’s just another form of a power-trip. Congratulations, you’ve driven away someone who could’ve been a contributory member of a community to make yourself feel better by orchestrating lies, performing witch hunts and huddling with your troll buddies in ways to figure out how to process this.

There’s nothing prideful about this to flex over.

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    Bad/illegal driving. You contribute to an unreasonably high crash rate to be 2 minutes faster, good job.

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    I read a job listing recently bragging about the company’s AI usage by saying “One of our engineers hasn’t hand-written a single line of code in 18 months”

    Like okay dude…

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      It translates to: “One of our engineer has been stealing code from others without attribution, consent and/or compensation, and did license laundering to it, for 18 months”.

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    Making as much noise as possible at every fucking place and every fucking time. Even worse if you are a motorcyclist or a driver of a car, bus, or truck. Or when you’re putting music non stop all day long, even late at night.

    That and bragging about using AI. Like, seriously? Are bragging about destroying the world, displacing workers from their labor and stealing other people’s works without attribution, consent, or compensation. Fucking bastard.

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    Anything related to their genetics (height, skin/hair/eye color, … etc) or inheritance.

    Show me something you did, not something you’re born with.

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      mmmm. I mean most times I see this its in the way I might do it. Conversation is about something that seems bad and you say somewhere that your lucky because your X which is not like the bad thing. too short, too tall, fair skinned, etc.

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    I don’t think I have seen someone flex about having driven someone off some platform before honestly. I do block a lot though.

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      thats a common thing with insults though. owning it. I mean I get it. Im like that with nerd or dork or geek.

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        Some people flex with products from giant American companies. Specifically for apps: if their messages are sent in green bubble, some (not all) people will ask arrogantly ask: When you will get an iPhone? Android is for cheap/poor people/kids. Or if you tell them they can find you also on Signal too: When you will get Whatsapp? Signal is for losers/people with no (social) life. I am glad that I don’t use any those 2 apps.

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    any flex. I couldn’t give a fuck about, unless it pertains to a question or conversation that I am participating in.

    I can pick lint from my bellybutton with my prehensile dick.

    fuck off Ted, I don’t give a shit.

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      Overall I agree, but it can depend. If you put in a bunch of work to build, design, or restore a car then that’s worthy of bragging. But if you’re just some jagoff who simply bought a mustang, then it’s just weird to brag about

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        Hah, I bought a car that will leave your rustang in the dust! More power, but enough tr toon control that I won’t put it in the ditch

        … for example

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    “fluent in sarcasm”

    No, you’re an emotionally stunted and terrified human that cannot engage in a genuine way