WHY are some people jerks on mfp? (philosophically...)

kater8er
kater8er Posts: 364 Member
edited December 2024 in Chit-Chat
I'm actually wondering. I'm not questioning their existence, or crying about some jerk who bullied me...I'm just wondering...Why do ya'll think there are so many?

Is there some kind of gene that we all have that makes people on MFP more likely to be overly assertive DBs?....Are we all control freaks because we count calories obsessively? Are the ones of us who *don't* count calories obsessively but use MFP as a general tool but then get riled up to be lumped into the same category as the rest of us just defensive naturally?

I'M WONDERING! Gimme your theories!
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  • PapaverSomniferum
    PapaverSomniferum Posts: 2,670 Member
    They're cranky.

    because they're unhappy with their bodies

    because they're sore from working out

    because they're F^cking HUNGRY
  • kater8er
    kater8er Posts: 364 Member


    because they're F^cking HUNGRY

    Standard MFP Jerk Response: If you're so hungry, you obviously need more protein in your diet. It's the ONLY way to lose weight.
  • LadyIvysMom
    LadyIvysMom Posts: 391 Member
    I don't think anyone on here is a jerk. I just think some people are oversensitive and probably shouldn't ask questions if they don't want opinions or harsh realities.
  • ilovemybuggy
    ilovemybuggy Posts: 1,584 Member
    I don't think anyone on here is a jerk. I just think some people are oversensitive and probably shouldn't ask questions if they don't want opinions or harsh realities.

    this
  • kater8er
    kater8er Posts: 364 Member
    I don't think anyone on here is a jerk. I just think some people are oversensitive and probably shouldn't ask questions if they don't want opinions or harsh realities.

    this

    Interesting thought....More detail perhaps? What do you mean by "harsh realities"?
  • Fatal1ty2k5
    Fatal1ty2k5 Posts: 333 Member
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  • skonly
    skonly Posts: 371
    Humans are just like that.
  • kater8er
    kater8er Posts: 364 Member
    love it.
  • UsedToBeHusky
    UsedToBeHusky Posts: 15,228 Member
    Wow! That is a bit ridiculous, don't ya think? Everyone has a tendency to be a jerk sometimes.

    For example:

    You calling out people you don't know for being jerks because they responded to your question.

    Or you creating a post that is obviously going to create drama.

    I'm sure you aren't this jerk-y all the time so I forgive you.
  • Lone_Wolf70
    Lone_Wolf70 Posts: 2,820 Member
    *girds self
  • DontStopB_Leakin
    DontStopB_Leakin Posts: 3,863 Member
    *girds self
    Let the snarky flow from you. Let it be free.
  • kater8er
    kater8er Posts: 364 Member
    Wow! That is a bit ridiculous, don't ya think? Everyone has a tendency to be a jerk sometimes.

    For example:

    You calling out people you don't know for being jerks because they responded to your question.

    Or you creating a post that is obviously going to create drama.

    I'm sure you aren't this jerk-y all the time so I forgive you.

    Wait...I'm not calling anyone out? I have been browsing forums this morning and the question arose in my head.

    Also I'm not *trying* to create drama...I am genuinely wondering. Promise.
  • LadyIvysMom
    LadyIvysMom Posts: 391 Member
    For instance,

    Someone posts a thread asking if they overreacted to something. Majority of people reply saying “yes, you overreacted big time”. Original poster gets all defensive and freaks out and starts telling people they are mean and don’t understand his/her situation.

    Or, more fitness related, an obese person posts a photo asking if people think they need to lose some weight. Fitness minded people here on a fitness board reply that yes, they do need to lose some weight. Original poster gets their feelings hurt and says everyone is mean and hating on them because of their weight.

    Don’t ask questions in a public forum if you don’t want honest answers from a variety of opinions.
  • corn63
    corn63 Posts: 1,580 Member
    Wow! That is a bit ridiculous, don't ya think? Everyone has a tendency to be a jerk sometimes.

    For example:

    You calling out people you don't know for being jerks because they responded to your question.

    Or you creating a post that is obviously going to create drama.

    I'm sure you aren't this jerk-y all the time so I forgive you.

    Wait...I'm not calling anyone out? I have been browsing forums this morning and the question arose in my head.

    Also I'm not *trying* to create drama...I am genuinely wondering. Promise.

    If I had a nickel for every "genuinely curious" oompa loompa.....
  • UsedToBeHusky
    UsedToBeHusky Posts: 15,228 Member
    Wow! That is a bit ridiculous, don't ya think? Everyone has a tendency to be a jerk sometimes.

    For example:

    You calling out people you don't know for being jerks because they responded to your question.

    Or you creating a post that is obviously going to create drama.

    I'm sure you aren't this jerk-y all the time so I forgive you.

    Wait...I'm not calling anyone out? I have been browsing forums this morning and the question arose in my head.

    Also I'm not *trying* to create drama...I am genuinely wondering. Promise.

    So how exactly weren't you calling out PapaverSomniferum with this:


    because they're F^cking HUNGRY

    Standard MFP Jerk Response: If you're so hungry, you obviously need more protein in your diet. It's the ONLY way to lose weight.
  • beckajw
    beckajw Posts: 1,728 Member
    There are jerks everywhere. On MFP and off MFP. If you spend a lot of time on the forums, you can find a lot of posts by them, because the jerkiest like to hear themselves talk. You will also notice that in real life as well.
  • DontStopB_Leakin
    DontStopB_Leakin Posts: 3,863 Member
    Because there's totally no jerks off the internet. For surez.
  • kater8er
    kater8er Posts: 364 Member
    For instance,

    Someone posts a thread asking if they overreacted to something. Majority of people reply saying “yes, you overreacted big time”. Original poster gets all defensive and freaks out and starts telling people they are mean and don’t understand his/her situation.

    Or, more fitness related, an obese person posts a photo asking if people think they need to lose some weight. Fitness minded people here on a fitness board reply that yes, they do need to lose some weight. Original poster gets their feelings hurt and says everyone is mean and hating on them because of their weight.

    Don’t ask questions in a public forum if you don’t want honest answers from a variety of opinions.

    Those examples, I agree, people overreacted.

    Question though--do you think the way people say certain *realities* can be more or less jerk-ish?

    Also, do you think most *jerk* examples on MFP are like this? I'm truly wondering! :)
  • yoovie
    yoovie Posts: 17,121 Member
    WHY are some people lazy complainers on mfp? (philosophically...)

    I'm actually wondering. I'm not questioning their existence, or crying about some person who complained that I was being mean because I was trying to get her up off her couch ...I'm just wondering...Why do ya'll think there are so many?

    Is there some kind of gene that we all have that makes people on MFP more likely to be overly passive whiners?....Are they all scared to take control because they use excuses obsessively? Are the ones of us who *don't* use excuses obsessively but use MFP as a general tool but then get a really long badly structured sentence that lost me?

    I'M WONDERING! Gimme your theories!

    If you took a massive slice of humanity - millions on this site right? And only look for the ones that are behaving a certain way - and you see 75 of them?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

    75/1,000,000

    yeah - there are way too many mean people on this site.
  • beckajw
    beckajw Posts: 1,728 Member
    Wow! That is a bit ridiculous, don't ya think? Everyone has a tendency to be a jerk sometimes.

    For example:

    You calling out people you don't know for being jerks because they responded to your question.

    Or you creating a post that is obviously going to create drama.

    I'm sure you aren't this jerk-y all the time so I forgive you.

    Wait...I'm not calling anyone out? I have been browsing forums this morning and the question arose in my head.

    Also I'm not *trying* to create drama...I am genuinely wondering. Promise.

    So how exactly weren't you calling out PapaverSomniferum with this:


    because they're F^cking HUNGRY

    Standard MFP Jerk Response: If you're so hungry, you obviously need more protein in your diet. It's the ONLY way to lose weight.

    No, she wasn't. She was saying what she believes an "MFP jerk" would say to "f'ing hungry" statement.
  • Krizzle4Rizzle
    Krizzle4Rizzle Posts: 2,704 Member
    Maybe people just have different types of humor. One man's harsh and mean is another's snarky and sarcastic. That's my take.
  • taylor5877
    taylor5877 Posts: 1,792 Member
    I only go full *kitten* when someone posts something that is absolutely false and ignorant on a board where others might use the wrong advice.
  • kater8er
    kater8er Posts: 364 Member
    Wow! That is a bit ridiculous, don't ya think? Everyone has a tendency to be a jerk sometimes.

    For example:

    You calling out people you don't know for being jerks because they responded to your question.

    Or you creating a post that is obviously going to create drama.

    I'm sure you aren't this jerk-y all the time so I forgive you.

    Wait...I'm not calling anyone out? I have been browsing forums this morning and the question arose in my head.

    Also I'm not *trying* to create drama...I am genuinely wondering. Promise.

    So how exactly weren't you calling out PapaverSomniferum with this:


    because they're F^cking HUNGRY

    Standard MFP Jerk Response: If you're so hungry, you obviously need more protein in your diet. It's the ONLY way to lose weight.

    I was trying to be sarcastic....
  • scs143
    scs143 Posts: 2,190 Member
    Because it's the internet. Because you don't have to see these people or deal with the aftermath of being a jerk. You can write whatever thought pops into your head and x out the screen if you so choose and not worry one bit about what others think. Because sometimes it's fun to ruffle feathers without dealing with the consequences. But you knew that, I think, or else you wouldn't have made this post which is bound to get people going.
  • Turtlehurdle
    Turtlehurdle Posts: 412
    Lack of food.
  • Krizzle4Rizzle
    Krizzle4Rizzle Posts: 2,704 Member


    because they're F^cking HUNGRY

    Standard MFP Jerk Response: If you're so hungry, you obviously need more protein in your diet. It's the ONLY way to lose weight.

    This is an example. When some one says cause we are f^cking hungry, I find that funny.
  • Alex_is_Hawks
    Alex_is_Hawks Posts: 3,499 Member
    For instance,

    Someone posts a thread asking if they overreacted to something. Majority of people reply saying “yes, you overreacted big time”. Original poster gets all defensive and freaks out and starts telling people they are mean and don’t understand his/her situation.

    Or, more fitness related, an obese person posts a photo asking if people think they need to lose some weight. Fitness minded people here on a fitness board reply that yes, they do need to lose some weight. Original poster gets their feelings hurt and says everyone is mean and hating on them because of their weight.

    Don’t ask questions in a public forum if you don’t want honest answers from a variety of opinions.

    ^^ This....this is exactly the truth.
  • _Elemenopee_
    _Elemenopee_ Posts: 2,665 Member
    Because it's the internet. Because you don't have to see these people or deal with the aftermath of being a jerk. You can write whatever thought pops into your head and x out the screen if you so choose and not worry one bit about what others think. Because sometimes it's fun to ruffle feathers without dealing with the consequences. But you knew that, I think, or else you wouldn't have made this post which is bound to get people going.

    This is why we're friends..kindred spirits if you will...I love you, dollface! Let's do lunch!
  • IronmanPanda
    IronmanPanda Posts: 2,083 Member
    WHY are some people lazy complainers on mfp? (philosophically...)

    I'm actually wondering. I'm not questioning their existence, or crying about some person who complained that I was being mean because I was trying to get her up off her couch ...I'm just wondering...Why do ya'll think there are so many?

    Is there some kind of gene that we all have that makes people on MFP more likely to be overly passive whiners?....Are they all scared to take control because they use excuses obsessively? Are the ones of us who *don't* use excuses obsessively but use MFP as a general tool but then get a really long badly structured sentence that lost me?

    I'M WONDERING! Gimme your theories!

    If you took a massive slice of humanity - millions on this site right? And only look for the ones that are behaving a certain way - and you see 75 of them?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

    75/1,000,000

    yeah - there are way too many mean people on this site.

    :drinker:
  • kater8er
    kater8er Posts: 364 Member
    WHY are some people lazy complainers on mfp? (philosophically...)

    I'm actually wondering. I'm not questioning their existence, or crying about some person who complained that I was being mean because I was trying to get her up off her couch ...I'm just wondering...Why do ya'll think there are so many?

    Is there some kind of gene that we all have that makes people on MFP more likely to be overly passive whiners?....Are they all scared to take control because they use excuses obsessively? Are the ones of us who *don't* use excuses obsessively but use MFP as a general tool but then get a really long badly structured sentence that lost me?

    I'M WONDERING! Gimme your theories!

    If you took a massive slice of humanity - millions on this site right? And only look for the ones that are behaving a certain way - and you see 75 of them?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

    75/1,000,000

    yeah - there are way too many mean people on this site.

    I can't tell if you're sarcastic or not with your last statement--whether you agree with me or not. If you do agree, ha ha. And sorry about my long sentence....If you don't, I honestly think its more than 75. But okay :)
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