I think some folks are DESPERATE to kill time. They go slumming on internet social sites just to bite off someone's head instead of spending their time doing/saying/being positive. WHY?

They are miserable, sad trolls with low self esteem.

Maybe the Governments are putting something in the drinking water that makes people do stuff like that (it could be part of the New World Order plan). My drinking water comes from a secure well and in all the years that I have been on social sites I haven't uttered a harsh word and maybe thats because I don't drink the tainted water. Or maybe the reason people do stuff like that is because their mama didn't tell them that if they don't have anything nice to say then don't say anything at all. But most likely it's because there are no real repercussions to biting someone's head off on the Internet - like if a person try's to bite some ones head off at a bar or mall it gets settled in the parking lot. Not sure why there is more negative then positive thinking on the Internet could be because they don't make movies like Mary Poppins anymore. Cheers!

Because they are unhappy, and unloved.

So that's what trolls are like then cargirl? I was never sure. Thank you for your reply! :)

Well that's probably true m'dear but do folks really enjoy going through life being unhappy and unloved? Wouldn't you think they would change their MO to attract folks to them instead of drive them away? I never really got the point of showing up to trash people. Thank you for your  reply NHP! :)

Nifty and thoughtful analysis in response to my question Nanoose for which I thank you. I have never understood people showing up on a question thread to say  "who cares?" Or to go on a rant/tirade/attack against whatever or whomever is bothering them at the moment. I don't get folks who leave such negative tracks behind. It defines them and I guess they don't care or they wouldn't do it. I don't mean people who show up have to agree . I do mean people who show should be civil and polite if they really want to engage in useful/substantive conversation. It's easier to be polite than not in my opinion. Otherwise it's a complete waste of time because no one LEARNS anything. Oh well. Different strokes. Happy Monday to you m'dear!  :)

I think there's two kinds, the lonely and the bad. The bad do enjoy causing pain, the lonely are just sad, and the sad makes them act angry. The latter, I can usually reach. The bad, they just need to be erased.

The problem is that you can't tell who is whom sometimes.

Oh dear
Who's biting off your head now?

Sadly very true. Only AFTER the fact do you discover which is which! Thank you for your reply NHP! :)

No one Baba. Why would you think that? I observe that going on all the time on Answermug. It also occurred all the time on Answerbag. I have defended folks against such attacks and I have been defended by others as well. I just wonder what drives those who show up simply to insult/attack someone. It is always the usual suspects. It is their MO. You know I always ask why? Can you answer the question I asked?

you are welcome

Sadly, I have come across these people.  They are the true soul suckers of the Internet.

I suppose they are acting out something they can't get away with in their real life.  I dunno.  I just don't get it when I see it.  I'm certain they are not happy inside.

( totally agree with thee PeaPod. It is as if they enjoy spreading their misery around. They leave terrible tracks. I think they should be embarrassed by them but apparently they never look back to see what is there. Go figger! Thank you for your reply m'dear and Happy Wednesday! :)

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I think some folks are desperate to shoot the messenger.  If you cannot give back as good as you get, maybe you are the one wasting time.    If you are seriously bothered by what and why other people are doing, it is time to press the ignore button or give it to them.  You can kill idiots with kindness.  I see you do it on a daily basis. 

You go, girl.

This is something else I've wondered too.

The only answer I can come with is that some people are just jerks.

Rosie, I don't know how they are NOT embarrassed.  Seriously!  They don't ever think a family member or an employer won't ever come across them acting like a 12 year old with other adults?  Some of this stuff you can't make up.  I can't imagine how they handle stress in their real lives.

They just love to come into posts and discussions with only one goal - to upset or to disrupt the conversation. They are attention seekers, not respect seekers. Regardless how old/adult/supposedly mature they claim to be. It seems like there is no real purpose behind their comments except to upset everyone else. They love discord. I wonder what their intention is each time they log in.

Hurting others brings them pleasure.

Yes, they are not acting their age, and for them, everything is about/for them. And when you react, you are the one mean and immature.

it's not normal. Bordering psychopathy.

We used to say in EP, the kids were destroying the place. I wonder what's destroying AM's environment. Is it the obnoxious old?

I wish I knew sweetie. I do. T'is a puzzlement.  What I do when I run across them is to think how grateful I am to not be like them. Can you imagine living your life l ike that?  Thank you for your reply PeaPod! :)

 Hahahahahahahahahah! Geez C&D you crack me up! You sure know how to get to the heart of the matter without a lot of palaver! Thank you for your reply and Happy Thursday! :)

Thank you for your reply Sharonna and Happy Thursday.

 EP was Experian  stiltcourt? I never visited the site but heard about it. I'm an ex-pat from Answerbag which I joined February 2005 and which shut down without notice December 15, 2015 I believe. So I'm another Answerbag refugee who found my way here to Answermug . I'm 78. Do you find ME obnoxious? I think obnoxious is ubiquitous and cannot be confined by age or gender or intellect. It simply occurs in some and not in others. How old are you by the way? Thank you for your reply and Happy Thursday! :)

No, Ms. Rosie, I don't find you obnoxious. As a matter of fact someone on here asked what the G in Rosie G stand for. Although I never had conversations with you, I answered G for "gold standard" of what a mugger should be. Because that's how I observe you.

When I answered your Q, I was thinking of some people, 60+ and who sound like adults, and yet they are acting out unpleasantly. Definitely, your exact opposite. Now that you told me your age, what can I say,"Wow...you are someone with grace."

I am 44y/o today. My bday. :)

Good day.

I have much gratitude in this life that I wasn't left bitter and miserable.  Some of the meanest on the mean on the Internet are actually people over the age of 50!  

I left behind a group of people like this in my previous chat site experiences and they are still at it to this day.  Some even tried to follow a few nice folks over here to simply disrupt.  Luckily, they were stopped before it poisoned the whole site.  

I will never understand it, but negativity is absolutely their drug of choice.  When you see them, don't walk away, run!  They live for attention and the only way to combat them is to starve them.