Rage Quitters Annoy Me, Because They Never Actually Leave.

in quitter •  7 years ago  (edited)

THIS IS SO STUPID, Y'ALL don't recognize my greatness and it is just plain wrong.

(Insert all the ways the quitter feels everyone else is wrong)

Rage quitters also never say...

"I could have done better at this, and this" it is always what everyone else should have done.  :)

I think most of them mean it when they say it.  It shows how they resolve feelings and internal conflict.  With threats and temper.  We've all considered it...

That's it I quit!!!  



Usually supporters rush around and try to talk the quitter down.  Which often works because what they are really looking for is validation.  


If the quiter is angry, it just reveals the passion that remains and shows that the quitter hasn't yet resolved their feeling state on the issue.  I get annoyed, at these "quitters" but not angry.  Now that I don't work in the corporate world it is kind of fun to have an unresolved emotion and let it spill over once in a while.  The same thing happens to me when I do my occasional rant.

Have you ever watched a really angry couple try to get divorced, they still spend all of their attention on the relationship, because when you are angry, you are not yet done.  Beware when the anger goes away.

The real quitters, lose interest, make a choice to go elsewhere or quietly go off and do something else.

Go ahead and write your "Quitter Post", maybe you will blow off some Steem, but I'm not fooled.  You'll be back. 

It's the quiet, lack of interest quitters that actually go away.

Yes, I am mocking you.

@whatsup


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Express your annoyance in song.

Haha, I love this song. I haven't heard it in forever. I like to listen to it with the "Asshole" song.

That's a good one as well.


lol

😂

  ·  7 years ago (edited)

So true - you write some OK shit you know?

I'm giving you some positive feedback here so you won't quit because you don't sound very angry...

I kind of enjoy some of your shit too! :) Thanks for hanging in there. Not like with a noose or anything..

I'm with you, I want to leave something @whatsup will be encouraged by too:

LOL!

Rage quitters never quit!

One of my favorite things rage quitters like to do is start their goodbye missive with "I don't want to get into some lengthy explanation about why I am leaving, but..." and then a dissertation length manifesto follows, citing every semi-colon in every comment that felt like a slight or an "example" of why everyone is doomed...

"I'm tired of this because clearly nothing I say ever seems to matter..."

Which is often followed by something like "But for those few who DO care, I started a Facebook/G+/message board group as an alternative to this bullshit..."

Umm-huh... which will last for about three weeks, till you finally determine that you're basically talking to yourself, which happens after the four people who actually followed you determine that you're really all about listening to yourself blabber on...

So much FUN! Pass the popcorn....

The best one ever, came from a guy who was ranting about how he had written 12 articles in 5 days and he even skipped going to the gym. He was super duper sad nobody had discovered him yet.

I replied... Your time would have been better spent at the gym. haha. Drama is fun, I hate drama. :) I can never decide.

Do a steemit search for "why I quit steemit and you should too". The cringe is delicious!

Whenever i hear someone post about quitting I encourage it. I even encourage it if they are just complaining all the time.

It’s one thing to critique or even vent but when its a constsant stream of negativity I think its better for their mental health that they just leave.

Yep, lately I feel the negativity is the worst part of the site. Worse than the bots, the payouts, the low prices, it is the constant drum of negativity.

I saw this same pattern years ago on Epinions, a dotcom era site where you could earn some money by posting. The whiners always came back. Invariably, they always complained about others who were gaming the system.

We went through a round of it here also in late 2016. Steemicides were high that year.

I agree with you that this kind of behavior is annoying. Sort of seems like the perfect storm of short-term thinking, unhealthy huge ego, lack of empathy and emotional volatility. It appears simple enough for anyone to avoid this trap, maybe read the book "all I need to know I learned in kindergarten". Or, most common sense community rules, which usually boil down to "don't be an ass".

Thanks for mocking the foolhardy, and giving us all more food for thought and more reasons to think before we say dumb things.

How dare you!!!

#triggered

I need you to write a retraction and validate every rage quitter's feelings because darn it they just needed some attention!

I almost rage quit Minecraft once. My daughter switched the control settings and I couldn't figure it out and it was so frustrating, call me a whaaaambulance! Hahaha!

Seriously though I'm with you. Let them go. If they come back they come back. If not, well ✌migo!

haha, out of love, we shall set them free!

I know one of them you are talking about, and while I will admit to not wanting him to leave as I enjoy his posts, I am wondering how many "this is my last post" posts I am going to read from him. I agree most people who have enough don't talk about it, they just quietly do it. Back when I went through my divorce from my sons mother, I was in a dark place and no way was I talking to anyone about the ideas roaming around in my head. Those close to me worried, because I did the opposite of seeking their attention and shut them out.

In the case of the one I believe is one of them you are mentioning, I know he has friends who have been on the receiving end of whale flags, but never his account from what I have seen. He has actually done what for me would make my day in terms of followers/votes, so not sure exactly why he is so fed up. Shrugs...we all walk our own paths.

Yeah, sounds like the same case. Yep I agree. I refrain from saying it is a purposeful manipulation, but at best it is kind of embarrassing.

This one... eh.. This one, is my last post. hahaha. Dude, your moody and mad. That's okay, but don't burn your bridges.

Okay, I can't resist, I have to do it:
The sentence on the chalkboard should be: "unless you multiply yourself by the speed of light squared..."

(Also we definitely need the mass of an object to determine the energy of it, so "matter" is not sufficient for it. The equation couldn't care less about what it actually is. But that's pretty minor.)

sometimes I think that the world is full of negative people sometimes we should stop complaining and we have to worry about

Yes, it happens with people in my opinion also. Most of the times when people feels they are not achieving what they want to, then they will sound like quitting and they will loudly say as they are quitting. But, in my opinion they just need attention and for that attention they say that.

And in my opinion there is no reason to quit Steemit because you are earning for free and no other Platform will give so much effectivity to you for sure. So, it's better to stay away from the quitting essence because whenever people loudly say i am quitting then that just showcase that they need attention.

And after subject of saying as quitting they will continue the usual journey because they wanted to say that and wanted to earn some attention and now they are moving forward, it's so natural behaviour by human being.

Wishing you an great day and stay blessed. 🙂

I love this post, I see it all the time too. Sometimes it would be nice if they did go quietly into the night!! They always come back, I especially love that sign you posted. "Energy!"

I don't always rage quit, but when I do its on clash of clans.

No one likes a quitter. All these
"I'm taking my ball and going home" types are never going anywhere. Totally agree with you in regards to the "Anger" and it's true meaning / purpose - Announcing you've had enough is more a cry for help than actually quitting.

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I do enjoy the rage-quitters myself. It's funny how most if not all popped back up again as soon as the price rose.

  ·  7 years ago (edited)

That is the absolute truth. I don't think they really want to quit I think they just want to b****.

A lot of little gems in here...

If the quiter is angry, it just reveals the passion that remains and shows that the quitter hasn't yet resolved their feeling state on the issue.

The real quitters, lose interest, make a choice to go elsewhere or quietly go off and do something else.

I like that you used relationships as an analogy because that is something nearly everyone can relate to.

The bottom line is... If you are still that mad, you care! Unresolved feelings. In other advice, I always tell people never to date someone who is still angry with their ex. They aren't done yet. :)

OMG... DId you hack into my brain??? hahahhaa

I've been saying this for months and months.

Brain Hack complete! :)

Blow off some Steem... heh.

I should make a 'quitter' post sometime to see if I can garner some attention for myself to savor for the long Steem haul... Thanks for the great idea! :)

Haha, I'll look forward to hearing how we could have supported you better! :)

Until then, try to remember that my shortcomings are all your fault. <3

Haha! :) I like you.

Awh :D The feeling is mutual!

Where you having anyone particular in mind when you wrote this?

I have written posts of the likes you mentioned as well a couple of times back in my day, but never with the attention to quit. Raising awareness to certain topics I felt were important is what I actually had in mind.

When I really ended up quitting something, it hardly if ever was a concious decision, it just happened most of the time.

So, you use emotional blackmail to bring awareness? lol

I can be a pretty pragmatic persons about these things. If it is about something pointless like the state of a game I used to play at a certain time, a little bit of emotional blackmail never hurt anybody.

Haha, I get it. My tone is slightly snarky, but laughing.

Always good to get some laughter out of the people you surround yourself with is what I say!

It is not the bid-bots fault Steemit is down, it is Bitcoin! All cryptocurrencies are tied to Bitcoin. Rager's are interesting if I don't have to live with them and here on Steemit I can mute them all if the ragers get annoying.

I have to watch my apathy, I could easily walk away without saying a word. I take breaks and renew my energy and interest in Steemit projects.

You know what freaked me out and was part of my recent break? Jerry Banfield creeped me out with his new kid just being born and posting creepy stuff. Perverts depress me, especially scammy pervets that take advantage of naive people.....shudders

Yeah, that was ugly as can be! Some of us have invested time... It gets annoying to listen to those who have pulled out everything and those who haven't put any time in complain.

Jerry cracked out. Just NO. :)

I don't see this too much on steemit, but I see it in my fb groups all the time. I'm in 800 groups for all kinds of niches, so there is a lot of action for me there.

"I came to this group for XXX, but instead you stupid people are doing XXX."

Normally the person's name will be grey since they left by the time I got there. If I have time, and depending on what they say, I will click over and block them so I never have to see them again. They can go be angry without me. This also goes for people spouting off about politics and other hot button issues. I have as many people blocked on fb as I have friends.

I can only mute on steemit, but I don't do too much of that. I find it so hard to keep up with people on steemit that I miss most of everyone's posts. Those I do see in this genre are more sad than enraged. This is a tough place with a tough crowd and minnows die by the minute.

Yeah, I call it sink or swim. It's not for everyone, I don't think it ever will be.

I get that it is hard. I've had many hard moments also.

For me, I am hanging on for dear life and I want you to know how much your support means to me. I hope I can make a success here and you give me hope :)

Have you seen a lot of rage quitting posts lately?

3 or 4 over the last week. Steemicides.

You can do many Steemicides apparently and still be SteemLive XD

Rage quitters also never say...

"I could have done better at this, and this" it is always what everyone else should have done. :)
I agree with this, we always have to look how can we improve ourselves instead of making excuses

The first step to getting better is admitting that everyone has a problem... or was that the first step to getting bitter... hmmm...

Why rage quit when you can troll the other guy into rage quitting lol.

I kid but I think that you are onto something here. I never really thought about it but now that you bring it up, a lot of those "I quit" posts do seem to mean very little. Maybe its valdation they are looking for. They want to say I quit so that everyone will come around and "say please don't."

Totally, it is a sort of threat. You weren't nice to me, so I'm going to withhold myself from you! Assholes.. :)

Sometimes it is sub-conscience I think.

I agree. It probably isn't the thought process that they have but that is how it functions.

So ....
who quit?

I've seen about 3 this week. Really mad, great stuff. :)

like long term steemers or early in early outers ?

1 mid-term guy that was actually doing really well. The others were small users, and a little more of the "Emotional Blackmail" types.

The markets are down everywhere. They'll be back.

It usually starts with a price increase.

"Hey Guise, I've been really really busy growing my lawn, but I'm back". haha.

its all good...less negativity for the meanwhile..

constructive criticism is needed...whining gets old pretty fast.

Exactly @whatsup. They're nothing more than attention seekers looking for some sort of validation

We're all pretty good at saying how the world should be.

I've never seen a space so filled with people who give lip service to Freedom and then tell everyone else how to do it. It is the strangest cultural ever!

hahah totally agree.

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I had a guy rage quit because I wouldn't stop playing this.

Quitters never quit quitting!

Those posts always make me laugh. I read them, get in a good eye roll or two, and then send them positive mental energy to help them see their quitting task through. If only it were that easy. 🤣😂🤣

On another note, I dig your writing style. It's concise, generally correct, and sprinkled with humor and fun phrases like Steemicide. Thanks for brightening my day with a sad panda quitting post.

on to the dramadation

OMG you're like the best writer ever!!! Don't leeeeeeeaaaavvvve us!!! H8ers gonna hate! You do you! Huggles!

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Multiple with the square of the speed of light. E=mc²

"maybe you will blow off some Steem" XDDD

quitting is not an option one can only gain sympathy nothing else

  ·  7 years ago Reveal Comment

Damn. I misplaced my stinking turd icon....