Sinful Sunday: Angry generation?
For a long time I thought I was one of the few people out there that was just angry, when I play a game I get upset easily and when things go wrong in offline I also get mad at the slightest things. Being killed by the same guy in a game ten times in a row is enough to get pissed, especially if it's bullshit half of the time (you get shot in the back, he/she constantly gets a headshot on you or uses the same move to beat you in a fighting game). But also moments when your computer doesn't seem to work proper is enough to piss me off and I seem to have very little patience for that. I thought for a long time that it was just me, but apparently I'm not...
A lot of people get angry for no real reason at all?
It sometimes looks that way, just looking at someone that plays a game and everything is fine and then suddenly out of nowhere this person is mad. You might ask yourself, what happened? It's easy to think that some people are bad losers and sometimes you might be right with that because some people are bad losers, but sometimes there are also other things that just make you so mad. For example you just spent 15 minutes on a mission and then suddenly there's a moment where you can fail the mission (for example there's a time limit or you need to protect someone that has a limited amount of health) and things go horribly wrong. In some games that means you have to do everything again and the worst is then hearing from a character in the game how much you suck, which might be meant as funny but at that point you just want to strangle the person saying that. Because no matter how much fun a game is, certain moments in a game can make it still very frustrating and irritating. So there is often a reason why people get mad, even if it's just as simple as people not liking to lose.
Why are people so mad?
I can't speak for everyone, but for me personally there are several things that just make me mad. It's games that screw you over, for example horrible checkpoints or stupid quick time events that you can easily mess up. That's already enough to piss me off, especially if you fail multiple times in a short amount of time. Other things that also make me mad are people being disrespectful to eachother, people that enjoy hurting others for no reason other than their own amusement or people spreading hate for some stupid reason. But it's not like life and playing games are all bad. For example I have gained more patience thanks to playing games and through life itself, but I wouldn't say that I'm a patient person or that my anger has disappeared. When I look at how other people behave, not just in games but also outside their houses then you can often see more hostility in behaviour. I'm not giving you the speech that in the past things were much better, because each era in time has good things and bad things. It would be stupid to say that in the past you didn't have these issues, no maybe not but there were other issues. Now it just seems that some people are mad, mad at everyone and everything. Which is odd when you think about it but at the same time it does make sense, because if you're unhappy then it's easier to get mad while people that are happy are less likely to get mad. So maybe it has something to do with that? I know that I've had moments in my life that I was unhappy and I got easily mad in those times, so maybe the same can be said about other people who also went through unhappy moments in their life. The trick is not to give in to the anger, of course it's only natural to get mad and I don't think it's really such a bad thing to get mad every now and then. But don't give in to the anger as in wanting to hurt others or doing bad things. Yell if you have to, scream your lungs out if you need to but don't physically hurt others because that is something that will haunt you for a long time. It's ok to be angry, but it's not ok to hurt other people just because you're angry.
A lot of people get angry for no real reason at all?
It sometimes looks that way, just looking at someone that plays a game and everything is fine and then suddenly out of nowhere this person is mad. You might ask yourself, what happened? It's easy to think that some people are bad losers and sometimes you might be right with that because some people are bad losers, but sometimes there are also other things that just make you so mad. For example you just spent 15 minutes on a mission and then suddenly there's a moment where you can fail the mission (for example there's a time limit or you need to protect someone that has a limited amount of health) and things go horribly wrong. In some games that means you have to do everything again and the worst is then hearing from a character in the game how much you suck, which might be meant as funny but at that point you just want to strangle the person saying that. Because no matter how much fun a game is, certain moments in a game can make it still very frustrating and irritating. So there is often a reason why people get mad, even if it's just as simple as people not liking to lose.
Why are people so mad?
I can't speak for everyone, but for me personally there are several things that just make me mad. It's games that screw you over, for example horrible checkpoints or stupid quick time events that you can easily mess up. That's already enough to piss me off, especially if you fail multiple times in a short amount of time. Other things that also make me mad are people being disrespectful to eachother, people that enjoy hurting others for no reason other than their own amusement or people spreading hate for some stupid reason. But it's not like life and playing games are all bad. For example I have gained more patience thanks to playing games and through life itself, but I wouldn't say that I'm a patient person or that my anger has disappeared. When I look at how other people behave, not just in games but also outside their houses then you can often see more hostility in behaviour. I'm not giving you the speech that in the past things were much better, because each era in time has good things and bad things. It would be stupid to say that in the past you didn't have these issues, no maybe not but there were other issues. Now it just seems that some people are mad, mad at everyone and everything. Which is odd when you think about it but at the same time it does make sense, because if you're unhappy then it's easier to get mad while people that are happy are less likely to get mad. So maybe it has something to do with that? I know that I've had moments in my life that I was unhappy and I got easily mad in those times, so maybe the same can be said about other people who also went through unhappy moments in their life. The trick is not to give in to the anger, of course it's only natural to get mad and I don't think it's really such a bad thing to get mad every now and then. But don't give in to the anger as in wanting to hurt others or doing bad things. Yell if you have to, scream your lungs out if you need to but don't physically hurt others because that is something that will haunt you for a long time. It's ok to be angry, but it's not ok to hurt other people just because you're angry.
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