Oh, this is a Twitter & Google + exclusive! Ummm, I can't trust Facebook with this one.
I have issues with Adult-age people not handling life's situations like Adults. It is my humble opinion that once a person is 25 years old, they are a full-fledged Adult. That is enough time to get the excitement of 21 and legal out of your system. And for some reason between 0-25, too many people didn't learn how to handle conflict maturely. We see it everywhere, politics, church, "reality" TV, school, business, and of course including the World Wide Web. I don't interact well with people who can't resolve conflict like Adults. People will tell you how many times I have (Actually still currently am) let people stew & brew because they are upset with me until they come to me as an Adult with their issue. All of them are people who don't handle conflict maturely & I refuse to deal with it unless it becomes a life or death problem. And my intolerance is immature dispute are increasing in girth.
Hence, why I can't release this to Facebook. I'm sorry and you guys can tell my FBF, that are not subscribers but the percentage of childish fighting on my TL is great. Oh, and 95% of my FBF is over 25. Heck, 95% of that 95% is over 30. And I'll be daggum if somebody comes to this post and says "Put a Name On It". I see that a lot only on FB
Well, earlier today I was looking through my Timeline on Twitter for lunch and I saw they were an issue dealing with a site I like, Black Girls Nerds. Short story is that a podcast(ran by adult-age people) was upset that many media outlets & others had been giving others (Black Girl Nerds being one) credit for Twitter hashtags (Some I have used. Some I have not.) that they came up with. I understood their anger but some of their bullets were hitting Not just the media outlets but Black Girl Nerds, also. The podcast was not fully researched at all about Black Girl Nerd. If it were, those shots wouldn't have been fired. Oh also, Adults Do Their Research. (And yes, those media outlets & others are guilty of that too) But my main issue was that this is an ongoing frustration (Years) with these Adult-age people but the first time non-listeners and those accidentally getting credit knew of it were on a rage-filled public podcast.
There was No Adult conversation, first. Dang!!! Folks love shooting emails to complain. This was an appropriate time to slide through a DM. But that's The Game!!! Strike first and then calmly deal with the fallout. Yes, the podcast did apologize to Black Girl Nerds, and the media outlet that "straw that broke the podcast's back" is doing a retraction. The problem is what could have been a moment to unite is now an accusation-filled mess. It could have been avoided but not letting things fester and then blow. Adults Talk!!!
Adults of the World, we must do better. Because let's tell the truth unless we are all cyber tough guys, how we respond to online issues is much time indicative to how we respond offline.
And yes, I said "WE". I'm not perfect. That's why I decreased my interaction with those with horrible conflict resolution. Trust me, snarky clap backs have replaced rage & cuss word-filled responses. I took years to work on my argument style and I hate taking the refresher courses.
As Always, Talking to You in Adult Terms
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