How petty am I?

[Imstillfun]

When I started writing I had lots of comments claiming I was a terrible writer and that I cheated at my scores. Now that I have almost 9000 followers I get the urge to write them all and rub it in their faces. I won’t, I don’t think, but I want to. That would be petty. Right?

 

[tenyari]

I highly suspect your followers are not the people that slammed your early writing. And if any of them are... then it just means they had a change of heart.

 

[lanceGibs]

You write beautifully , your readers must thank you .No point in wasting your time yet really it is your own thing

 

[lc69hunter]

There are always haters. You could be Robert Heinlein and still have haters.

 

[onehitwanda]

I keep misreading this as "How pretty am I" and it's vexing me.

 

[Imstillfun]

I keep misreading this as "How pretty am I" and it's vexing me.

Not as pretty as I was 15 years ago.

 

[SimonDoom]

The best form of revenge is living well, as they say.

 

[PeytonMirabelle]

When I started writing I had lots of comments claiming I was a terrible writer and that I cheated at my scores. Now that I have almost 9000 followers I get the urge to write them all and rub it in their faces. I won’t, I don’t think, but I want to. That would be petty. Right?

Maybe a little petty but I think it's a natural feeling. I've found some benefit from the old, "write-the-letter-but-never-send-it" technique. It helped me purge some of that resentment. Your mileage may vary.

 

[EmilyMiller]

I keep misreading this as "How pretty am I" and it's vexing me.

Jinx!

 

[gunhilltrain]

I keep misreading this as "How pretty am I" and it's vexing me.

 

[LovesDancing]

There are always haters. You could be Robert Heinlein and still have haters.

I like your comment about Heinlein. I believe Lazarus Long said something about just outliving his enemies/the people he didn't like.

 

[neuroparenthetical]

If somebody insists you're a terrible writer, I'm not sure writing to them to rub something in their face is a tactically sound maneuver. Now, in a hypothetical joke situation, if they told you you were a terrible shot...

 

[gunhilltrain]

If somebody insists you're a terrible writer, I'm not sure writing to them to rub something in their face is a tactically sound maneuver. Now, in a hypothetical joke situation, if they told you you were a terrible shot...

You have to consider that anybody making comments, even if they are a registered member, will probably not respond, may not even read your reply, and possibly have long forgotten what they once wrote.

 

[Euphony]

The best form of revenge is living well, as they say.

What's the other saying in that vein, resentment is drinking poison expecting your enemies to die?

I fall short of the bar sometimes but way less than if I didn't keep such ideas in mind.

 

[SimonDoom]

What's the other saying in that vein, resentment is drinking poison expecting your enemies to die?

I fall short of the bar sometimes but way less than if I didn't keep such ideas in mind.

We all fall short, but we can still try.

 

[Comshaw]

When I started writing I had lots of comments claiming I was a terrible writer and that I cheated at my scores. Now that I have almost 9000 followers I get the urge to write them all and rub it in their faces. I won’t, I don’t think, but I want to. That would be petty. Right?

It would be petty AF. That said, sometimes, because we are failable, flawed human beings, we need a little petty retribution as a balm on our bruised ego. Just a little and only sometimes. any more than that is addictive and dangerous for our well-being. If you've ever watched FireFly, the scene where Malcolm is in a sword duel comes to mind.

"Mercy is the mark of a great man," Mal muses, staring down at Atherton's furious face. Despite the established rules of the duel, he doesn't bring down the killing blow — but he does lightly jab his opponent in the stomach with his rapier, and decides, "Guess I'm just a good man." Before walking away, he gets one last light stab in, remarking, "Well, I'm all right."

A little pettiness is human and a balm to the ego. A lot is poisonous and will destroy anyone using it.

Choose wisely.

Comshaw

 

[lc69hunter]

It would be petty AF. That said, sometimes, because we are failable, flawed human beings, we need a little petty retribution as a balm on our bruised ego. Just a little and only sometimes. any more than that is addictive and dangerous for our well-being. If you've ever watched FireFly, the scene where Malcolm is in a sword duel comes to mind.

"Mercy is the mark of a great man," Mal muses, staring down at Atherton's furious face. Despite the established rules of the duel, he doesn't bring down the killing blow — but he does lightly jab his opponent in the stomach with his rapier, and decides, "Guess I'm just a good man." Before walking away, he gets one last light stab in, remarking, "Well, I'm all right."

A little pettiness is human and a balm to the ego. A lot is poisonous and will destroy anyone using it.

Choose wisely.

Comshaw

Love the reference