Folks who push your buttons

[webbgirl]

Do you ever get the feeling that there are some folks whose sole purpose in life is to be contrary?

There's a person in one of the fandoms I lurk in who everytime I see a post by her, I cringe.  It's like the only way she feels good is by having a dissenting opinion and by sounding condescending when she's stating it.

I get that not everyone is going to agree on everything, even when the squee is strong.  I'm all in favor of folks having different likes and dislikes and feeling free to voice them even when they're not in the majority.  It's just with this person, she seems to do it on purpose.  It may just be her tone and the way things sound, but it feels like her main purpose on disliking or disagreeing with the group overall is to prove that she's 'smarter' or 'cooler' than the group.

For me the majority of exchanges involving her come off as:

Fan A: SQUEEE
Fan B: Double-SQUEE
Fan C: Squee (but to a slightly lesser degree)
Her: I don't see the Squee and a lot of people agree with me because what you're squeeing over is unworthy of the squee.  I don't see how any intelligent person could squee over it.

She's kind of making me want to do a virtual bitch-slap at this point.

Maybe I should just go take some more cough syrup.

Comments

[slb44.livejournal.com]

Hmmmm, cough syrup or bitch-slap? Tough question.

Okay. I've thought about it. I say go for the bitch-slap. ;-)

[webbgirl.livejournal.com]

Sounds like an excellent idea!

[slb44.livejournal.com]

I thought so. ;-)

You going to be at Escapade this year?

[webbgirl.livejournal.com]

Sadly, no. I have too many other plans scattered throughout the year that there's no way to fit that in as well. Plus it's happening right when one of my projects should be ramping up.

I may see if I can sneak up for a day to visit folks though.

[slb44.livejournal.com]

Awww! *is sad*

It would be lovely to see you. Maybe we could do dinner one night?