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If you hadn't made this, I might've ended up doing it for the exact same reasons.
I actually remember having concerns about them earlier after some posts in the Writer's Block forum, but I'm not sure I'll be able to find them again without some serious digging.
Edited by WarJay77 Currently Working On: Incorruptible Pure Pureness
I say this as someone who has mental illness, but they cannot be online doing this here. Random internet users are not equipped to deal with this behavior, nor should they be. This person either a) needs help, in which case they need to log off and get some or b) is trolling, in which case they're a POS who needs to not do that shit here.
I didn't choose the troping life, the troping life chose me
I believe I remember someone with this description being talked about in ATT before, but I'm not sure. They had the exact same issues as the OP stated, though.
EDIT: I found the query in question,
and I believe this is the user mentioned. However the case may be, I hope they get the help they need. (I'm just trying to see the best possible outcome, however unrealistic it sounds)
So, I found one of the concerning Writer's Block posts.
^ Thanks, I'll add that to the main post. Also I either wasn't aware or didn't noticed he visited Writer's Block, so that's quite crucial.
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The hollers by themselves weren't actionable on their own so I was just monitoring the situation.
The self harm post was concerning but I never saw it so I assumed it was never hollered or it happened before I became a mod.
I haven't P Med them (yet) and don't really know what to say to them honestly. Right now, I am not seeing anything in their recent posts that requires further action or thumps.
Macron's notes
Should we still be hollering? A few recent posts about the Plinkett reviews go back to the same sort of overly-cynical and unsettling attitude...
Currently Working On: Incorruptible Pure Pureness
We're currently discussing this, but I'd like to point out that while threatening self-harm is a suspendable offense, nobody has provided evidence that they have made such a post, so no suspension has been issued for it.
Patiently awaiting the release of Paper Luigi and the Marvelous Compass.
I noticed a Writer's Block post by Chico referred to "my low self-esteem", but that is hardly proof of anything, either.
Edited by PCD
Is the South Park George Lucas scene the one that's a graphic rape scene? Yeah that's... concerning to talk about unprompted constantly, if true.
Personally, I don't think being openly insecure is a major issue in terms of wiki discussions, unless it's derailing or graphic venting (I recall one user who basically kept using the forums to vent about their obsessive feelings regarding villains but this isn't at that level IMO), especially if this is restricted to forums. I think a PM reaching out with concern would probably be a more beneficial first step.
Edited by mightymewtron I do some cleanup and then I enjoy shows you probably think are cringe.
I don't think anything needs to be done here, because I couldn't find any self-harm-related posts.
During the discussion I mentioned earlier, I mentioned possibly locking this thread if nothing worth taking action over came up, and since that ended up being the case, I'm going to lock this. Sending PMs sounds like a good idea for now, and holler if necessary.
Edited by GastonRabbit Patiently awaiting the release of Paper Luigi and the Marvelous Compass.
DISCLAIMER: I do not have a vendetta/grudge against this user. I am simply concerned for him and the Hollers weren't enough for him to change his behavior even by a little bit, so I decided to make this ATT Report.
First off, they were the user I was talking about in this query
as I merely wanted to Holler him for his concerning behavior, mainly about his wonk about a South Park scene and showing it to other people even if it's determental.
He then brought it up again a couple of days later here
. Another user impiled that his obession might not be healthy. Prior to that post, I already sent him two Hollers. Assuming the mods read them and sent him a message about it in his PMs, he hasn't listened.
In general, as someone else puts its, he seems too erratic and cynical for his own good. For example, he has some sort of wonk towards Online Reviewers, particuraly those of the Caustic Critic kind, and holds their opinion as gospel even if he disagrees with them at the cost of his well being. I also recall that he stated he wanted to hurt himself over the opinions of these critics and asked why people wanted him to stop worrying about their opinions after that.
Here are
some of
his posts that show that.
Next, one about his paranoia over a work that seems to be excessive
and one that mentions a past trauma that he seems troubled by
(TW for animal cruelty/death for that one). They also seem quite self-conscious about their writting and fear that he'll get hated over it, as seen in the first of these Writer's Block posts.
Overall, a quite worrying troper and I made this ATT report to get other users' and mods' attention since the Hollers apparently weren't enough for him.
Edited by Cutegirl920fire