This sure is the internet, and FeralHeart will be no exception of rants. Though I must say the amount of situations threads actually hit code red and curses and insults go flying on this very forum has in general been very low for quite some time now, there's boards out there on the internet that fare far worse and I'm happy this place works the way it does, counting in the various types of people that clash but also what the community is.
I cannot say anything else than that I agree on the "thick skin" part. A place like FeralHeart can be very personal to each and everyone, whether it is the amount of time spent, the characters you go by, the friends you spend time with, the experiences you talk about or share. This place I believe go in a bit deeper and personal than some others out there, this might not be something directly linked to rants itself but I do believe it has something to do with the bigger picture of it all. Some people are complete idiots, the attack and go for the easy targets they can find, if you say something or do something they don't like whether it's right or wrong you could be up for a really hard time. Unless you have some thick skin to carry it through, or some supportive minds close to get you to think about something else, falling in for a rant is very likely to happen.
Something I do wish to say from my personal point of view is that some of these rants really make me tired sometimes. The rants that people come up with might've been done so many times before, it might be over the most small matters completely irrelevant to anything, they can be rants that go on and on about a tiny part of the situation, but skip the majority that actually takes the most of the things that goes along the drain. The majority of the staff in this case, will need to sit and listen to a lot of these whether they are personally sent to them, or posted publicly for anyone, and this list will just keep on adding up all throughout the time. Hearing someone go on about how they meet rude players in the game or how they got called ugly once can become hard to talk seriously when what these rants are based upon, is merely a pinch compared to an amputation that some people need to go through on here, and still sit down and listen to what wants to be said. Something over all that can be lacking around here is a general perspective and that the two eyes you see from is not the only ones out there. This is something that can come with age, but not always since it has been proven different from time to time.
Ranting is in many cases(not all) about self control, and sometimes you might actually make things worse for yourself whether it's right or not if you go ahead and post it. In some cases it can be hard not to take things said on the internet personal, since what has been said or done has been nothing but personal to you. But if you question their intentions to yourself and what sort of rhyme and reason their words hold, you will also shortly realize how shallow and pathetic many of the things said really can be. This helps you go on with your life and matters in FeralHeart eventually. But if you look anywhere on the internet, you will see that there's just as much problems from peoples behavior there too. The internet is for everyone, whether it's a decent human being or just a sad troll without dignity, this something we have to live with.
