I’m not. Just pointing out that it happened.
I don’t think that there’s a “process” so much as a lack of one. The main bloggers on this site post things that they find interesting, or allow posts by guest bloggers that they find interesting, without necessarily vetting it with everyone else associated with the site. In the past, that’s resulted in occasional incidents such as the guest blogger who put up some fairly controversial posts, including a few on climate change denialism that prompted one of the main bloggers to post a rebuttal.
If Antinous was sufficiently put out by “Het” that he felt compelled to leave, then that’s his right and good luck to him. Personally, if I’d left after seeing posts by or about people or things that I personally objected to, I’d have been gone several years ago.
You have a very loose definition of “trolling”. The comics are well-written and well-drawn, and obviously created by a very talented guy. Regardless of your personal feelings about the story or subject matter, the comics themselves are very well done.
This is not trolling.
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Get real- the desire to leave the apartment of a casual acquaintance when his neighbor is found dead there hardly fits the definition of sociopathy .Why would anyone stick around under those circumstances?
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Indeed. I grew up as a likeable guy who couldn’t bond to a peer group. What I mean is that generally, people let me hang out with them in high school, and I got the chance to see a lot of smart kids make it big by the time they were 23 and others slowly (or quickly) veer into gang affiliation, crime (both victimless and violent), drug use, and even depression leading to suicide. In fact, two or three of the close friends I managed to have nearly dragged me down into the gutter with them (I’m not being pejorative, some literally have slept in gutters, one died living on the streets.)
It’s acutely tragic to see, but when you’re surrounded by people in these awful situations long enough, you have to be a special kind of person not to be desensitized by it.
Very real. And I’m glad I made it through that kind of life relatively unscathed. I had problems with addiction, but it turned out I hadn’t gotten to the point where physical dependence overcame psychological issues that responded well to therapy and counseling. Nipped in the bud as it were, when I recognized it and asked for help early.
The term “flagging” in the context of IV drug users is to follow the process of sticking a needle into a vein, and pulling up on the syringe’s plunger a little. If they draw a lot of blood into the syringe with a tiny pull, then it’s “flagged” and they know they’ve hit the vein. If a little bit of blood gets drawn into the syringe with the pull, then they know they’ve missed the vein and try again.
The syringe is “flagged” with a good insertion.
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