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Do you think it matters to the people you're trolling or calling names whether you do it online, over text or to their face? I'm not saying you're a perpetual asshole, but it seems like you think that's an ok thing to do online, which makes you an asshole occasionally. Be better man, you don't know how the person on the opposite side reacts
It totally does matter. I don't know who's on the other side of that, or what they're dealing with.
It does depend on the nature of the trolling. I'm saying these things mostly with hindsight -- I definitely don't troll any more, and when I did, it was really just like getting in reddit arguments and then commenting nonsense. So, pretty benign stuff. I don't feel much guilt because honestly, while I was being an asshole, I wasn't ever really mean. And I was young, and I've come to terms with the fact that I made mistakes as a kid.
Nowadays my online assholery is mostly reserved for people who initiate trash talk in Rocket League. And even then, I'll just hit em with "ur bad". I consider that being an asshole, but I don't consider myself an asshole because of it.
But I get what you're saying. I am kinda making it out as if it's okay to be a dick online. It isn't. I guess its hard to balance that with the understanding that it is just easier to fall into the trap of assholery behind a screen, or a windshield, or anonymous comment.