[13:23:37] <Altruit> Why'd you leave?
[13:24:01] <this1neguy> Well, you were there for that whole massive shitstorm a few nights ago, ya?
[13:24:17] * Altruit nods.
[13:24:37] <this1neguy> I feel like if I go back I'll get even more shit for coming back after leaving like that.
[13:24:58] <this1neguy> Stopping in to ask after one person and leaving, I figured, wouldn't have the same effect.
[13:25:04] <Altruit> You shouldn't have left in the first place.
[13:25:23] <this1neguy> You were there ... can you at least understand why I would?
[13:25:29] <Altruit> No.
[13:25:36] <this1neguy> Really.
[13:25:38] <Altruit> These are strings of text, not bullets.
[13:25:42] <Altruit> Stop being such a bitch about it.
[13:25:54] <this1neguy> I'm not "being a bitch", I just got sick of it.
[13:26:00] <Altruit> You said it yourself, the odds of you meeting one of us in real life is almost nil.
[13:26:23] <this1neguy> This is true.
[13:26:42] <Altruit> And even if you did, I doubt most of them would do anything to you in the first place.
[13:27:10] <this1neguy> Probably not. People don't seem to realize that the way someone acts on IRC does not necessarily reflect the way they do in real life, for that matter.
[13:28:00] <Altruit> I'm still perplexed at how you manage to take them seriously when you know for a fucking fact they're doing it to make you angry.
[13:28:19] <Altruit> They're just strings of text.
[13:28:22] <Altruit> Treat them as such.
[13:28:58] <this1neguy> /shrug