Ever get green bubble hate? ?

[B. Diddy]

Yea, but when I was a teen we used to settle our problems and cure the bullys of being bullys in the school yard. Times change, now many cry bully and hide in a basement.

Unfortunately, that kind of confrontation has only become more dangerous and deadly these days (whether it's on the schoolyard or elsewhere), so it's understandable why some would choose not to take that route.:-\

 

[HoosierDaddy]

Yea, but when I was a teen we used to settle our problems and cure the bullys of being bullys in the school yard. Times change, now many cry bully and hide in a basement.

There are psychological bullies and physical bullies. Used your method with success a few times for the latter in grade school and military basic training. Don't think there is an equivalent for psychological bullying.

 

[B. Diddy]

Probably most effective is not to even jump onto that peer pressure bandwagon, but that's going to be difficult for the average teen or even young adult.

 

[cknobman]

There are psychological bullies and physical bullies. Used your method with success a few times for the latter in grade school and military basic training. Don't think there is an equivalent for psychological bullying.

There is a cure.
Stop communicating with the offenders. Block them if needed.

 

[anon(40376)]

There are psychological bullies and physical bullies. Used your method with success a few times for the latter in grade school and military basic training. Don't think there is an equivalent for psychological bullying.

Actually, worked every time it was required. School, military, college, Camp Peary, till now. As for psychologically bullying, this site and sites like this are as close as I have ever been to social media. Then again not too many people tend to bully people who were in my line of work.

 

[pseudoware]

Yesterday, I turned on my iPod Touch for the first time in quite awhile and enabled iMessage. I sent a msg to a friend who replied with this crazy multi-emoji animation. Totally new to me, not being an iPhone user. I learned I could send a handwritten reply. Yeah, BFD but I replied that way.

Anyway, I can see someone switching to Android and then getting outted as the villain who broke all the rich messaging features in a 20-person group chat. And then getting excluded from such communications. Immature and petty? Of course, but real nonetheless, and exactly the type of situation that keeps people in the ecosystem.

 

[Morty2264]

Yesterday, I turned on my iPod Touch for the first time in quite awhile and enabled iMessage. I sent a msg to a friend who replied with this crazy multi-emoji animation. Totally new to me, not being an iPhone user. I learned I could send a handwritten reply. Yeah, BFD but I replied that way.

Anyway, I can see someone switching to Android and then getting outted as the villain who broke all the rich messaging features in a 20-person group chat. And then getting excluded from such communications. Immature and petty? Of course, but real nonetheless, and exactly the type of situation that keeps people in the ecosystem.

That exact type of situation keeps me out of the Apple ecosystem, that's for sure!

 

[pseudoware]

That exact type of situation keeps me out of the Apple ecosystem, that's for sure!

Absolutely! I have a friend, long time Android user. One day in a group text, I get "liked an image" from him. WTF? He said his daughter was going off to college, and getting an iPhone just made communicating with her so much easier. Not gonna lie, I was a bit disappointed, only because I'm such an Android fan. But I get it, didn't give him grief, nor would I stop texting him, even if I have to put up with the occasional "liked" or "laughed at", LOL. But just another example how someone gets pulled into the ecosystem.

 

[Morty2264]

Absolutely! I have a friend, long time Android user. One day in a group text, I get "liked an image" from him. WTF? He said his daughter was going off to college, and getting an iPhone just made communicating with her so much easier. Not gonna lie, I was a bit disappointed, only because I'm such an Android fan. But I get it, didn't give him grief, nor would I stop texting him, even if I have to put up with the occasional "liked" or "laughed at", LOL. But just another example how someone gets pulled into the ecosystem.

I can definitely understand what you're saying, and what your friend is thinking. When my brother moved to the States, he had an iPhone and I temporarily contemplated switching so we could iMessage and FaceTime. I didn't switch, of course, but I can understand the temptation -- and, as you say, how easy it is to get swept into the ecosystem.

 

[pseudoware]

Blue Bubbles vs Green Bubbles: Explained!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BuaKzm7Kq9Q

 

[cckgz4]

A little too often but I've learned to ignore it now

 

[Morty2264]

Lumia 1020 is the one phone I regret selling.

I would regret selling that, too!