The sound of ATVs. This is the sole reason I don't own a gun. I would snap & be in prison for life.

What really bothers me are people who insist on denying that climate change is real. What's the point in denying it? I don't see how anyone could possibly benefit from denying global warming. If anything, the idea of global warming has caused many of us to think more responsibly about the earth that we live on. People are inspired to pollute less, recycle more, search for less damaging energy sources, invest in solar and wind power, all of which benefit humanity. Why would anyone be against that? Especially when there's so much evidence that solidly confirms that climate change is a fact. But even if climate change was a hoax, cleaning up the earth and reducing our carbon footprint is still a good thing, right? Yet somehow, there are people who are still against that sort of thing. It's got to be the stupidest form of stubbornness, possibly stupider than Christian fundamentalism.

Neglect & abuse of innocents.

the ongoing destruction of our planet.

politics.

ignorance.

I feel your pain. what a nasty experience this must have been.
he clearly revealed himself quite in the beginning as a (potential) rapist, saying that someone "deserves to get raped". that would have been the point where communication became impossible in my eyes. a man, stating that there is such a thing as a DESERVED RAPE is too fuckin angry to have a mature conversation with.
try not to get reeled in by emotionally disturbed black holes who lack all empathy in the future.
my personal fave triggers are when someone jumps on a high horse & starts listing my psychological deficiencies without emotionally seeing me. I might still crack then.

Any type of offense to us can make us snap and do the unthinkable... and because of that we try to be civil and behave. I will always remember this Ugly case that a thief was caught trying to break into a house by men in the house who just arrived at that moment. he was captured and with the same long screwdriver he was trying to break in... he was sodomized and taken to a police station... the thief died in the holding cell due the damage done to his inside. Also heard of another break and entry that the thief got tortured with with a hot flat iron. What I will do if I caught anyone doing something to one of my women? Including mother, wife, partner, sisters, cousins, daughters, friends, lover etc, etc, etc. Death sometimes is too easy of a way out and thus comes a permanent removal ala movie Sin City.

I admit it , I go hard on these sorts of folks. Now, I don’t LOOK for it ... but certainly if I come across it , I take full advantage. For example, I would have mentioned to that “guy”... well interesting to note, next time you and your buddies are in the garage partying ... you know in your man cave, and you pass out from funneling beer... your male buddies are free to use your body orifices as they see fit right ? They could just put a bag over your head and pretend it’s a chick anyway right?.. and you can’t even be MAD at them “.... .... ok seriously though, I hate that you’ve had something awful happen .. and of course it makes sense when some tool brings up a similar scenario, we will have an almost visceral reaction. I can only say how I personally handle these things... and I definitely don’t “hold back” , I have zero problem shaming the crap out of stupid humans.

Questions and Answers.

So dig it. That conversation would have made any rational person a bit nuts and I would never (probably) say what you almost said to him. That said, I just want you to know that in the history of "The internet just broke someone's mind" comebacks, that would have been priceless.

Trumpublicans posting propaganda that is really easy to disprove and racially motivated, while claiming not to be racist. Or the most unchristian posts by people who claim to be Christians - hypocrites are toxic waste. Generally I get set off when hate, greed, or ignorance is expressed as appropriate in the mounting flood of propaganda I have the misfortune to see.

I get red in the face with anger when someone tries to tell me that an established, proven fact is not true, and told "Well, that's your truth." Just kills me.

Sorry to hear about your experience as a sixteen year old. It's not hard to figure out why your buttons were pushed with this idiot. When dealing with someone who has a poor grasp of logic, and keeps moving the goalposts in a debate, I politely state that I'm leaving the conversation. Cuz I know there's no talking sense to them.

Then I take a few deep breaths...

Tell me I'm wrong. yawn

Tell me I'm stupid. Meh.

But: even give off the slightest suggestion that I don't have the right to think and feel as I do? It's jihad, motherfather!

Child abuse, sexual, verbal, physical or emotional. I had a crappy childhood and I have zero tolerance for abusing children. Someone advocates corporal punishment..... that really gets under my skin.

I'm very sorry this happened to you, @LuciMP, and please accept my admiration for your survivorship.

It's easy to see how that sort of a comment would trigger you that way. And good for you for taking that deep breath and using your backspace key.

I'm finding that a few things that led up to my own recent pains are sore subjects for me. I try to avoid those conversations or if the conversation turns into that territory, I absent myself from them. I generally save that sort of discussion for people I feel closer to and have some level of trust with. I'm trying to venture out to explore that territory carefully, to push myself emotionally and confront things, specifically to gain some control over those feelings, to make those subjects not about me specifically.

When I figure out how to do that, I'll be sure to let you know. Not exactly all the way there yet!

Well... you mentioned hand guns... I own them. Did you not like her answer on hand guns. If you have an opinion and want to share it... well that's ok. But if an argument don't go your way... then it's time to back off... we all have our things that push our buttons but name calling in hear don't fly.