I had to block an asshole.

Fri, 28 Aug 2020 21:37:37 GMT

Yeah, you know the other day when I posted about the cool mod I found for Civ VI that changed the name of the Ottoman capital from Istanbul to the more correct Ḳosṭanṭīnīye? With a title promising death to anyone who mentioned THAT song? Well, guess what?

One idiot not only mentioned that fucking song, but HE also POSTED A VIDEO OF THE ORIGINAL VERSION.

Wanna know what's fucked up about PTSD? The weirdest things become triggers. This has been a trigger for me since we were planning the trip back in 2015 and every single post I made in the find raiser telling about the sights we hoped to see, etc., had at least one numbskull mentions that song.

This is why it sets me off. That city on the Bosphorus has been there for 2,600 years. It's been part of four empires, and the capital of two of them. There are wonders there from across history. I fell in love with the city as a teenager when I started seriously reading history looking for something different for my AD&D games.

So when I wrote about the Aqueduct of Valens, constructed in 368 CE and still in use in 1911 when a more modern water system was installed, seeing six replies quoting that song tells me that something I love and am trying to share with people means nothing more than a minor pop hit.

It fucking triggers my PTSD. Got it?

Now, this asshole had a long history of posting off-topic replies to my posts, often veering off into deep left field. Since I had made a clear warning, I deleted his post and blocked him.

He then came back on his LiveJournal account to whine about how unfair I was being. Fuck him.

Seriously, if I'm talking about the Queen of Cities under any of its names, never even reference that song.

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Douglas E. Berry

I had to block an asshole.