Haters Make You Annoying

 Some context: Whenever a lolcow exists, in any form on the internet, drama is to be had. Often the phrase "haters make me famous" gets thrown around nonchalantly, with no understanding of the implications of what it implies or how dumb it makes them look. In this instant, I was interacting with a lolcow of particular idiocy, who insisted that haters made her famous.

Let's just say something, the notion that "haters make me famous" is a silly and downright preposterous one. You never hear anyone saying "Oh man, this guy's an asshole, LET'S GO HANG OUT WITH HIM," because, unless you have some sort of masochistic personality, is not something you would do, because assholes are assholes. What I've noticed is that most people who use this phrase qualify haters as someone who disagrees with them, gives them honest but not positive constructive critique (most of the time in art/skill areas), or calls them out for acting stupid, dumb, insane, etc.

When you say, "haters make me famous", you're deluding yourself into thinking that everyone will come to your side because of course (in your mind) you are perfect, loveable, and in the right. So you act like a flailing maniac continuing and often exacerbating your actions against your "haters" who may still be trying to reason with you, or have just given up and left, or stay and troll you. FTL. The idea of "haters make me famous" is that, after you've put these "haters" in your place, you'll become instantly more popular, more beloved, and have everyone to come to your side when you (and you always, invariably will) do things like what you did before.

The truth is, that haters don't make you famous. In fact, these "haters" probably get more friends, more people coming to their side, then you ever will. The reason you'd become "famous", and I use this term lightly (because infamous, or extremely disliked are both better terms), is because people want come and watch you foam at the mouth, spitting curse words and bad grammar, crying "haters" and "u r just jealous", etc. It's the idea of staring at a car crash, no one can look away. Perhaps it's less that, more like a sideshow complex, when you're walking down the street and you see something so strange and weird, you can't help but stare and laugh for a few minutes, but then you move on. Because they stop caring and leave you to shake your cage and treat the internet like it's your own personal pissing ground.