The "oy vey" and "Huh, I don't get it" buttons

[Still Alive]

I have no idea what good these buttons do. They really are a form of ad-hominem attack on posts. What is their function? How does one respond to them? If someone uses one of those on one of my posts, should I just go and do the same thing to all their posts? What does this accomplish?

From my perspective, if you feel like "oy vey" or "huh, I don't get it" when reading someone's post, you might want to say that in a post, so they can respond. But how, exactly, do you respond to "oy vey"? The only response I have is "Opinions vary".;)

Edited July 3, 2018 by Still Alive

[one.opinion]

I had a brief moment of comedy run through my mind as I thought of hitting the "oh vey button" in response, but I completely agree. I feel like these buttons have zero contribution to positive dialog. But that could be because I'm a frequent recipient ?

[Still Alive]

18 minutes ago, one.opinion said:

I had a brief moment of comedy run through my mind as I thought of hitting the "oh vey button" in response, but I completely agree. I feel like these buttons have zero contribution to positive dialog. But that could be because I'm a frequent recipient ?

You shoulda done that. Seriously. But not after I get a nice, hot cup of coffee and take a sip.

[ayin jade]

I rarely use the reaction buttons but I have found oy vey and huh to be useful. 

[The_Patriot21]

If you don't know what theyre for, then how do you know theyre a ad hominum attack?

[Still Alive]

38 minutes ago, The_Patriot2018 said:

If you don't know what theyre for, then how do you know theyre a ad hominum attack?

I don't I'm inferring it. What does it mean when someone hits the "oy vey" button if not a proclamation that what you said was, well, dumb and not worth responding to, at least in the eyes of the person hitting the button?

Then again, according to the dictionary it just means the person saying it is feeling grief. Now I have guilt that I've made people feel bad.    

[Still Alive]

44 minutes ago, The_Patriot2018 said:

oy vey

I'm sorry I made you feel bad.

 

[Pure Waters]

Is oy vey not an expression of surprise/shock ? Im not sure if anyone could or would use these both as an ad hominem although one could argue about the usefulness of "huh"

[other one]

2 hours ago, Still Alive said:

I have no idea what good these buttons do. They really are a form of ad-hominem attack on posts. What is their function? How does one respond to them? If someone uses one of those on one of my posts, should I just go and do the same thing to all their posts? What does this accomplish?

From my perspective, if you feel like "oy vey" or "huh, I don't get it" when reading someone's post, you might want to say that in a post, so they can respond. But how, exactly, do you respond to "oy vey"? The only response I have is "Opinions vary".;)

I have found that the best response to these things is quoting something I saw Ayin post some time ago.....    simply post.....     PFFFT.

[Still Alive]

1 minute ago, other one said:

I have found that the best response to these things is quoting something I saw Ayin post some time ago.....    simply post.....     PFFFT.

What's kinda funny is that the reason I'm here is that I got a one month ban from another Christian site for using the "haha" button. Serious. They made the argument that I was laughing at a post that wasn't supposed to be funny. Those guys are on too much of a hair trigger so I just left. I really need an adult site where the other posters have as thick a skin as I do.