Most atheists I know don't go around telling people that unless they are pushed to. Most atheists I know mind their own business until they are brought into a discussion from the outside by having their lack of belief/adherence to evidence criticized, or if one of their friends seems to be in a moment of weakness that they think they can help snap them out of.
Another important difference is that we aren't "selling" anything except the ability to hopefully convince others not to believe in something so life-shaping without evidence.
Many people when they first come around to agnosticism/atheism are very angry, and rightly so, especially if they narrowly escaped from a couple decades of indoctrination. These seem to be the atheists you are talking about, but you seem to be applying a pretty large blanket statement to a population of people who by very definition don't have anything in common except a lack of faith in a deity.
Regardless, it sounds like you're more upset at annoying people, not annoying atheists. All of this is kind of moot in a troll thread though.
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