Current Events > one of the biggest lessons I learned about being on the internet

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It took me years to realize this simple lesson. on forums like this, some people are just aggressively argumentative, and they'll get angry that you disagree with them. And they'll post angry back-and-forths with you for days. It'll be hundreds of posts deep into a topic, and NOBODY else is gonna read the argument. Just the two of you bitterly fighting.

That happens so often on forums like this. There is NO point talking with people like that, you aren't going to change their mind and they aren't going to change yours, and neither one of you will change anybody else's mind. it's just aggression and pride at that point. and you'll never see this stranger in your life.

So if somebody starts showing hostility and aggression over some dumb thing on the internet, the best thing to do is step back and don't let them pull you down into the tarpit argument. Chances are you won't change their mind, you'll just get angry. Nowadays if somebody is arguing in bad faith or getting straight-up hostile, I feel way better just not engaging their arguments, and sometimes it's best to just ignore/block them outright.

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I just dont engage people who are obviously looking for an argument and trying to have the last word, which sadly describes many of the non-gimmick accounts on here

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