teamroquette:

raisel-the-riveter:

well self I Hope This Helps

[IMAGE:  a flow chart to review when considering getting into a fight on the internet. I’m not sure how to best transcribe a flow chart but basically it goes:

“should I get into a fight on the internet????”

“NO”

“ah you’re right” (branch ends here)    or   “ok but….. that sounds fake….”

“LOOK. WHO SAID THE WRONG THING?”

“someone I love + care about”

“WAIT A FEW HRS. THEN SEND A PRIVATE MESSAGE IF IT’S STILL BOTHERING YOU. A KIND MESSAGE.” (branch ends here)

“some jerk idk”  or  “friend of a friend”

“IGNORE IT”

“BUT IT’S SO OFFENSIVE!!!”

“IGNORE IT”

“ B  U  T ”

(all the way back up to the original answer) “NO”]

for my own reference, other possible retorts to “ignore it” that would also lead back to “ignore it” are:
– but I’ve seen a whole bunch of posts saying this wrong thing recently and i’m sick of it
– but this person approached ME to start a fight about the thing
– I’m having a bad day

I keep getting back to “ok but….. that sounds fake….”