manton
manton

Just did some research for a reply to “someone who is wrong on the internet”, drafted the reply in detail, then discarded it. It doesn’t matter! Have to keep reminding myself that not everything is an invitation to debate.

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danielmrose@writing.exchange
danielmrose@writing.exchange

@manton Exactly. It’s so hard to remember.

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SimonWoods
SimonWoods

@manton I've learned to open up @AngeloStavrow's Thought Detox for this exact situation and it works wonders every single time.

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numericcitizen
numericcitizen

@manton sadly, the internet is probably the worst place to have a debate. There are some "corners of the internet" better than others... but... yeah.

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citizen428@chaos.social
citizen428@chaos.social

@manton I’ve made this part of my process now. I type up the replies to get it out of my system, then delete them.

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brian@xoxo.zone
brian@xoxo.zone

@manton reminded of this story coursehero.com/file/p4bq2c8/Th

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Drwave@mastodon.social
Drwave@mastodon.social

@manton @tantramar well played.

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mjgardner@social.sdf.org
mjgardner@social.sdf.org

@rayckeith @citizen428 But then *you* become Wrong On The Internet to someone without @manton’s restraint

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eurobubba
eurobubba

@manton Is too!

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mjgardner@social.sdf.org
mjgardner@social.sdf.org

@rayckeith @citizen428 @manton All it takes is one persistent “ackchyually” guy to ruin your day

Ackchyually / Actually Guy

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lostinhaste
lostinhaste

@manton 👏🏻👍🏻👏🏻👍🏻

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bryan
bryan

@manton yes! nice work.

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renevanbelzen
renevanbelzen

@manton And we can see only 5 percent of what's going on on the web; the rest is deep or—shudder—dark. Of course, the web is only part of the Internet of interconnected computer systems, and not even the biggest part.

Correcting the entire Internet with its humongous reach and compute seems a daunting task, like a battle between an ant and a Tyrannosaurus. Bits are flipped by cosmic rays and error-corrected constantly, while on top of its layering people are plotting evil, and anything in between those layers going wrong. Try correcting all that; you can't.

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starrwulfe
starrwulfe

@rayckeith This is my go-to. Sometimes I just want to let the clouds, grass, and walls know what’s up at least.

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Richfletcher@mastodon.social
Richfletcher@mastodon.social

@manton it’s good to remember that we can also be friends and have fundamental differences of opinion.

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paulcraig901
paulcraig901

@manton "Are the Trojans wise or foolish? If they are wise, do not quarrel with them; if they are fools, ignore them." - Epictetus, Discourses, 3.22.37

The Stoics approve of your decision.

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AngeloStavrow
AngeloStavrow

@SimonWoods I’m so glad that use case works for you! You’ve mentioned before and I’ve tried it and yeah, it really does help blow off some steam. 😅

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afif@mastodon.social
afif@mastodon.social

@manton i disagree

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