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kleinbl00  ·  3183 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Lying to Myself // To the Small Town of Hubski

Yeah, the whole "I choose to make a meta post instead of try to smooth things over" approach is a peculiar strategy.

20 years of Internet warfare have taught me one thing: if you prick an asshole and they act wounded and try to smooth things over, they weren't really an asshole and you can both move on with greater understanding and affinity. If you prick an asshole and they double down, you just saved yourself 10 rounds of being polite to an asshole.