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How do you handle being upset about something online? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by _number8_@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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like either a dumbass posting stupid shit, unfair bans, idiotic arguments, etc etc. i feel so incredibly stupid letting it affect me at all, but then also there's real feelings mixed in there because it's a real argument i give a shit about to some degree. so it's this odd double crossing where i know it's stupid but i process it as being real.

bonus points for not answering 'go outside drink water read a book' etc etc

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[–] BitSound@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Sorry for the Reddit link but lemmy.world's not letting upload images and I'm on mobile so don't want to transcribe this, but just imagine the person you're arguing with is like this:

https://i.redd.it/abynwb2aewo71.jpg

[–] callyral@kbin.social 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Image transcription of @BitSound's comment:

A Reddit comment by user "YARGLE_IS_MY_DAD":

"I remember I got into an argument on reddit awhile ago with a person over Italian food. It got to the point they were following me into other subs to harass me.

I clicked on their profile to block them and their most recent post was them drinking their own piss on r/piss. At that moment I realized I had spent so much pointless time arguing about the taste of food with someone who drinks their own piss as a hobby. This site is a shit hole."

[–] BitSound@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Thank you 🙇

[–] Black_Gulaman@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 1 year ago

This is actually also prevalent here on lemmy, gosh, the gate keepers here are insane, it borders mental illness.

Sometimes I just block without engaging.