Matt Walsh, you outdid yourself
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Dealing with assholes on the internet - A brief guide
Every interaction you will ever have with another human being is a game.
You can either accept the game, refuse it, or change it.
As an example, let's imagine someone wants to interview you. You both sit down, the guy asks you questions, you answer.
Boom, game accepted. You just played "interview".
Now let's imagine that you remain completely silent, or that you simply stand up from your chair and leave. Beep, game refused.
A final - and remarkably fun - option: Instead of sitting down, you can start hopping around the room and whinny like a horse.
The game has just been changed to "someone call security".
So now let's imagine you're sitting in front of your computer, wasting time on the internet. (wild scenario, I know.)
Let's say you just posted your review for a new brand of instant noodles. According to you, they're the shit. Quick, tasty, 100% unhealthy.
Apparently, some health freak has stumbled into your comment and is calling you all kinds of names because you're promoting "unhealthy food that is going to kill you."
He proceeds to throw a bunch of faulty arguments at you, puts words in your mouth and concludes by asking you to kindly fuck off.
There's the game he wants to play.
He wants to play "toxic internet argument."
And he's just laid down the rules: you're going to answer him point by point, and you're going to get upset.
Play his game, and you've just granted him the upper hand. He's now in a dominant position, leading the dance. He has successfully cajoled you in a game that is going to ruin your mood and waste your time.
A much better option would be to refuse the game: just close the fucking web page and put that mental energy of yours to a better use.
Still, let's not forget about the fun option.
You can also change the game.
He wants you to submit and feel like shit?
"Boohooo bad man on the internet called me an idiot :( mommyyyy"
He expects you to address all of his faulty arguments?
"You're clearly a man of great erudition, I wouldn't dare debating someone as cultured as you are."
Or, if you want to go down a more wholesome path:
"But hey man, jokes aside, I see that you seem to care a great deal about health topics and you must have your good reasons for that. Thanks for the input, I'll try to limit my noodle-splurging to once a week. Cheers!"
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Brief overview of what happened there:
- Sarcasm and irony demonstrate an ability to remain unaffected by insults, which implies that the person insulting you is of lower status and you have no need to worry about any reputational damage coming from them; also, by refusing to tackle their arguments, you imply that something in what they've just said is so ridiculous you don't even need to address it - or that you have some valid counterpoints, but you're unwilling to share them.
- Refusing to submit to the rules of the game is bound to create frustration and throw your opponent off guard. Whatever you do, do not react by impulse. Do not comply. Take a deep breath, walk away from the computer screen, clear your head. Then come back and evaluate the best course of action.
- Once the game has been sabotaged, you can then proceed to impose your own rules, and invite the other person to play your own game. Whether you wanna defuse the situation or just inflict as much psychological damage as possible, that's totally up to you. No morals here, only a bit of social dynamics.
You're welcome. <3
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Honestly, from listening to them talk, the likeliest reason the #WhatIsAWoman transphobe crowd is being so noisy and vocal about it? It's because they can't actually tell the difference and they're terrified that not being able to do so means they're secretly gay and they feel it threatens their manhood.
This is a mix of women who were born women but have been called trans and trans women who men had the hots for before being told they were trans.
The fact that they can't tell the difference about women's gender and orientation without someone pointing it out terrifies the bigots, homophobes, and transphobes out there.
#WhatIsAWoman 😘😂😂😂😘
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Matt Walsh gives a great perspective on rallies.
Matt Walsh gives a great perspective on rallies. I think another reason a lot of conservatives don’t get too involved in activists is they are too busy with a full time job, spending time with their families and involved in faith based activities. Love the comparison of the main stream media and what actually happened at the rally.
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Watching #whatisawoman and wondering when our society became so delusional that a basic #fact isn’t accepted or #commonknowledge , and you can’t #askquestions without someone being offended! @mattwalshblog #documentary is well made and asks the question that so many are afraid to ask or answer in our crazy world! #questioneverything #truthispower #factsarefacts #menandwomen #protectwomen #protectchildren #iwantanswers #biologicalreality #itsscience (at United States) https://www.instagram.com/p/CgBkbjLut7u/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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Thinking of starting a gimmick blog called “whatisawoman” where I just post pictures of women’s restroom signs with strange ways of indicating the concept of a woman
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