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In reply to the discussion: I get the desire not to engage in full-scale war...but we're okay with chemical weapons? [View all]LWolf
(46,179 posts)I shouldn't be. I am very well acquainted with myself, thanks.
Usually when I am irritated by people who attack without substance, I ignore them. Sometimes, though, I give into temptation. As a child, I was known to stir up ant hills with a stick to watch them scurry around. It was entertaining. Even when I suffered a bite or two. When I don't have the requisite store of patience to put up with the stupid online, I sometimes do the same. It's entertaining. It seems like there are people who are simply addicted to flames. There doesn't have to be any reasoning at all behind their need to click their bic. I SHOULD be tossing water or a blanket instead of fuel at them, and I usually do. When I'm particularly disenchanted with the world, though, I'll toss them some fuel. It's what they want, after all; someone to attack. I can take it. My flame suit is up-to-date.