The answer is not to block people. Are 3,500 people really blindly reblogging this?
You know what you’re doing when you block or mute someone? You’re essentially pressing your hand against their mouth. Not as bad as insulting, sure. But its still wrong to say its “kinder”.
Maybe that example is too extreme. It’s not like you’re forcing people to shut up. What you are doing can be better compared to covering your ears. And if you want to go the extra mile, you vocally yell and scream to show the person that you’re not listening. It’s not as hurtful but its still rude.
The best alternatives are also the hardest ones. You can either:
A. Confront them
or
B. Ignore them.
Now ignoring someone sounds like muting, right? But it’s not. By blocking someone you’re suppressing their right to opinion, whether good or bad. Its the same reason people like Anita Sarkeesian get hatred. She doesn’t just ignore feedback, she outright blocks it. ALL OF IT. Positive Feedback, Negative Feedback, Opinions, Questions, you name it. Just for the sake of muting the few trolls that “bully” her.
By just ignoring anything you think is trolling, you not only gain the ability to handle negative feedback, but its also possible for you to hear that exact same troll praise you for something else. Something you would not have ever heard if you blocked them.
Seriously you’re comparing murder to arson here, folks. They are both horrible crimes. You’re not going to have a happier life because you burnt something as opposed to you killing someone. You’ll most likely be happier not doing either.
Hahaha, see what I mean? What you said seems perfectly reasonable and truthful, but that one word makes it hard to not laugh at you. I guess I understand how you feel.
Yeah I get you. Even if someone argued aesthetic to me I’d still laugh
The only time that word doesn’t bother me is in MOBAs. I mean if you’re bitching at your team about something that ends up getting your own team upset, and those emotions lead to worse gameplay? Guess what, you are being toxic. That makes sense to me. Its when its used differently where it seems off.
I don’t know why but aesthetic is just the funniest word to me.
Like I can’t take you seriously if you drop the word in your argument no matter what. I understand the word but it just seems like nonsense to me even though I know its not.
