I know we have mute & block but it's ideal if you can just politely tell a person that you're not interested in the tangent they're taking.
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I complained about the Monologue Inflictor the other day. https://twitter.com/HPluckrose/status/825708933956395010 … The Specific Approach Inflictor is just as bad.
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This person usually has a particular philosophical, theological or ideological approach they think they can read the whole world thru.
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And they pounce on ppl having any conversation at all which uses a specific word this philosopher, theologian or theorist focuses on.
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And then you find yourself being told you must consider parenting via Nietzsche, physics via Aquinas & what to have for dinner via Foucault.
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They're very earnest, these ppl. 'You're missing the point!' '...I was the one who made the point. This wasn't it' 'Ah, but really it is!'
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I could not do this, it would cost me too much. What would happen if you paused social media for a week or so?
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I get a lot of blogs written & a lot of reading done & my house would be very clean.
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I thought I saw you tweeting that you were gonna read a novel or something today. How's that going for you?

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I did read one!
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Really?
I'm disappointed, Hellen. Wasting all that precious time on a novel when you could've spent it here? Tsk, tsk!
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Love this thread
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Damn straight
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