My patience for twitter disagreements really does top out at about 3 tweets. If you can’t decisively resolve the matter to your own satisfaction in 3 tweets, take it offline if you know them, or go off to think more on your own if you don’t, or just let it go.
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There’s of course a small chance you’re walking away smarmily pickling in self-satisfaction from a genuine learning moment, but it’s a risk worth taking. The opposite risk of becoming a derp-zombie is more important to avoid. Derp-zombiehood is like BIRGing but for life energy.
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But it’s important to get to at least 3 tweets on a few selected, rare battles. If you always quit at 0 or 1, chances are you’re in denial about something or afraid of particular arguments. Worth reminding yourself on occasion that you can throw a punch if the occasion demands.
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Avoid the internet of beefs and the derp-zombiehood of a beef-only lifestyle, but don’t let yourself get so out of shape you can’t conflict with strangers at all.
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I’m going to call this Twitter posture Be Slightly Beefy. Original self-inspiration for this little threadhttps://twitter.com/vgr/status/1136653224994197504?s=21 …
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