re: #195 The Pie Overlord!

What a precious, delicate li’l snowflake.

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Maybe I’m being too soft on Bret but let’s face it, we all talk about how Twitter is a cesspool and many here (including me) have never joined it. Perhaps his decision to quit was motivated by his realization that he, as a supposed voice of reason, had an over-the-top reaction to (as Twitter goes) a fairly mild insult — it didn’t even threaten his life or livelihood. He discovered that he really doesn’t have good control of his temper and perhaps he has decided a medium which encourages instant thoughtless responses, rather than carefully crafted comments, is too toxic for him to handle.

I certainly know that there have been times on FB when I’m tempted to call out someone personally for their absolute allegiance to Trump (or Bernie) but have always restricted myself to rebuttals, rather than insults (except for those rare occasions when commenting on news stories, where I accuse someone of working in St. Petersburg).