AmidFuror

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Additional tip: if you want to make vinegar or citric acid far less effective, first make a paste of it by mixing with baking soda. This is suggested on many life hack websites.

Here are a few effective, low-drama ways to respond when someone dismisses you as a “bot” just because they don’t like your point:

1. Stay calm and don’t take the bait

Accusations like that are often meant to derail the conversation. You can respond simply: “I’m not a bot. If there’s something specific you disagree with, I’m happy to clarify.”

2. Refocus on the actual argument

Bring the discussion back to substance: “Whether I’m a bot or not doesn’t change the argument. Which part would you like to address?”

3. Use humor if the situation allows

Sometimes a light touch reduces tension: “If I were a bot, I’d hope for better hardware. Anyway—back to the topic…”

4. Set a boundary

If the person refuses to engage: “If you’re not interested in discussing the topic, that’s fine. I’m here to talk about the issue, not labels.”

5. Don’t over-explain

You don’t need to prove your humanity. Over-defending yourself often encourages more trolling.

Username checks out.

Why do you think that?

Good luck.

What’s the beef with this comment? It has a grammatical error in the last sentence, but otherwise it is just giving more information about how the GOP is flooding the market with ads and the commenters doubts that there will be an upset.

Then it must’ve worked.

Doctor who?

I don’t know.

Sir Thomas Moore’s Utopia fits this bill if we assume for the moment that slaves don’t count toward the equality aspect, beings slaves and all.

I wish they would just give the answer in the headline instead of burying it in the article. I want to know who recommends it without having to follow the link, but no!

That would be like a President owning and running businesses that get revenue from foreign leaders while he was in office. That would be a conflict of interest and would never be allowed by Congress or the Courts.

I ordered my last hamburger to stop choking me.

Next you’ll tell me “kangaroo” isn’t an aboriginal word for “I don’t understand.”

Yes, that refers to life imprisonment.

You can get a subscription to Consumer Reports. They do thorough and reliable ratings of a lot of things. Not sure about thermal cameras, though. I mean it as more general advice.

Just put Gene in the washing pod right next door.

At least your post asked for those opinions. This one wants to explore what was bought and is answered by a bunch of unhelpful “nothing” comments with the occasional “and here’s why no one should” thrown in.

We already had the post criticizing Black Friday. That was the place to virtue signal how you don’t fall for consumerism traps. Yet here we are again with all those responses.