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 Want to make your digital life easier on yourself? Just follow the "If it has nothing to do with you shut the fuck up" method!

Are you a white person who see's another white person being called a racist and you want to defend them? 

NO! SHUT THE FUCK UP! IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH YOU!

Feel like telling someone their existence is wrong?

NO! SHUT THE FUCK UP! IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH YOU!

Shutting the fuck up is a proven method to prevent yourself from becoming an asshole.

Try it today! 
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You're sounding more like Twitter, sorry X, this morning than Mastodon. Hope your day improves! 

People are going to be assholes, there's no way around that. My suggestion is ignoring them like they don't exist. Like literally they are not there. I find haters hate that more than arguments, which they feed on.