yall out there interacting with antis, outside of trying to educate them, why? just block them. i promise it’s so much better that way. i block so many people now. they don’t deserve my peace and energy. i used to fight ALL the time on the internet, but it got exhausting. i wasn’t happy. sure, i was using it for dopamine and to cope with abuse, but it wasn’t healthy. just block and poof: they’re gone.
i get it if you’re not ready to do that. i really do. but try to take care of yourselves, yeah? you don’t need to harm yourselves to defend yourselves.
sometimes (most times) i won’t even read a full message/comment from people who are trolling and/or being genuine assholes. i’ll just read until i understand what is happening and block them. sometimes ill give a response like “agree to disagree” or something to try to neutralise the conversation and if they keep going, i will block.
you don’t owe them your time or energy. you create your own space.
edit: and if they keep making new blogs, report and block. you shouldn’t have to do that, but you deserve to feel safe online, no matter who is doing it. i know reporting on tumblr is pretty much useless, but we can only do so much.
