I'm gonna be so real with you: when the endless discourse, the splitting of communities, the misrepresenting, the fucking dogpiling and ALL THAT gets too much... log off. I say this with all love. Log off.
Play a game. Read a book. Let your girlfriend call you puppy, whatever. Do SOMETHING that isn't engaging with abject hostility. Preserve yourself a little bit of the ability to engage with talk that isn't venomous.
You can innoculate yourself against the nihilism. Against the bigotry and hatred. Against becoming "just as hostile" and against apathy. It's not as easy as it sounds but: touch grass. Touch noses with the homies. Pet your cat. Listen to some Hatsune Miku or that punk band your friend keeps recommending. Talk to a friend. Remember that verbal violence isn't all there is. Remember that there's community and connection and friendship and love out there.
Log off. The discourse will still be there, right there for you to argue with some cunt who's so down to misconstrue everything you say, whenever you get back.
