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Dec. 9th, 2022 10:33 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
Paraphrasing a really annoying Tumblr argument.
What A says to B: “You can’t make it so that nobody on the Internet is ever mean to you.”
What B thinks A said: “You can’t stop me, A, from being mean to you.”
B: “You, A, can stop yourself from being mean to me.”
Yes, but A can’t stop the entire Internet from being mean to you.
What A says to B: “You can’t make it so that nobody on the Internet is ever mean to you.”
What B thinks A said: “You can’t stop me, A, from being mean to you.”
B: “You, A, can stop yourself from being mean to me.”
Yes, but A can’t stop the entire Internet from being mean to you.