i know everyone has been waiting for my opinion on the discourse so here it is: chill

i silenced various discourse-related tags long ago, both for my mental health and to remind myself not to get involved with it, but the most common pattern is: one person is annoyed or unhappy about something, posts about it in a way that gets seen and/or shared, then it instantly blows up into a firestorm lasting days, with both sides fighting a war that just makes everyone involved miserable, especially the people who accidentally started it

this can be avoided by: chilling out. X out the post. Close the tab. Go to wikipedia and read about pre-dreadnought battleships or extremophile bacteria or something. is your opinion worth feeding a fire? i figured out mine isn't and i'm happier for it