AmidFuror

Username checks out thoroughly.

Additional tip: if you want to make vinegar or citric acid far less effective, first make a paste of it by mixing with baking soda. This is suggested on many life hack websites.

Here are a few effective, low-drama ways to respond when someone dismisses you as a “bot” just because they don’t like your point:

1. Stay calm and don’t take the bait

Accusations like that are often meant to derail the conversation. You can respond simply: “I’m not a bot. If there’s something specific you disagree with, I’m happy to clarify.”

2. Refocus on the actual argument

Bring the discussion back to substance: “Whether I’m a bot or not doesn’t change the argument. Which part would you like to address?”

3. Use humor if the situation allows

Sometimes a light touch reduces tension: “If I were a bot, I’d hope for better hardware. Anyway—back to the topic…”

4. Set a boundary

If the person refuses to engage: “If you’re not interested in discussing the topic, that’s fine. I’m here to talk about the issue, not labels.”

5. Don’t over-explain

You don’t need to prove your humanity. Over-defending yourself often encourages more trolling.

Username checks out.

Why do you think that?

Good luck.

What’s the beef with this comment? It has a grammatical error in the last sentence, but otherwise it is just giving more information about how the GOP is flooding the market with ads and the commenters doubts that there will be an upset.

I couldn’t imagine bringing a gaming device to a family Thanksgiving celebration and insisting on being able to use it instead of socializing with the people physically there.

Doctor who?

I don’t know.

Sir Thomas Moore’s Utopia fits this bill if we assume for the moment that slaves don’t count toward the equality aspect, beings slaves and all.

I wish they would just give the answer in the headline instead of burying it in the article. I want to know who recommends it without having to follow the link, but no!

That would be like a President owning and running businesses that get revenue from foreign leaders while he was in office. That would be a conflict of interest and would never be allowed by Congress or the Courts.

The entirety of the evidence is the account of the historian Filiu.

“The [Israeli] rationale [was] to discredit Hamas and the UN at that time … and to allow [Israel’s] clients, the looters, to either redistribute the aid to expand their own support networks or to make money out of reselling it in order to get some cash and so not depend exclusively on Israeli financial support,” Filiu said.

That’s pretty powerful to have an eye witness able to testify directly about Israel’s rationale.

Like many other commenters here, I spent the day not shopping, not watching TV (I don’t even own one and haven’t even heard of your favorite streaming services), not listening to any popular music or even the A sides of albums by some bands you’ve never heard of, eating only whole foods that didn’t show any form of suffering during their demise when harvested from the community garden, identifying 2026 candidates to align with (whom I shall never name here lest someone bring up an imperfect act they once failed to adequately denounce), and telling loose acquaintances that I am an ally for their non-traditional romantic entanglements.

Was it Black Friday?

Yours is the vegan of sociopolitical attitudes.

I’ve never seen a turtle, but I understand what you mean.

Except for whites from those countries, right Donald? It’s the South Africa exception.

What’s a tortoise?

Think Incredible Hulk crossed with King Kong.