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       Hey so like just going to say it: we don't want our lives to fundamentally be about hate and upset. There's always always going to be some big problems in the world at large, in our fields, in our personal communities, etc. But do you win arguments by yelling back and forth? We certainly haven't. Though it might occasionally feel good if we already know we can't win. And yelling into a void so that people around hear you yelling? Not really that productive either. We can't imagine a life we'd like to live less than one that becomes defined by yelling and having people yell at us for not yelling correctly. And we certainly don't produce more reasoned judgement while fired up, highly doubt anyone else does. Spending your time engaging with that either actively or passively costs you; it costs you real emotional energy to get a constant input of bad even if it's not directed at you. Here on fedi we've consistently seen well spread posts about how Twitter was bad for that reason yet we consistently see people choosing to bring this aspect to their fedi feeds and their friends' feeds. Just don't do this. Don't be a person that people are scared of living their lives around.