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D. C. Wilkinson's avatar

Well Clint, about "reacting"... We empaths, react when we witness pain and suffering in the world. We cannot unsee or ignore these things. We feel them, sometimes intensely. So, reacting to them is in our nature. However, HOW we manifest our reactions is a learned discipline. I happen to have struggled with this all my life. And I blame my untamed mouth for my failures. It continues to act as a rogue agent, broadcasting my feelings to the universe often without restraint. What to do? ;-)

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Clint Collide's avatar

I dunno what you’re talking about, Willis. lol

Okay, maybe I do. Long story short, my mouth tends to go south with I’m mad. I say things to make people back up. I try to issue a warning before I go off. Give people a chance to walk away before I blow my cool.

And yet…too few heed my warning.

So they find out the hard way: Clint is nice until he’s not.

Fully human here.

One thing that’s been helping me is to take out my frustrations on chatbots and customer support bots. For instance, YouTube’s are the cause of so much of my aggravation and frustration, so I regularly get scolded for my “unprofessional language.” Oh. Well.

Maybe if the platform wasn't run like a fascist dick-tater-ship I wouldn't need to cuss like a sailor to get my point across. Their "Titanic" is gonna sink one of these days. Hopefully, I’m not on it. :-p

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