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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.

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!

Just put Gene in the washing pod right next door.

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.

What’s a tortoise?

Think Incredible Hulk crossed with King Kong.

You know things are good in New Zealand when it’s a story that people were mean to a public figure online.

What’s the word for when you can’t think of a word? I used to know it…

Tokyo just needs to annex a few surrounding cities to keep up.

Meanwhile, China has 10 cities with over 10M people and another 150 with over 1M.

Now I’m curious if you do anything with your partner that she really likes to do but you don’t.

Exploiting natural resources.