Yeah, that’s probably the most concise way to state my reaction to this.
This reads like someone called them an NPC and they got big mad about it. Putting this much effort into trying to turn something around on a bully might help you feel better, but you’re putting 10x as much effort into it as they ever did, and they don’t care about your comeback.
You haven’t showed them anything except the insult worked. It got you worked up and that’s all they cared about. The person who “loses” is the one who puts in more effort.
It’s also demonstrating a willful choice to ignore the intended meaning of the insult to try and play a game of technicalities, which is rarely a good look. You can’t “well ackshually” an insult, it just makes you look silly.
It’s not difficult to understand that by calling you an NPC, they don’t mean the well written memorable ones. They mean the oldschool unnamed townsperson who only says one single pre-programmed line.
Most charitably, they’re saying that you’re just reciting a popular opinion and haven’t thought through it yourself. While also dehumanizing you.
Like, if this comeback was maybe 1/3 of the length it wouldn’t be completely awful for online discourse (trying for the last word so shitheel doesn’t think they “won”). That said, the best response is to just… move on with your life.
Someone called you an NPC? They clearly aren’t worth engaging with.
Yeah, that’s probably the most concise way to state my reaction to this.
This reads like someone called them an NPC and they got big mad about it. Putting this much effort into trying to turn something around on a bully might help you feel better, but you’re putting 10x as much effort into it as they ever did, and they don’t care about your comeback.
You haven’t showed them anything except the insult worked. It got you worked up and that’s all they cared about. The person who “loses” is the one who puts in more effort.
It’s also demonstrating a willful choice to ignore the intended meaning of the insult to try and play a game of technicalities, which is rarely a good look. You can’t “well ackshually” an insult, it just makes you look silly.
It’s not difficult to understand that by calling you an NPC, they don’t mean the well written memorable ones. They mean the oldschool unnamed townsperson who only says one single pre-programmed line.
Most charitably, they’re saying that you’re just reciting a popular opinion and haven’t thought through it yourself. While also dehumanizing you.
Like, if this comeback was maybe 1/3 of the length it wouldn’t be completely awful for online discourse (trying for the last word so shitheel doesn’t think they “won”). That said, the best response is to just… move on with your life.
Someone called you an NPC? They clearly aren’t worth engaging with.
Why use many word when few do trick?