The transfer of information (i.e. reading some text) is not the same as a punch being thrown. The punch is liable to damage your body. The information, on the

The transfer of information (i.e. reading some text) is not the same as a punch being thrown. The punch is liable to damage your body. The information, on the other hand, has to first be processed by your brain. Because of this processing, you can even give something like this a try: simply notice and become curious about the feeling of offense that wells up inside of you, instead of allowing it to fully take you for a ride resulting in embarrassing comments on Hacker News.