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I had the same issue, especially using facebook. I'd always go into those arguments without a reason. My wife pointed out, that I don't need to do that. She qu

I had the same issue, especially using facebook. I'd always go into those arguments without a reason. My wife pointed out, that I don't need to do that. She questioned me about the reason I am going into those arguments with others especially the ones I don't know and I'll never ever meet. It made total sense to me. It changed me completely. Any time I want to say something on the internet I just keep it to myself, and its great. I don't need to think 'oh what is that person gonna say etc'. I only express opinions of my own like the one I am typing right now and it feels great. So my advice is, next time you are about to go on an argument on the internet, think of it and if its worth your time... and just don't do it :)

KajMagnus 7y ago
> She questioned me about the reason I am going into those arguments with others especially the ones I don't know and I'll never ever meet I think the feelings parts of our brains don't know that the Internet exist and that the strangers on the Internet are so far away and that we'll never meet them. The feelings parts of our brains think they're here nearby, in the same group of hunter-gatherers as us, and that their opinions will affect our day-to-day life. I think it's just normal to start talking (maybe arguing) with strangers on the internet, and it's normal that it feels like a good idea ... And that one needs to stop and think and use the more modern parts of the brain, to realize that it can instead be a waste of one's limited time :- ) (An example of humans not being well adapted to modern technology.)