> the absolute best defense against these sorts of situations is just not to be a douche, which isn't very hard ...unless one is already a douche, in which cas

> the absolute best defense against these sorts of situations is just not to be a douche, which isn't very hard ...unless one is already a douche, in which case it might be very hard. The behavior of insulting people for no reason, like bullying generally, seems to transmitted via anti-rational memes. Which means that the people who engage in it don't understand why they do so; they just know that it gives them some sort of psychological relief.