Learning to ignore is a powerful tool. A few years ago I went down a spiral and wasted a couple of solid hours on a financial sub Reddit with a master troll wh

Learning to ignore is a powerful tool. A few years ago I went down a spiral and wasted a couple of solid hours on a financial sub Reddit with a master troll who just wouldn’t stop gaslighting me despite my attempts to build a rational discussion. I was so incredibly frustrated since it was on a topic I happen to be very qualified on. I remember refreshing the screen every 5 seconds to see if their new reply would finally be acceptable. Then I snapped out of it, reflected on the silliness of the situation and decided that from that moment on I would allow myself to ignore comments, whenever I wanted. Seems simple, but it has been quite a powerful mental tool. Even here on HN many times I deliberately choose not to engage (comment negativity is not even a requirement for the ignore, sometimes I just decide I don’t want to reply to even a thoughtful question that someone might ask me, ha!), it’s quite powerful having the ability to just ghost another party, makes me feel I have superpowers (I know it sounds silly).