Internet conversations have no payoff. Your reputation among rude strangers does not matter. You don’t need to be right. If the conversation itself is not pleas

Internet conversations have no payoff. Your reputation among rude strangers does not matter. You don’t need to be right. If the conversation itself is not pleasant, you can just walk away. So when I stop enjoying the engagement, I leave. I don’t try to get the last word; I just stop reading halfway through the message and close the tab.