I donβt look at them, act super unenthused, and just kinda tune them out. Iβm thinking they should get the hint or eventually get bored and give up lol.
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Not at work but I briefly lived with that guy. I just started agreeing with him on everything. "And we all know what the correct opinion on net neutrality is" "Yes we do."
"People just don't understand what Trump is doing" "Yeah, you're so right"
There's really nowhere to go when you just vaguely agree with what they're saying but don't commit to anything
Yes. Unfortunately, propaganda, intimidation and many lies and illegal actions from authoritarian regimes do work. The ones in power also don't need to care if they're still being supported by the population or not. After they're in power, they don't need supporters in the general population anymore, they just need people to be inactive and suck it all up so that they can continue staying in power. As long as there's no revolt or upcoming election which actually gets rid of the regime and its background helpers, people are simply letting it happen right before their eyes. And so it will happen. And it will get even worse.
Search for and focus on their positive qualities, and respind to those instead of their current words.
Almost everyone have some positive qualities. Finding them makes bearing their negatives easier.
Damn this is great advice
Holler back to 2010s reddit therapy fads and grey rock them.
Thatβs interesting, seems like a good strategy
If nothing else helps, imagine how you tickle them on the tip of their dumb nose with an imaginary, invisible feather. Imagine the surprised look when they don't know what's happening. It's so annoying and they don't have a clue where it's coming from. They have fucked with the wrong person with an overactive imagination! By now, you've zoned out far enough to ignore any jabs coming your way. You wear the self-satisfied smile that only imaginary feather ticklers know.
Are they possibly romantically interested in you? Just drop a casual "you're just in love with me, aren't you!" when they're annoying and see how flabbergasted they get.
Be twice as annoying back.