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  You as well. You as well
context: I don't think people on this sub know what an unpopular opinion is. >
  
  Maybe not if this is popular it just won't do well >
  
  Unpopular opinion, unpopular comment, all on an unpopular subreddit.....how dare you, sir! >
  
  ... this sub is one of the top 1% subreddits on the site. I'd say it's fairly popular haha >
  
  Sorry - a popular subreddit filled with unpopular things >
  
  It takes a lot for people to understand that if someone is annoying/wasting their time/disrespecting them, IT IS A GAIN to block them and move on.
  You deserve to have standards dictating the type of relationships you want in your life.
  It shows you value your life and you don't have time to please or beg people to stay. >
  
  You'd write an entire relationship off because of a minor annoyance?  I'm assuming you don't have any family left that you are still in contact with? Or am I misunderstanding your point? >
  
  Kind of a weird assumption to make, no? >
  
  It's a weird discussion, but the assumption likely follows from what he said, which I would agree is kind of weird. So I am also tempted to call BS. >
  
  Unless you're a girl, then they just start five new accounts and follow you from there too. Honestly, I've blocked so many creeps on so many different platforms that at this point, blocking just feels like an encore. >
  
  Set all things to private and only accept/message genuine friends? >
  
  Blocked >
  
  ;) >
  
  People here are really trying to argue that blocking people on the internet is going to fuck up your real life. Just because op doesn’t want to deal with annoying people on the internet doesn’t mean they can’t handle annoying people in real life. That argument is a massive slippery slope. >
  
  I mean, blocking on the internet is the real world equivalent of leaving a location. Done = done, whether you get in your car and leave a place or disconnect potential engagement via the internet. With the internet though, you can't leave like you would in person, it's the digital equivalent of them following you home and harassing you >
  
  Well, then you're just a coward who's proud of it... >
  
  And you're a coward too. :) >
  
  How? By confronting the people I disagree with instead of getting scared and running away? >
  
  That's not exactly what you said in our last convo...;) >
  
  I said that if enabled, blocking should only be used when someone threatens to kill you or harm you somehow.
  But as you might remember, I also added I wouldn't block even such people, and that if I were in charge, I would immediately disable an option to block someone on every social network. >
  
  But blocking is for cowards! Don't be a coward because someone threatened you! Blocking is for cowards! You coward! >
  
  Tell us your a democrat without saying your a democrat lol. 
  But yeah, blocking gets the job done if you don't want to talk, don't think it's really an opinion as much as a fact? >
  
  Democrats are centrists because the entire American political axis is shifted. I don't like them. Generally it's because talking won't work >
  
  Quite frankly both parties are ridiculous these days. Almost every single issue can be met in the middle but both parties are increasingly further learning to a side and refuse to work together >
  
  I want to end homelessness. The right wants to end Trans lives. There isn't meeting in the middle right now >
  
  I'm talking on lesser issues, not so much civil rights type stuff. If one side said they think we should spend more for the others priorities I feel like it would be a disagreement even though it's working for the other side >
  
  Maybe the internet just pushes me the most radical conservatives, but I have only really seen anti-LGBTQ or braindead, Ronald Reagan loving villains. It has become so incredibly hard to play devils advocate >
  
  And this is how you end up in an “echo” chamber and eventually say something so crazy that other people are like “who the fuck is this person” and then everyone blocks you. >
  
  It really is a good feeling to know that someone who is bothering you can’t anymore. The idea that there’s anything wrong with blocking someone you don’t get along with is pure victim blaming. >
  
  If you block someone, you're a coward, you're admitting that the person won and you basically become irrelevant.
  I've never blocked anyone who didn't block me first (they're irrelevant, so they can be blocked). >
  
  Where logically is the cowardice in blocking someone for the sake of your mental or emotional well being? 
  If anything, letting them continue to annoy you just tells me that you have no self respect, and that you're cowardly enough to not stand up to them or too cowardly to block them. >
  
  I've been insulted, harassed by trolls for years. I've been in discussions with people that I'd never consider able to write or read because of how incredible their words were. I've never blocked anyone. >
  
  Well how wonderful for you. 
  Oh, and you're wrong, blocking isn't "running away scared". :) >
  
  It's exactly that.
  Standing up to someone means you confront them with what you have to say.
  Not saying "Booo, I can't hear you!" and sulk. >
  
  Yeah but let's be real, trolls don't give a fuck and letting them win one over you by getting under your skin let's them win, as that's what they want. 
  Blocking them is choosing to manage your emotions and to an extent, your time. 
  I don't get why you have to be so insecure about making a point of blocking being the equivalent of cowardice, but that's how you feel. :) 
  You're still wrong btw. :) >
  
  If anything, just stop replying to them. Blocking should be used only for cases when someone threatens to kill you or harm you in some way. >
  
  Wrong again! Any message sent to you with threats of harm or to your life should be screen shot for legal purposes in case something does happen. 
  What happened to the whole "stand up to them" stance? You can't let them know you'll get the cops involved if they don't stop threatening you? Or is getting legal matters involved also being a coward? >
  
  Who said I wouldn't screenshot them, block them and then call the police? Those are not mutually exclusive things. >
  
  You jus a bitch >
  
  Possible for sure >
  
  So why the fetus/assault rifle hill?  You think people possess rifles without a reason?  That's a fairly odd take and awfully specific thing to get triggered by.  Are there any other things you block people for, or just those two things? >
  
  I was more so trying to think right-wing hills people die on. My post wasn't trying to say I block everybody. The assault rifle thing really pissed people off, but like, get a fucking handgun dude. >
  
  Spoken like someone that doesn't know why people own Armalite model 15s >
  
  I don't >
  
  Cool, I ain't gonna explain >
  
  Ok? >
  
  👍 >
  
  First from your opinions you seem a pretty shit person. Sorry have to say that. Block me if it makes you feel good about yourself.
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  there is a non zero chance you will never see my account again.
  
  If you block people they can still see your account. Definitively on reddit.
  Generally blocking people just means you won't see their activity and that they cannot message you.  At best it works against harassment. 
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  I don't block people super often. Maybe once a month to once a week. Only once I deem someone truly a troll causing a real fuckin disturbance
  
  yeah... you are mental... a person who is so fragile about hearing different opinions that needs an eject button. >
  
  For me blocking is a radical measure, i rarely use it, it quite aggressive and cruel, like banning or cancelling from subs, it's plain violent. I don't see the point of interacting only with like minded people, it's boring, it's not productive, not challenging. To be clear, I'm neither progressive or conservative, so i may annoy both sides, especially when they can't put me in a box, i hate boxes. >
  
  Same about the boxes. >
  
  My presence on the internet predates social media and video sharing, I think I've maybe blocked 10 people in my entire life.
  Some of y'all really need to just move the fuck on and realize that 99% of the time you're never going to interact with that motherfucker again.
  The only times I've ever blocked somebody is when they start harassing me in my DMs or following me around websites and shit. >
  
  Fair, live your life bud