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 :Well, I was personally able to shrug them off because they were just so outrageously over-the-top (I mean, really, you can only get so offended by ""pussy sucking shit eater"") and they were all by editors I'd blocked for other reasons. Insults (even if veiled slightly) from a regular editor cut to the bone much easier, as it is completely unexpected; the cut is all the worse when nothing is done about it.Kicking ass and taking shit for that is just part of the job, though I wish it wasn't. But, if you're going to get flak no matter what, you might as well have a ""damn the consequences"" attitude about doing the right thing; that's what I do. )If you ever need someone to just bitch at to blow off some steam, you know where I am. //  //  // "