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by jamesgeck0 3023 days ago
What is unhealthy about deciding to pause before responding harshly to someone?
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That's not what's being discussed... the author gets themselves into situations that can easily turn irritating, like hanging out on StackOverflow or answering noob questions on chat. The solution is for them to take time out from that, not become a zen monk.

In general it's a valuable skill to have self control, but it doesn't work perfectly, so it's best to avoid having to exercise it all the time and pressuring oneself to always react "correctly" through self-guilt.