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by Vinnl 2877 days ago
> Get so mad that you devote time and effort to fixing it.

Interestingly, I feel that insulting people is one of the worst possible ways to get them to change their behaviour.

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But if you're so cynical you just want to help people more quickly seek their own doom...then pass the popcorn! This should be good!
He's not actively insulting anyone; he's calling a spade a spade, he's telling the truth, and if you find that insulting then change that reality.
The person you replied to called it insulting. It's not really about what you think they should do; all I'm saying is what I think it's likely people will do. Formulating criticism in a way that the people it applies to are not insulted is, I think, the best way to actually get them to fix it.

It's hard, I know. But all I'd do when someone refers to Rubik's Cubes and DnD is shrug it off and think it doesn't apply to me.