“ugh why can’t you keep to yourselves,” says the anon who leapt from the woodwork within an hour of my writing a post. “if you just left everyone else alone, none of this would happen,” they type furiously regarding a post about stuff that happened 15 months ago. “it’s really all your fault,” says the top ask in my stack of over 100 that are mostly anons being jackasses for no discernible reason.

thanks for the sweet tips, but i don’t think i want to take any life advice from anyone who revels in anonymously stalking a handful of people and pouncing on any sign of weakness or conflict as retroactive justification? not really the kind of thing i’m looking to emulate