i regularly self-censor my toots to avoid topics that lead to pointless arguments with tiresome nerds who want to use any opportunity they're given to derail your point and lecture you on their extremely strong opinions about e.g. "what operating system has better text rendering" or something

maybe i should stop doing this, and just insta-block people who feign misunderstandings just to demonstrate their Powerful Nerd Wisdom

(nobody's done this recently btw. but i live in fear of it every day)