It's not fool-proof, but here's how I generally manage:
1- Identify when I'm in a bad/pissy mood. This is important: if you don't know you're in a bad mood, you can't act accordingly.
2- If a post immediately pisses me off, I force myself to step away from the post, either physically or metaphorically. I wait a minimum of one hour before replying, and by then the urge to reply has usually passed anyway.
3- If I find myself with the overwhelming urge to explain to a poster in a lengthy diatribe exactly how they are wrong and why, including citations from primary and secondary sources, I again step away from the crazy. This impulse is a pretty good indicator to me that I need to turn my tongue around my mouth ten times.
4- Sometimes I wait up to 24 hours before replying, if I can tell that I'm still angry. Posting while angry is about as productive as posting while drunk, and not nearly as amusing to readers.
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The Secret To Not Answering Comments And Posts While Crabby
Date: 2008-04-29 07:00 am (UTC)1- Identify when I'm in a bad/pissy mood. This is important: if you don't know you're in a bad mood, you can't act accordingly.
2- If a post immediately pisses me off, I force myself to step away from the post, either physically or metaphorically. I wait a minimum of one hour before replying, and by then the urge to reply has usually passed anyway.
3- If I find myself with the overwhelming urge to explain to a poster in a lengthy diatribe exactly how they are wrong and why, including citations from primary and secondary sources, I again step away from the crazy. This impulse is a pretty good indicator to me that I need to turn my tongue around my mouth ten times.
4- Sometimes I wait up to 24 hours before replying, if I can tell that I'm still angry. Posting while angry is about as productive as posting while drunk, and not nearly as amusing to readers.