interaction w/ ppl venting (-) 

someone: "so i just hear <thing that did not happen> happened"
me: "what? no"
someone: "yeah look <links to news article unrelated to the previous statement>"
me: "that's not what that says, it's <explains the thing>"
me: "<links to a source>"
someone: "yeah but i mean could you imagine if <other, unrelated thing>"
me: "but that's not what it says. did you read it"
someone: "i was just casually joking you don't need to be right all the time ugh forget it"

interaction w/ ppl venting (-) 

don't be this person. i don't like non-sequiturs. i can't tell when your nonsense is a joke. my brain doesn't deal well with nonsense. i get irrationally upset at things i don't understand. people think they're just kidding but i can't deal well with this. don't do that to me.

interaction w/ ppl venting (-) 

@squirrel Sympathies.

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